Information Discovery COMP 223 04 S Information Discovery
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Information Discovery COMP 223 -04 S
Information Discovery n Bill Rogers and Geoff Holmes n Self Paced Laboratory Course n Organised into Themes l You will choose two themes and spend three weeks on each
Available Themes n Web Site Development l Similar to previous course content Digital Libraries n Modelling and Animation n Video Editing n Computer Game Development n
Timetable (AFTERNOONS) Lecture (this is it) n Workshops / Show & Tell n Mon and Fri, 2 -4 pm in KG. 07 l Mostly (detail in course outline) l n Lab Sessions (provisional) Supervised Mon-Fri 3 -5 pm in R Block, Labs 3 and 4 l Unsupervised at other times l
Workload Afternoons n 24 hours / week n Highly variable n
Each Theme (See outline) n P 1(a) 3 -5 Sessions – 3 days n P 1(b) 3 -5 Sessions – 3 days n P 2 prep – 1 day P 2 design workshop session P 2 development – 3 days P 2 show & tell – over 2 days P 2 reflection report hand-in n n
Assessment n 50% for each theme P 1(a) 15% by verification l P 1(b) 15% by verification l P 2 20% graded from workshops, project work and reflection report l
Available Themes n Web Site Development l Similar to previous course content Digital Libraries n Modelling and Animation n Video Editing n Computer Game Development n
Web Site Development n P 1(a) l n P 1(b) l n Text formatting, linking, tables, pictures, thumbnails, picture tables Layouts elements and principles, style (css), navigation, frames, navigation bars, evaluation P 2 – Build a small web site and critically evaluate it.
Digital Libraries The Greenstone software n Using and building a digital library. Based on an international workshop run by the NZDL group in Fiji n n http: //www. greenstone. org/cgi-bin/library Click on “Examples” n Web site vs Digital Library
Modelling and Animation Alias Wavefront’s MAYA software n Modelling – creating realistic three dimensional shapes n For games l For movies l Animation – moving … n Demos on CD n
Video Editing Using editing suite at ITS n Final Cut Pro Software n Assembling a short video segment, like an advertisement or movie trailer n Starts with 123 P 1 – a choice of image editing, sound editing and povray (3 D modelling) n Lecture on Friday ITS G 5/S 6 n
Computer Game Development Using Game Maker (not Game Factory) n Building 2 D games n Emphasis on building interaction from event handlers n Non programming (all GUI based) n Demo n
Theme Selection Make sure you have a form n Choose two themes and a third as backup n Name and ID number n Come to the lab tomorrow and hand in the form. n
Statistics Clash n Talk to me – this should not be too much of a problem
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