Multimedia and New Services
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Interaction and Multimedia |
Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIEIC |
24 |
Syllabus since 2009/2010 |
4 |
- |
6 |
56 |
162 |
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking students
Objectives
The objectives of this course are:
a) to present the concepts, services and their multimedia and hypermedia applications;
b) to present coding techniques and representation of multimedia information;
c) to introduce application development tools;
d) to develop applications.
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
- Identify the distinct technologies required for an multimedia application or service;
- To know the reality, the requirements and constraints of different technologies involved;
- Designing a multimedia application or service taking into account technological limitations;
- Develop an application or service using multimedia authoring software Adobe Flash.
Program
1. Introduction to multimedia: definition, types of media, levels of information, basic technologies.
2. Multimedia applications: classification, some examples.
3. Coding and representation of multimedia information: information theory and compression techniques, image compression, video compression, audio compression
4. User interfaces: usability, design, evaluation.
5. Network requirements of multimedia applications: performance parameters, requirements of various media.
6. Networks and multimedia application: architectures and protocols, distributed systems, QoS (Quality of Service) on ATM and on the Internet, models and applications.
7. New services: interactive digital television; multimedia streaming, IPtel
Mandatory literature
François Fluckiger;
Understanding networked multimedia. ISBN: 0-13-190992-4
Nuno Ribeiro;
Multimédia e tecnologias interactivas. ISBN: 972-722-415-6
Teaching methods and learning activities
Presentation of the program; practical classes which introduce the tools; homework and development of an application; public presentation of the assignments.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
42,00 |
|
|
Implementing practical work |
Trabalho escrito |
35,00 |
|
|
Validation of practical work |
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese |
8,00 |
|
|
Study and definition of practical work |
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese |
12,00 |
|
|
Extra Classes Attending |
Participação presencial |
8,00 |
|
|
Evaluation |
Exame |
3,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
Study of the theoretical component |
Estudo autónomo |
40 |
|
Aprendizagem da ferramenta de autoria multimédia |
Estudo autónomo |
12 |
|
|
Total: |
52,00 |
|
Eligibility for exams
Minimum grade on the assignment: 8 out of 20
Calculation formula of final grade
Exam: 60% of the final grade
Assignment: 40% of the final grade
Minimum grade on the exam: 8 out of 20
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Student workers, although exempt from classes, must perform the same practical works as other students. They must also submit them to evaluation, as well as defend them on the dates that are set globally.
Classification improvement
Improvement of the exam grade is possible according to the rules in FEUP. Improvment of practical works is still possible at the end of this course occurrence.
Observations
Presentation of the practical work [version beta]: May 30
Delivery of practical work: June 6
Delivery of practical work for classification mprovement: the day of the last exam