COMM 204 - Advanced Interactive Electronic Media

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course is a continuation of Interactive Electronic Media. It enables the student to develop more advanced and sophisticated techniques in the development and production of communication media. Student team projects will include working with actual clients, require deadlines, deliverables, and presentation to the clients.

Prerequisite COMM 203.

A. Create effective interactive projects.  

B. Analyze design problems.  

C. Explain the principles of human-centered design. 

D. Develop visual elements of communication. 

E. Operate in a team environment. 

F. Produce deliverables to the client in a deadline based environment. 

Content
A. Digital imaging 

B. Interactive projects 

C. Teamwork skills 

D. Design problems 

Student Evaluation
Evaluation will be based on assignments, presentations, and the work presented by the student.  Bibliography
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Chapman, Nigel, and Jenny Chapman. Digital Multimedia. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Wiley, 2004.  

Costanzo, William. The Writer’s Eye. New York: McGraw Hill, 2006.    

Finn, David. How To Look at Everything. New York: Abrams, 2000. 

Herko, Robert. Composing Photographs. Stamford: Longmeadow, 1990. 

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Rockport Designs. Layout-Working with Layout for Great Designs. Cincinnati: North Light, 1998. 

Rush, Michael. Video Art. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003.  

Vaughan, Tay. Multimedia: Making It Work. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008.  

Williams, Robin. The Non-Designer’s Design Book. 2nd ed. Berkeley: Peachpit, 2004.  

Weixel, Suzanne, Jennifer Fulton, et al. Multimedia Basics. Boston: Thomson, 2004.