Course Introduction
08/1/2915
Introduction to
Multimedia Technology
www.jma.duq.edu/classes/shepherd/jma501
College Hall 205
JMA501 – Instructor/GA
Dr. John Shepherd ( a.k.a. Shep, John)
Associate Professor in JMA.
Founder of the Grad/Undergrad Multimedia majors (1995 and 2001)
BS Management Science, from CMU, Ph.D. Operations Research and
Systems Management. Pitt, Information Technology Masters Duquesne
Office – 529 COLH
Office hours – MW 1:00-2:00, 3:00-4:00 and by Appointment
Phone – 412 – 396 -5772
E-mail – shepherd@duq.edu
GA: Courtney Downing
Background
10 years as IT professional, with small company…Boss, secretary, me..adjunct hired me
– Clients: Steelers, Penguins
IUP for 10 years teaching IT courses
Duquesne for many years SOB (IT courses), Rangos ( Health
Management Systems), College (was Chair) teach multimedia courses
Who are you: name, concentration,
Introduce self to people next to you
Schedule
Course Syllabus/Schedule: www.jma.duq.edu/classes/shepherd/jma501
Parent and child folders
F1
Parent of folder F2
F2
F3
F2 is Child of folder F1, and a Parent of folder F3
Child of folder F2
User folder
Aka network folder
Aka Z: drive
Inside the folder is a pub folder, where we store content to be made over the Internet.
To access it, you must login to a server computer, which you already did
User Name and Password
To connect to our network, and thus to your user folder (aka z:) , from within either of our two labs (205 or 345)
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Ctrl-Alt-Delete
– Username : Your Dori/Blackboard login name
– PW : Your Dori password
– Check for Z: drive (A shortcut to your user folder, which is on a computer at CTS)
– Check for pub folder (Its content is available via
Internet)
JMA501 – Course goals
Blend technology and applicable applications.
Create websites that incorporate multimedia assets.
Use HTML 5 and a Graphical User Interface application ;( Content Management System ) to create interactive multimedia-based websites.
Goals…cont
• Create digital videos for playback on the Web or DVD
• Carry out Video compression
• Use Adobe’s Illustrator and Photoshop to create vector and raster graphics.
• Discuss sound: Its technology and use in a Web page
• Use Adobe Media Encoder to convert among sound and video formats
JMA501 - Assignments
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Due at the end of the day (11:59 PM).
• Late assignments receive a 10% per class penalty, maximum 30%
•You may hand in assignments “late”. By one week.
It’s because many of you work
•After two weeks, can’t hand in assignments
•Actual assignments on 501 class site
•Use Blackboard to submit work:
(1) Submit the URL (address) to your index.htm
page or
(2) the assignment URL… shepssite.weebly.com
Blackboard-submitting homework
Login to Blackboard
Find, then click Assignments button,
Assignments…
JMA501
– Tools
Adobe CC 2015 (Creative Cloud):
• Buy : About $500
• Use labs ( 205, room 345 ) zero cost to you
• Rent :
• About $30/month, but needs 12 month commitment
•Use Notepad for HTML
JMA501 – Media Site
http://jma.msl.duq.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/15-spgart-jma-501-61-intro-multi-tech
JMA 501 – Applications
Adobe
Illustrator, vector graphicsresizable
MM 501 – Applications
Photoshop:
Image editing raster graphics
JMA 501 – Video
Premiere Pro create videos for
DVD and Web
Encore to author
DVDs with menus
JMA 501 – HTML
<html>
<head><title>The Web Project</title></head>
<body bgcolor=“#FFFFFF” Text=“#000000” Vlink=“#0c0c0c”>
<h1>Body of Web page</h1>
</body>
</html>
JMA 501 – Web WYSIWYG
Web development :GUI
• Graphical User Interface
Weebly
Content Management Systems
Parent and child folders
F1
Parent of folder F2
F2
F3
Child of folder F1, a Parent of folder F3
Child of folder F2
www.jma.duq.edu
(Computer name)
Your Space
User folder – aka. Z: drive
Must be in 205/345
Folder
Files
Folder
PUB
We created for you
Files
Folder
Files
www.jma.duq.edu
Your Space
User folder
All files for the
Folder
Web must
File
be in PUB
File Folder
PUB
File
File
Folder
www.jma.duq.edu/users/LoginName
(Path to your users folder)
Short cut —Z:
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It’s your private /network folder
It’s a child of the users folder ( which is the parent folder):
Pub Folder
Only on Z: drive
We created it
Open Z: Should see the pub folder
How do I access my user folder from off-campus
(Can also be used on-campus)
– Use File Transfer Protocol
Example: ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/shepherd/
– You may be prompted for your user name and password
– Best to enter the above command in the address bar of any application; except i.e. I use
“Computer” application
How do I access ourserver: FTP
• Like http:, FTP is a protocol --a set of rules --
If prompted for your user name and password – Use your Dori login information
• Open Computer icon
• Enter:
Credentials
Adding a JMA501 folder inside
Pub folder
Path to pub : www.jma.duq.edu/users/LoginName/pub
Double-click your Z: drive
This places you inside users/YourloginName folder
Browse to pub
Right-click in a white area
Choose Create>New folder
Name it JMA501
Browser URLs (Uniform Resource
Locator)
Note: Index.htm
is special file …what’s special?
The URL (path) to a page in your web site (in pub) .depends on how you structured your folders
URL= Universal Resource Locator
Example http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/shepherd/pub/JMA501/FileName.htm
Assuming your file name is index.htm
in the JMA501 folder the address would be: http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/shepherd/pub/jma501
– Can do away with http, and index.htm …why?
www.jma.duq.edu/users/shepherd/pub/jma501
Changing the way folders display
Experiment with the options
What to NOT show
Also, don’t hide extensions
Room Access
You should have access to room 205, 345 and the building. Use handicapped button on building entrance
Index cards
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Name
Major/track
Knowledge (1-10) of :
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HTML,
Photoshop,
Dreamweaver,
Illustrator
Premiere/DVD Creation
