Instructor:

Textbook

Designing E-Learning, Saul Carliner, ASTD Press, ISBN: 978-1562863326
Managing Interactive Media Projects, Tim Frick, Thomson/Delmar, ISBN: 978-1-4180-5001-6

TCO 425, Advanced Multimedia, is an advanced examination of the technical aspects of multimedia, including animation, video, audio, and other functionality. Students will learn to design and build an e-learning module for a specific instructional need and client. This e-learning module must include all aspects of advanced multimedia.

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

1. Apply design principles to effectively design, build, and test elearning multimedia products with a specific audience and purpose based upon a comprehensive design plan.
2. Identify steps to effectively manage interactive multimedia projects.
   
3. Analyze and critique existing multimedia products to evaluate the use of design principles, identify problems, and measure web accessibility.
4. Learn and apply a specific design and production model.
5. Apply principles specific to e-learning design in the creation of an e-learning module.
6. Develop a moderate level of proficiency in multimedia authoring tools.
7. Develop a web portfolio of multimedia and print products.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of TCO 285, 325, and 341

1. Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period on the date due. In an exceptional circumstance you may petition to hand in an assignment late. If granted, the grade will be reduced one letter grade per day late.

2. Prepare all out-of-class writing using a computer and format it properly in a business-like manner.

3. Correct grammar (usage, spelling, and punctuation) is the standard requirement for technical communication. It is assumed that you know the mechanics of writing and this will not be the focus of this course. Therefore, errors will count in class.

4. Attendance is required due to the large amount of in-class work and team activities we will be doing. You can't "make up" experiential learning. Therefore, if you must miss a class, please notify me in advance. Each absence above 3 unexcused absences will result in a loss of 10 points off the final grade. It is especially important that you be present when your classmates give peer reviews and oral presentations, since you will be giving written feedback.

6. You are encouraged to schedule a meeting with me at any point that you need it. If you need to see me, catch me after class, schedule a time, or email me at codone_s@mercer.edu.

7. Students bear the sole responsibility for ensuring that papers or assignments submitted electronically to a professor are received in a timely manner and in the electronic format(s) specified by the professor. Therefore, you should have your email client issue a receipt verifying that the document has been received. You are encouraged to retain a copy of the dated submission. To the best of my ability, I will acknowledge receipt of your assignments.

8. The honor code provisions as outlined in the Bulletin and in the student handbook, The Lair, will be assumed for everyone. It should be clear from class discussion which projects will be collaborative and which ones must be individual.

10. Students requiring accommodations for a disability should inform the instructor at the close of the first class meeting or as soon as possible. If you are not registered with Disability Services, the instructor will refer you to the Disability Support Services office for consultation regarding documentation of your disability and eligibility for accommodations under the ADA/504. In order to receive accommodations, eligible students must provide each instructor with a “Faculty Accommodation Form” from Disability Services. Students must return the completed and signed form to the Disability Services Coordinator on the 3rd floor of the Connell Student Center. Students with a documented disability who do not wish to use academic accommodations are also strongly encouraged to register with Disability Services and complete a Faculty Accommodation Form each semester. For further information, please contact Carole Burrowbridge, Disability Services Coordinator, at 301-2778 or visit the website at http://www.mercer.edu/stu_support/swd.htm.

Assignments & Points

Total points possible: 1300

Grade Range:

A: 1180-1300; B+: 1140-1180; B: 1050-1140; C+:1025-1050; C: 930-1025; D: 850-930; F <850

last modified August 15, 2012