Introduction to Multimedia Technology
College Hall 205
01/09/2015
www.jma.duq.edu/classes/shepherd/jma501
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 – [email protected]
GA: Ben Brode
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
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, must login to a server computer
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)
– 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 (Dreamweaver) 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: It’s technology and
use in a Web page• Use Adobe Media Encoder to convert
among sound and video formats
JMA501 - Assignments
• Due at the end of the day (11:59 PM).• Late assignments receive a 10% per class penalty, maximum 30%•After two weeks, can’t hand in assignments•Actual assignments on 501 class site•Use Blackboard to submit work: Submit the URL (address) to your index.htm page or the assignment URL
JMA501 – Tools
Adobe CC 2014 (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-sp-gart-jma-501-61-intro-multi-tech
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>
Parent and child folders
Parent of folder F2
Child of folder F1, a Parent of folder F3
F1
F2
F3Child of folder F2
www.jma.duq.edu
Folder
Files
FilesFiles
PUB FolderFolder
Your Space
User folder– aka. Z: driveMust be in 205
We created for you
(Computer name)
Folder
File
File
FileFile
PUB Folder
Folder
Your Space
All files for the
Web must be in PUB
All files for the
Web must be in PUB
User folder
www.jma.duq.edu
Path to user folder
www.jma.duq.edu/users/LoginName(Path to your users folder)
– It’s your private /network folder– It’s a child of the users folder ( which is the parent
folder):
Short cut—Z:
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 the server: 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:
Adding a JMA501 folder inside Pub folder
Path to pub:
www.jma.duq.edu/users/LoginName/pubDouble-click your Z: driveThis places you inside users/YourloginName folder
Browse to pubRight-click in a white areaChoose Create>New folderName 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 LocatorExample
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
Room Access
You should have access to room 205, 345 and the building. Use handicapped button on building entrance
Index cards
– Name– Major/track
Knowledge (1-10) of :– HTML, – Photoshop, – Dreamweaver, – Illustrator– Premiere/DVD Creation