Syllabus

Intro to Digital Media, Spring 2009
Instructor: J Bryan Pittard
Tu/Th 6:00PM – 7:15PM
HEC 0125 (ENGR3)

Course Description
Principles of Digital Media will introduce students to concepts of computer architecture, operating systems, the Internet, vector and bitmap image processing, video and animation systems, sound processing, and databases. Students will also reach basic skill levels using XHTML, CSS, and various image, video, and sound manipulation tools.

Schedule
All dates, assignments, and elements of this syllabus are the will of the instructor and can be changed at any time. If any changes are made, students will be notified in class.

Week Lecture Assignment
Jan 08 Week 1 Introduction
Jan 13/15 Week 2 History of Computing / How computers work
Jan 20/22 Week 3 Data / Number Systems / Sampling Theory
Jan 27/29 Week 4 Operating Systems / Networks / Intro to HTML
Feb 3/5 Week 5 HTML, CSS / SFTP – SSH – VPN
Feb 10/12 Week 6 HTML, CSS / HW2 assigned
Feb 17/19 Week 7 Exam 1 / Intro to Comp Graphics /
Feb 24/26 Week 8 Vectors / Bitmaps
Mar 3/5 Week 9 Image Compression / Color Theory / Web images
Mar 6 Withdrawal Deadline
Mar 10/12 Spring Break
Mar 17/19 Week 10 Video / Video Compression / Animation
Mar 24/26 Week 11 Exam 2
Mar 31/Apr 2 Week 12 Digital Audio
Apr 7/9 Week 13 XML/XHTML /RSS
Apr 14/16 Week 14 Javascript
Apr 21/23 Week 15 Server Side Scripting intro / databases
Apr 28 Final Exam from 4-6:50pm

Evaluation Procedures
Grade Categories Description Weight Toward Final Grade
Assignment 1 Command Line / Dec-Bin-Hex Conversion 5%
Assignment 2 Single HTML Web page 10%
Assignment 3 HTML page with web comic in SVG and compressed bitmap format 10%
Assignment 4 RSS page with audio recording (aka podcast) 10%
Assignment 5 Multi-page HTML Web site w/JavaScript and CSS 15%
Readings X required comments about the readings posted online (TBD based on number of readings) 10%
Exam 01 Exam covering weeks 1-5 10%
Exam 02 Exam covering weeks 6-10 10%
Final Exam Exam covering weeks 1-15 20%