An introduction to multimedia technologies. Emphasis will be on fundamental, unchanging, ideas and concepts. There are many products available today that will vanish tomorrow but the fundamentals will remain. Tuesdays we meet in Rounds for lectures. Thursdays we meet in Memorial for labs.
Labs are to be completed no later than the beginning of the next lab period.
You should commit 5 hours per week, in addition to the class hours, to this course. Class participation will be graded. If a quiz is given it will require about 10 minutes to complete and will be based on reading material and lectures. Lab participation will be graded. The two mid-semester exams will require about an hour to complete and will be based on texts and lectures.