A Course in Multimedia Authoring Systems
A Course in Organised by Department of Communication Studies and Department of Production Economics and Information Technology, University of Vaasa and Vaasa Institute of Technology
Preparatory Course
Teacher: Anna Luoma
Lectures will be held during week 8 and 9 as follows:
Wed 12-14 room P224, week 8-9
Mon 16-19 room P224, week 9
Introduction to Multimedia and Hypermedia
(2 credits)
An introduction to the theoretical background of the hypertext, multimedia and hypermedia as well as application of multimedia. Also, an emphasis is put on distributed hypertext systems.
Teachers: Pirita Vainio, John Waterworth
Lectures will be held during weeks 8, 9 and 10 as follows:
Mon 14-16, weeks 9-10
Tue 12-14, weeks 8-10
Wed 10-12, weeks 8-10
Thu 12-14, weeks 8-9.All lectures will be held in room C203 (Kurtén).
Timetable for visiting lecturer will be announced later (10 hours).
Multimedia Tools
(5 credits)
Introduction to authoring systems (HyperCard, ToolBook, MacroMind Director), picture and text formats. The purpose is to provide students with the technical ability needed when building their own applications.
Teacher: Jaak Henno
Lectures will be held during weeks 9-13 as follows:
Mon 17-20 weeks 10-13All lectures will be held at the Vaasa Institute of Technology in room B005.
Tue 8-12 week 9
Tue 8-10 weeks 10-13
Wed 8-10 week 10
Wed 8-12 weeks 11-13
Thu 8-12 week 9
Thu 8-10 weeks 10-13
Fri 8-12 week 9.
Computer Mediated
Communication
(2 credits)
Introduction to today's and tomorrow's new ways of digital communication in computer networks, especially in Internet. The topics include electronic mail, news, file transfers (FTP), telnet, integrated informations systems (WorldWideWeb), and tools the UN IX operating system offers as well as protocols and markup languages that make WorldWideWeb work.
Teacher: Anna Luoma
Lectures will be held during weeks 14-19 as follows:
Wed 12-14, weeks 14-17, 19, room F222
Thu 12-15, weeks 14-19, room F224.
Analysis and
Design of Human Computer Interaction
(3 credits)
Introduction to selection of tools for the presentation (menus, dialogues), how to analyze the usability of the interface and how to conduct usability research.
Teacher: Prof. Matti Jakobsson
Lectures will be held during weeks 14-19 as follows:
Mon 12-14, weeks 16-19
Tue 10-12, weeks 14-19
Thu 10-12, weeks 15-19.
All lectures will be held in room A202 (Lévon).
Final Project
(3 credits)
Each student conducts an individual multimedia project using the skills acquired during the course. Students are encouraged to select their owb subjects according their study field. The course will be closed in a seminar where the results of the projects are demonstrated and evaluated.
Computer Supported Co-operative Work
Teacher: Ass. Prof. Seppo Visala
The lectures will be held during weeks 16-21. The exact timetable will be announced later.