EXCITING MULTIMEDIA CONCEPTS DISTANCE
 LEARNING SOLUTIONS
 PREFACE
 UNIT A Multimedia-An Overview
  DEFINING MULTIMEDIA
  EXPLORING MULTIMEDIA ON THE WEB Web development considerations
  STUDYING THE GROWTH OF MULTIMEDIA Barriers to creating multimdeia
  EXAMINING EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS Multimedia enhances reference titles
  EXAMINING ENIERTAINMENT APPLICATIONS
  EXAMINING BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
  UNDERSTANDING MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER PLAYBACK SYSTEMS CD-ROM and DVDs
  UNDERSTANDING MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
  ISSUE:WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE USE OF MULTIMEDIA?
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
  ISSUE:THE MULTIMEDIA PERSONAL COMPUTER（MTC）
  STANDARDS：ARE THEY NEEDED
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
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  VISUAL WORKSHOP
 UNITB Multimedia Elements-Text and Graphics
  USING TEXT IN MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
  USING TEXT ON THE WEB
  UNDERSTANDING SOFTWARE FOR WORKING WITH TEXT Fonts and playback systems
  USING GRAPHICS IN MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
  UNDERSTANDING GRAPHIC IMAGE FILE SIZES
  UNDERSTANDING SOFTWARE FOR WORKING WTTH GRAPHICS
  EXAMINING THE SOURCES OF GRAPHIC IMAGES
  USING GRAPHICS ON THE WEB
  ISSUE:COPYRIGHTS AND MULTIMEDIA
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
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 UNITC Understanding Multimedia Elements-Sound,Animation,Video
  UNDERSTANDING SOUND
  EXPLORING SOUND ON THE WEB
  UNDERSTANDING 2-D ANIMATION Clip animation
  UNDERSTANDING 3-D ANIMATION
  EXPLORING ANIMATION ON THE WEB Accessing animation on the Web
  UNDERSTANDING VIDEO
  UNDERSTANDING VIDEO COMPRESSION AND VIDEO EDITING Synchronizing multimedia elements
  EXPLORING VIDEO ON THE WEB Virtual reality
  ISSUE：INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RICHTS AND EMERGING WEB TECHNOLOCIES：THE NAPSTER CONTROVERSY
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
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 UNIT D Multimedia Authoring Programs
  EXPLORING MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING PROGRAMS Considerations when comparing multimedia authoring programs
  EXAMINING SLIDE SHOW PROGRAMS
  EXAMINING CARD OR BOOK METAPHOR PROGRAMS
  EXAMINING ICON-BASED ROGRAMS
  EXAMINING TIME-BASED PROGARAMS
  EXPLORING PROCRAMMING LANGUACES HTML:a markup language
  EXPLORING SCRIPTING LANGUACES Multimedia development steps:an overview
  USING WEB-BASED MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
  ISSUE:CENSORSHIP
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
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 UNIT E Development and Design of Multimedia Titles
  PLANNING THE TITLE-PART1
  PLANNING THE TITLE-PART2 More about specifications
  PLANNING THE TITTE-PART3
  CREATING AND TESTING THE TITLE Testing multimedia titles:two processes
  UNDERSTANDING MULTIMEDIA DESIGN GUIDELINES
  DESIGNING FOR INTERACTIVTTY
  UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIVE DESIGN GUIDELINES
  DESIGNING MULTIMEDLA FOR THE WEB Multimedia and banner ads
  ISSUE:ONLINE PRIVACY:IS CONSUMER FEEDBACK WORTH THE PRICE?
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
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 UNIT F Management and Distribution of Mulitmedia Titles
  DECIDING WHO SHOULD DEVELOP THE MULTIMEDIA TITLE
  OUTSOURCING MULTIMEDIA TITLES
  UNDERSTANDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT:PLANNING THE PROJECT
  UNDERSTANDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT:IDENTIFYING THE TEAM
  UNDERSTANDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT:ORGANIZING THE PROJECT
  EXPLORING CAREERS IN MULTIMEDIA
  UNDERSTANDING MASS-MARKET DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIMEDIA TITLES Distribution alternatives
  XPLORING ONLINE DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIMEDIA TITLES
  ISSUE:HOW TO MARKET MULTIMEDIA TITLES
  EXPAND THE IDEAS
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 UNIT G Case study:Incorporating Multimedia into a Web site
  WORKING WTTH HTML
  PLANNING THE WEB SITE
  CREATINC THE HOME PAGE
  CREATING A CHILD PAGE
  CREATING ADDITIONAL PAGES
  LINKING WEB PAGES USING TEXT
  LINKING WEB PAGES USING GRAPHICS
  AnDING ANIMATION TO WEB PAGES
  ADDINC SOUND AND VIDEO TO WEB PAGES
  CREATING EXTERNAL LINKS
  ADDINC JAVASCRIPT TO A WEB PAGE
  ENHANCINC A WEB PAGE
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  SKILLS REVIEW
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  VISUAL WORKSHOP
 UNIT H Case Study:Using Macromedia Director
  pLANNING THE MOVIE
  UNDERSTANDING DIRECTOR
  GETTING STARTED WTTH DIRECTOR
  SETTING MOVIE PROPERTIES AND USING THE TOOL PAETTE
  ASSEMBLING THE CAST
  PLAYING THE MOVIE
  ANIMATING THE MOVIE
  CREATING SCRIPTS IN LINGO
  ADDING A SECOND ANIMATION
  CREATING INTERACTIVITY WITH BUTTONS
  ADDING SOUND
  DISTRIBUTING THE MOVIE
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  SKILLS REVIEW
  INDEPENDENT CHALLENCES
  VISUAL WORKSHOP
 PROJECT FILES
 GLOSSARY
 INDEX