This schedule represents a typical approach to course contetn; however, the approach is actually more wholistic than what the the clear divisions of this schedule show. Students have input at the beginning of the course concerning directions, concentrations, special interests, and other considerations.

Introduction

Week 1
Personal Introductions, Contact info, Syllabus, Calendar
Student interests and schedule modification
The Hardware/Software tools of multimedia
Using a digital camera for image aquisition
Vector image creation / editing in Flash

Graphics Concentration

Week 2

Flash animation
Creating a Flash website

Week 3
Fireworks skills
Creating/editing images with raster graphics software
Graphic design concepts

Week 4
Present and evaluate graphics portfolios
Introduce Sound Aquisition / Editing

Sound Concentration

Week 5
Peak / ProTools skills
Sound Editing for quality

Week 6
Present and evaluate sound projects
Introduce Web Design

Web Concentration

Week 7
Dreamweaver skills
Web Skills

Week 8
Present and evaluate web pages


Interactivity Concentration
Week 9
Actionscript skills

Week 10
Present and evaluate Interactive
Interface design
Video

Putting-it-All-Together

Week 11
Project Planning

Week 12
Present slideshow
Interactivity with server side CGI

Week 13
Product delivery formats


Week 14
Present and evaluate final project
Create CD-ROM
Party