ETEC 581 – Digital Video & Audio Production and Applications for Instructional Settings

Syllabus

Course Description

This course is concerned with digitizing video and audio for use in multimedia and web applications. Emphasis is on advanced knowledge and skills for digital video/audio production, compression, and digitizing from traditional media.

Prerequisite: ETEC 562 (Introduction to Instructional Media) or permission of the instructor.

Term: Winter-mini 2003 Credits: 3 hours

Section: 601 Call Number:

Day: varies (Dec. 16, 2002-Jan. 8, 2002) Time: 4:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: Mesquite Campus – Rm. 126

Instructor: Dr. Jason Lee Davis

Office: Education North – Room 114

Phone: 903-886-5598 FAX: 903-886-5603

E-mail: Jason.Davis@tamuc.edu

URL: http://faculty.tamuc.edu/jdavis/

Online URL: http://online.tamuc.edu/

Office hours: See website for current instructor schedule. Other times by appointment.

Textbook(s) (not required)

Course Goals and Objectives

Upon completion to this course, the learner should be able to…

1. demonstrate an understanding of basic digital principles.

2. describe resolution and how it relates to audio and video production and presentation.

3. demonstrate an understanding of the crucial role played by sound, sound editing, and sound delivery in multimedia applications.

4. demonstrate an understanding of the various processes and equipment used in the recording of sound and video.

5. understand the basic steps required to process and record sound for multimedia applications.

6. recognize, describe, and use different media file formats.

7. demonstrate an understanding of video editing, delivery, and how video is employed in multimedia applications.

8. understand the basic steps required to record video for multimedia applications.

9. create a PowerPoint presentation with embedded audio and video components.

Requirements and Assignments

Article Reviews: Students will be required to identify and review two journal articles directly related to the goals and objective of the course. The student will select two objectives from those listed above as topics for the articles for review. Reviews must be from 200 to 300 words and must demonstrate appropriate writing skills. Reviews must be posted in the online component of the course for discussion.

Participation: All students must contribute to classroom and online discussions on article reviews. All students must be active participants with their respective project development teams.

Multimedia Project: Students will be required to participate as a member of a project development team to produce a multimedia presentation dealing with an educational theme. The theme of the project must be pre-approved, or will be assigned, by the instructor. The details of the project will be discussed in class.

Project Presentations: Multimedia projects will be presented to the class by the project development team. Each member of the team must actively participate in the presentation process.

Critiques: Each student will write a critique for each project presentation. The critiques must be posted in the online component of the course. Criteria for the critique will be discussed in class.

Assignments MUST be submitted by due date. Full credit cannot be earned by late or incomplete assignments. 10 points will be deducted for each class day an assignment is late.

Evaluation and Grading

Article Reviews: 20% A 90-100%

Participation: 15% B 80-89%

Multimedia Project: 35% C 70-79%

Project Presentations: 15% D 60-69%

Critiques: 15% F 59% or less

Attendance

Regular class attendance is very important. Class participation requires that students be present. Class discussions and group activities that take place during class cannot be made up. If you do miss a class, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor in advance, to contact class members to find out what occurred in that class and to make up that work, and then to check with your instructor for any additional assignments. For computer work, it is your responsibility to check for compatibility if you wish to use computers other than those provided in the lab. If you have any questions, contact your instructor. No make-up exams will be given.

Accommodations for Disabilities

Students requesting accommodations for disabilities must go through the Academic Support Committee. For more information, please contact the Director of Disability Resources & Services, Halladay Student Services Bldg., Room 303D, 903-886-5835.

Student Conduct

All students enrolled at the University shall follow the tenets of common decency and acceptable behavior conductive to a positive learning environment (see Student’s Guide Handbook, Policies and Procedures, Conduct).

Scholarly Expectations

All works submitted for credit must be original works created by the scholar uniquely for the class. It is considered inappropriate and unethical, particularly at the graduate level, to make duplicate submissions of a single work for credit in multiple classes, unless specifically requested by the instructor. Work submitted at the Graduate level is expected to demonstrate higher order thinking skills and be of significantly higher quality than work produced at the undergraduate level.

Additional References

International workshop on network and operating systems support for digital audio and video: NOSSDAV. Proceedings of the … International workshop on network and operating systems support for digital audio and video. New York, NY: AMC Press. [Internet Holding] [On-line] Available: http://www.acm.org/pubs/contents/procedings/series/nossdav/

Lozano, J. (1997) Multimedia: sound and video. Indianapolis, IN: QUE E&T/Macmillan.

Luther, A.C. (1997) Principles of digital audio and video. Boston, MA: Artech House.

Techniques (periodical)

Educational technology (periodical)

Rev. 08/24/2002