Texas A&M University-Commerce

Department of Secondary and Higher Education

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

MULTIMEDIA PROJECT GUIDELINES

Term: Winter Mini 2003 Section: 601
Instructor: Dr. Jason Lee Davis

Overview of Project

Your development team is to create a stand-alone multimedia project. The team will present the final project to the class. The members of each team and the topic of each project are assigned by the instructor. The topics assigned will likely require some research and experimentation by the team. The emphasis of the project is on the mechanics, as well as the content, of the production. As this is a multimedia project, it must contain multiple forms of media including, but not limited to still images, audio material (spoken, sound effects, and/or music), and video footage.

Required elements of the project

Content (35% of semester grade)

• Project must be in PowerPoint format with all multimedia components imbedded.
• Project must be suitable for stand-alone use.
• Still image(s): photos, diagrams, illustrations, etc.
• Audio content: narration, sound effects, music, etc.
• Video footage including clips of each individual development team member must be included.
• The content should reflect contributions from each team member.

Presentation (15% of semester grade)

• Each team member must participate in the in-class presentation of the project.
• Include detailed description of process used to accomplish each of the required content elements.
• Describe processes that did and did not work.
• Make suggestions on techniques to improve.

Project evaluation criteria

• Purpose/intent of the project is clearly conveyed to the audience.
• Project presentation is clear, concise, and easy to understand.
• Project development process is clearly described.
• All team members actively participated in the presentation of the project.
• Audience provided the opportunity to interact, ask questions, etc.
• Project suitable prepared for viewing as a stand-alone presentation.
• Content is integrated in a clear, concise, and easy to understand manner.
• Multimedia components imbedded for seamless functionality.
• All team members actively appear in video form in the project.
• All required elements of content and presentation a satisfactorily accomplished.

Critique/Reflection (15% of semester grade)

Each student will write a critique/reflection paper, not to exceed one (1) page in length, addressing each project. The critiques/reflections should address the evaluation criteria listed above plus contain additional personal comments. The reflection is to be posted to the designated discussion group in the on-line course.

Remember:

The multimedia component accounts for 50% of the total semester grade.

The project itself counts toward 35% of the semester grade. It must be evident that each member of the team has contributed significantly to the project.

The classroom presentation of the project counts toward 15%. Each member must actively participate in the presentation to receive presentation credit.

Critiques/reflections count toward 15% of the semester grade.

Respect copyrights and intellectual property rights.

Equipment is subject to limited availability – be patient.

Technical difficulties beyond our control will not be reflected in grades.

Rev. 01/02/2003