1. Multimedia Course Realization Vangel Ajanovski Institute of Informatics Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Skopje, Macedonia

2. Multimedia course ► Result of the curriculum reconstruction in 2000 ► Last year it was held for the 4th time ● Planned as a 1 semester course (15 weeks) ● 2h per week theoretical lectures (held by docent d-r Danilo Gligoroski) ● 4h per week laboratory classes (tutored by assistants m-r Ljupcho Antovski and Vangel Ajanovski) ► In 2004/2005 there were 60 students ● divided in 3 groups for laboratory classes

3. Course Syllabus ► W1: Multimedia course overview (lab introduction, semester project assignment) ► W2,3: Image capturing, editing and production (GIMP, Adobe Photoshop) ► W4: Sound recording, editing and production (Audacity, MP3 compression, Sony Soundforge) ► W5: Cartoons (Macromedia Flash) ► W6,7: Video recording, editing and production (Virtual Dub, DivX and XviD compression, Adobe Premiere) ► W8,9: Multimedia integration (Macromedia Director) ► W10-15: Media – audio and video; project integration and management; final production and delivery

4. Multimedia Laboratory ► Equipment bought as part of two TEMPUS projects from 2000 to 2004 for innovating courses with multimedia materials

5. Multimedia Laboratory Equipment list ► Video production ● HP Kayak Workstation XU-800 ● Matrox RT 2500 video processing card ● JVC GY-DV500 semi-professional digital video camcorder ● JVC HR-DVS1 dual (miniDV, SVHS) video recorder ● Panasonic NV-GS400 high-end amateur digital video camcorder ● Sony 21FT TV ● Topex FlexVision TFZV-500 analog document camera with wireless transmitter ► Audio production ● HP Vectra Workstation ● Creamware Pulsar II audio processing 20-channel card ● Yamaha MSP5 studio monitoring near-field speakers ● RME ADI-8 DS 8-channel analog- digital converter ● Yamaha MOTIF8 MIDI Synthesizer and Sequencer Workstation ● TL-Audio Ivory VP5051 Voice Processor ● Neumann TLM-103 and kt184 microphones ● Proel HAP 10 headphone splitter ● Sennheiser HD600 and HD25 headphones

6. Lab Practice Assignments Image editing

7. Semester Projects ► The students organize in teams ► Each teams has to develop a multimedia CD ● Promotional material ● Learning material ● Entertainment ► The team has to create a complete product together with a cover and marketing materials ► The team has to organiza a public release presentation

8. Semester Projects Examples ► Promotional material of the Institute of Informatics ► Underwater archeology ► Learning material for computer graphics course (a FAQ document) ► History of Art ► Southpark at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics ► Molecular biology