Course Title: Multimedia Project: Design
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Multimedia Project: Design
Credit Points: 12
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
GRAP2318 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
345H Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006,
Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013 |
Course Coordinator: John Mackinnon
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99254970
Course Coordinator Email:john.mackinnon@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 07.03.28
Course Coordinator Availability: Mondays Only
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Assumed Knowledge
You will use computer skills you have gained over the first three years of the Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Systems) program.
This is one of a group of four courses that must be taken concurrently: GRAP2318 Multimedia Project: Design BUSM3113 Multimedia Project: Business EEET2243 Multimedia Project: Engineering COSC2346 Multimedia Project: Comp Sci
Course Description
Multimedia project allows students to practice the media skills they have acquired by performing a project.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Specifically, you be able to:
1. communicate effectively in oral and written forms for a variety of purposes and in a range of contexts, relevant to their professional activities
2. establish and effectively use/manage interpersonal networks and manage relationships in a range of settings
3. independently acquire knowledge of new technologies, methods of work and ideas, and to suitably apply them to meet the needs of clients
4. adapt to change flexibly and responsibly
5. work across a variety of information technology platforms and environments
6. generate and use creative ideas and processes to solve problems
7. critically analyze and evaluate all aspects of their work, including technology, tools and methods and solutions
8. identify, assess and take advantage of opportunities
9. adopt a leadership role in the training and mentoring of colleagues
You will develop advanced capability in all the skills you have learned during the program by performing a project activity, including:
- Apply knowledge from all disciplines to ’real’ situations in an integrated way
- Design usable multimedia and communication products to meet the needs of a design brief
Overview of Learning Activities
Learning activities will be generated by applying design and other multimedia skills to a multimedia based project. You arrange with the coordinator a regular meeting schedule for project development.
Overview of Learning Resources
Students are encouraged to do a wide range of reading and independent library research into all areas of Art, design, and Multimedia.
Students are recommended that they have personal access to current (educational) versions of software used in the course. Also recommended is that students have some variety of portable data storage media, for example, a USB memory stick/drive or an Apple iPod that can store data and be usable on both Macintosh and Windows PC platforms. Multimedia in general and this course in particular, involves student’s use and transportation of large file sizes.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be by means of Project proposal, mid semester presentation, final presentation and final report.