CS 179.12 Reporting Topics S.Y. 2005-2006

Possible Topics (In order of presentation):

1. Instant Messaging (ex. AIM)
2. Course Management System (ex. Moodle)
3. Weblogs / Blogs
4. E-Radio (Internet Radio)
5. Streaming Video
6. Voice-over-IP
7. Video Conferencing
8. MMORPG
9. Mobile Applications (SMS/MMS) (ex. 2366)
10. Flight Simulator

Presentation Outline (and Guide Questions):

1. Description and Common Application
   • What senses are invoked?
   • Who are its common uses?
   • Who are its common users?
   • What are its benefits?
2. Capture
   • How is it captured?
   • What are the different ways of having converted into digital form? Differentiate? Resolution/Quality? Cost?
   • What are the common capture devices?
3. Storage
   • How is encoded?
   • What are the common file formats? Differentiate? Size? Bandwidth? Cost?
4. Presentation
   • What is its level of interaction? people-to-people? people-to-system?
   • How is media played back?
   • What are the different forms of playback? Differentiate? Resolution/Quality? Cost?
   • what are the common playback devices?
5. Distribution
   • How is media published/distributed? Delivery mechanism?
   • What are the common tools used for distribution?
6. Demostration
   • How is it commonly used?
   • Where can multimedia of this type be found?

General Guidelines:

• Each group will be composed of at least two (2) member and at most three (3) members. Each group must have an assigned analyst and a technical expert.
• Each group shall prepare a fifteen (15) minutes presentation
• Groups must have presentation material that include a demonstration of their selected form of multimedia. This must be loaded and tested before class.
• Each group shall prepare a short write-up summarizing their report (2-3 pages, single space, 11pt Times New Roman - or equivalent).

Grading Criteria:

• 20% Content (The Meat of the Presentation)
• 20% Clarity (How clear the message is put across?)
• 40% Delivery and Presentation (Actual Communication)
• 20% Authority (Does it sound credible?)