Credit: Three semester hours
Time/Dates: 4:00-9:00 Friday 9:00-5:00 Saturday // Sept. 11/12; Oct. 2/3; Oct. 23/24
Location: JCC: Building 5, Room 211
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide and in depth experience in utilizing computer graphics for presentation and instructional purposes. Course topics are chosen to provide students with a base knowledge that is then applied in a more in depth Quicktime VR project.
Readings: Lopuck, Lisa. "Designing Multimedia: A Visual Guide to Multimedia and Online Graphic Design." Peachpit Presss, 1996. (recommended)
Kristof, Ray & Satran, Amy. "Interactivity by design." Adobe Press, 1995 (recommended)
Kitchens, Susan A. "The Quicktime VR Book." 1998 Peachpit Press.
Requirements:
SuperPaint Project
Powerpoint or Hyperstudio Presentation consiting of modified digital images
Morphing Project
Digital Storage: Each student is required to have two 3.5" floppy disks for storage.
Plagiarism: This course adheres to the College's policy on academic honesty as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog. Plagiarism may lead to grade reduction, course failure, or expulsion from school.
Course Schedule: (subject to change as needed)
| Date: | Topic: |
| 9/11A | Superpaint: Painting and Drawing. Graphic file formats and converting. Creating graphics for the web: Gif, Animated Gif, and JPEG files. Color Pallettes. |
| 9/11B | Digital Still Pictures - Scanning // Editing Photos in Photoshop |
| 9/12A | Taking digital pictures for Still-Picture Campus Tour |
| 10/12B | Editing digital pictures and placing them in Powerpoint or Hyperstudio. |
| 10/2A | Powerpoint and Hyperstudio Presentations/Taking Digital Pictures for Morphing Project |
| 10/2B | Compiling Morphing Project |
| 10/3A | Taking digital pictures for production of Quicktime VR movies |
| 10/3B | Compiling Quicktime VR movies with Quicktime VR Authoring Studio |
| 10/23A | Combining Quicktime VR movies in scenes |
| 10/23B | Continue producing Quicktime VR movies for campus tour |
| 10/24A | Using Hyperstudio interactively with QTVR Projects |
| 10/24B | Final Completion of Quicktime VR Projects |
Grading Policy:
3 projects 33 points each (99 points total)
QTVR Project 151 points
Participation 50 points
TOTAL 300 points.
270-300 points 4.0
255-269 points 3.5
240-254 points 3.0
225-239 points 2.5
210-224 points 2.0
195-209 points 1.5
180-194 points 1.0
Office Information:
E-mail: betrusak@potsdam.edu
Office: Satterlee Hall 216
Phone: (315) 267-2670
Office Hours: M-TH12:45-1:45 or by appointment
JCC Computer Laboratory Information:
Open Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Software Available:
5 Macs in the lab have Superpaint installed.
5-10 Macs in the lab have Hyperstudio installed.
All PowerMacs in the lab have Powerpoint installed as part of Microsoft
Office.
It is possible that you will have to do Superpaint work on one machine,
and switch machines to work in Hyperstudio or Powerpoint.
This page created August 30, 1998. Last Updated
September 28, 1998.