This document provides information about the Multimedia Systems 2 course taught by Dr. Paul Newbury. The course covers topics related to web, video, and graphical systems including multimedia, the internet, video hardware, graphics, and digital video. It aims to give students a broad introduction to multimedia systems and covers principles of interactive multimedia production and delivery. The course involves three single lectures per week, one two-hour lab, and problem sheets every two weeks. Course assessment includes an exam and a lab work assignment. Recommended reading materials are also listed.

1. Multimedia Systems 2
Dr Paul Newbury
School of Engineering and Information
Technology
ENGG II - 3A11
Ext: 2615
www.mtllive.com

2. Introduction
 Web, Video and Graphical Systems
 Introduction to Multimedia
 Perception
 The Internet & Networked Multimedia
 Multimedia & Web
 Video Hardware
 Display Adapters
 Graphics Primitives
 Graphics Pipeline
 Graphics Cards
 Digital Video
 Communications Theory

3. Course Aims
 This course aims to give the student a
broad introduction to multimedia
systems
 The course covers the principles of
interactive multimedia production and
delivery

4. Course Objectives
 The student will understand the
components and processes necessary
to capture, manipulate and output
multimedia content. Along with an
understanding of the wider issues
involved with multimedia production
and distribution
 They will be required to understand the
principles of multimedia creation and
processing and the main features of
multimedia systems

5. Structure
 Three single lectures per week:
 Monday 16:00 AS2
 Tuesday 16:00 AS2
 Thursday 16.00 AS2
 One, 2 hour lab per week
 See lab time table
 One problem sheet every two weeks
 Fragments of exam style questions
 To be handed in to the post box in the photocopier
room by 11.15 the following Friday

6. Course Web Page
 All support materials for this course are
available at:
www.mtllive.com
 This includes
All Lecture slides in .pdf and .ppt format
All Problem sheets in .pdf format
All Lab sheets in .pdf format
Links to support information on particular
topics

7. Lab Work
 Lab activities
The Internet
Web page creation
Flash Design
Java Multimedia

8. Course Assessment
 Unseen exam 70%
3 Questions out of 4
1.5 Hours
Sample paper and last years paper on the web
page
 Lab work 30%
Web design exercise

9. Reading Material
 Look at the web pages for useful links
 Books:
Theoretical Foundations of Multimedia
• Robert S. Tannenbaum
• Freeman (1998)
• This is a introductory text which covers much of the
course
• Worth considering if you wish to find out more detail
about the topics covered in the course

10. Introduction
What is Multimedia?

11. What is Multimedia

12. What is Multimedia
GameBoy

13. What is Multimedia
Short Audio Course

14. What is Multimedia
Asthma

15. What is Multimedia
Penguin

16. Multimedia
 EOD definition
 Using more than one medium of
expression, communication etc.
 The prevision of audio and video
material cross-referenced to a computer
text

17. Multimedia
 An interactive computer-mediated
presentation that includes at least two
of the following elements:
Text
Sound
Still graphic images
Motion graphics
Animation

18. Multimedia
 Multimedia computers serve two
primary functions:
Development tools for the creation of
multimedia productions e.g.
• Macromedia – Flash, Dreamweaver, Director etc
• Real Systems Producer Plus
• CoolEdit
Delivery devices for multimedia presentations
• Browser plug-ins or player applications

19. Applications of Multimedia
 Multimedia has traditionally been
limited to instructional materials
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI)
Computer-assisted learning (CAL)
Computer-based instruction (CBI) etc….
 However, the present range of
applications is extremely broad and
growing rapidly:

20. Applications of Multimedia
 Instruction
 Entertainment
 Scientific analysis, research and
presentations
 Business applications, advertising and
sales
 Art and other humanities purposes
 Adaptive technologies for the disabled
 Virtual reality

21. Instruction
 Almost all teaching is Multimedia

22. Instruction

23. Entertainment

24. Scientific Analysis, Research and
Presentations

25. Business Applications
 Until recently the primary use of
multimedia in business was training
 Now the multimedia business
presentation is a large part of this
market

26. Art
Sock

27. Adaptive Technologies

28. Virtual Reality

29. Fin
Fin