CIT 204-001 Digital Media

Syllabus - Spring 2020

Required Text

None

Course Description

Prerequisite: CIT 110 or equivalent.
Introduction to technologies of the Internet. Web-page design; graphics and animation; client/server concepts; collaborative computing and group work; network publishing; security and encryption; audio, video, and image compression; ethical issues and privacy; e-commerce; client-side Web programming; and dynamic Web-page generation.

Schedule (details are provided on Canvas) **Adjusted due to COVID-19

Week of Monday: Topic Due 2200 on Sunday: SLO Alignment ALO Alignment
13 January Course Introduction 19 January 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1,4,5,6
20 January Digital Libraries & Copyright 26 January 1,2,3,4,8 1,2,4,7
27 January Introduction to Digitization 2 February 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1,2,4,5,6,7
3 February Text & Color 9 February 2,3,4,8 2,3,4,5,6,7
10 February Images I 16 February 2,3,4,5,7,8 1,2,4,5,6,7
17 February Images II 23 February 2,3,4,5,7,8 1,2,4,5,6,7
24 February Animation 1 March 2,4 2,4,6,7
2 March Midterm Exam 8 March 1,2,3,4,5,7,8 2,3,4,5,6,7
9 March Spring Break 15 March
16 March Spring Break Extended 22 March
23 March Audio 29 March 2,3,4,6,7,8 2,3,4,5,6,7
30 March Video 5 April 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 2,3,4,5,6,7
6 April Web CSS & HTML5 12 April 4,8 4,7
13 April JavaScript I 19 April 2,4,7,8 2,4,7
optional JavaScript II 19 April 2,4,7,8 2,4,7
20 April Project 26 April 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
27 April Final Exam 5 May (**Tuesday) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 2,3,4,5,6,7

Course Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

  1. Describe major digital libraries.
  2. Describe media acquisition tools and techniques to create and record media.
  3. Describe media acquisition tools and techniques to capture, digitize, and sample media contents.
  4. Describe media acquisition tools and techniques for multimedia authoring.
  5. Compare/contrast graphic media file format characteristics such as color depth, compression and CODEC.
  6. Compare/contrast streaming media file format characteristics such as color depth, bit rate, CODEC and server requirements.
  7. Compare/contrast concepts of graphic file formats including lossy/lossless compression, color palettes and CODECs.
  8. Discuss the issues involved in deploying/serving media content.

Course Advanced Learning Outcomes (ALO)

  1. Integrate digital libraries with other media contents.
  2. Apply media acquisition tools and techniques in creating and recording media.
  3. Apply media acquisition tools and techniques in capturing and digitizing media contents.
  4. Select and use multimedia authoring tools.
  5. Explain and compare media file formats including lossy vs. lossless compression, color palettes, streaming formats, and CODECs.
  6. Explain and compare the inter-operability of formats.
  7. Deploy and serve media contents within Web applications.

Policy Information

Academic Honor Code

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Please read and be familiar with the UNCW Student Academic Honor Code. Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated in this class.

Special Needs

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