multimedia casus


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multimedia casus


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multimedia casus


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nederlands

name

Multimedia Design Casus

docent

dr. A. Eliëns, with dr. G. van der Veer and dr. J.F. Hoorn

code

400367

credits

6 ects (formerly 5)

period

nov-jan

contents

The assignment in the multimedia casus is to develop a virtual environment for some cultural or governemental institute or company.

The practicum takes the form a stage, in which external supervision plays an important role.

In the multimedia casus, techniques learned in previous courses (see the resources) will applied to create the application.

At the start of the course the actual assignment will be determined.

Examples of possible assignments are: the development of a virtual exposition hall for the Dutch Royal Museum of the Arts, a virtual city square, which gives information about both the present and the past, a virtual shop, with online buying facilities, or an online broker, which offers facilities for inspecting houses.

approach

practicum/stage

literatuur

online studyguide

exam

assignment

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PDF

studiegids

A general motivation for the multimedia casus is given in appendix E of the syllabus for introduction multimedia.

project assignment

Given the INCCA (*) information space, construct a virtual environment containing:

*) INCCA stands for: International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art.

A more detailed description of the assignment is available online.

project information

INCCA resources include:

INCCA resources


  • project information -- aims and mission statement
  • website -- www.incca.org
  • artist archive(s) -- in particular Miroslav Balka
  • additional material -- mpeg video of interviews

contact: Tatja Scholte (ICN)


project management

The students participating in the multimedia casus are responsible for the succesfull completion of the project, including the issues of project management. An initial checklist for setting up the project is given below.

checklist


  • roles -- create a team
  • project goal -- develop a vision
  • production -- construct the assests
  • quality assesment -- test and control
  • delivery -- present and archive
  • manage -- all along
  • document -- track project's history

project evaluation

The project evaluation will be based on deliverables and peer assesment on the criteria indicated below.

judgement


  • group -- (2) effort, 5 (product), 3 (documentation)
  • individual -- (4) responsibility, (3) productivity, (3) quality
  • mark = ( group + individual ) / 2. [min: 5 by peer review]
The deliverables include:

deliverables


  • group -- project plan, design, project report
  • individual -- detailed weekly account of activities

additional information

For material on narratives structures in virtual environments, see introduction multimedia: 2.3, and in particular the research directions in that section.

Consult chapter 7 for material on virtual environments.

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10 weeks (44-50, 2-4), starting the 1th week of november 2005, wednesday 13.30-15.15 (*)


(*)

  week    48    wo 13.30-15.15 mIS, 3IK-MMC Multimedia Design Casus R232 
  week        44 45 46 47  49 50  wo 13.30-15.15 mIS, 3IK-MMC Multimedia Design Casus F630 
  2006:
  week    2 3 4  ma 13.30-15.15 3IK-MMC, mIS Multimedia Development Case M143 
  

important dates

  • wednesday dec 14, 2005 -- ICN: 13.30: visit
  • monday jan 16, 2006 -- ICN: 13.30: final delivery

schedule

  • week 1: project organisation
  • week 2: project definition
  • week 3: planning and design
  • week 4-10: construction and development
  • week 11: integration and delivery
  • week 12: presentation and archiving
Note: other meetings will be scheduled.

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2003


assignment

The actual assignment for the multimedia casus may be formulated as follows:

digital dossier

Create a VR that realizes a digital dossier for a work of a particular artist. A digital dossier represents the information that is available for a particular work of art, or a collection of works, of a particular artist. The digital dossier should be multimedia-enhanced, that is include photographs, audio and other multimedia material in a compelling manner.

This description covers the intent and motivation of the assignment. To be somewhat more specific, the VR must satisfy the requirements listed below.

requirements


  • the VR must provide access to all the relevant information
  • the VR clarifies the information flow among the parties involved in the conservation and presentation the work(s)
  • the VR explains and illustrates the added value of the INCCA virtual knowledge center
These requirements are not exhaustive, as they do not include any indication concerning style and presentation qualities. With respect to the contents of the VR, keep in mind that the conservation of art is a delicate issues. Read the document about conservation ethics and the problem of modern art.

vocabulary -- Webster New World Dictionary

  • dossier (dos-si-er) [Fr < dos (back); so named because labeled on the back] a collection of documents concerning a particular person or matter
  • archive [...] 1) a place where public records are kept ... 2) the records, material itself ...