CISC 1600: Introduction to Multimedia Computing, Fall 2015

This is the course material for CISC 1600: Introduction to Multimedia Computing at Brooklyn College, as taught by Michael Mandel in Fall 2015.

See course announcements below

Topics (syllabus)

Note that this schedule might change, so check back frequently!

Date Lecture Lab Assignments Additional material
Unit I: Introduction to Web Programming and Web Design
2015/09/02 Introduction, HTML5 Lab 1: HTML5
2015/09/09 HW1 Assigned
2015/09/16 Web design
2015/09/23 [No class]
Unit II: Interactive Programming & Graphics
2015/09/30 Lab 3: JavaScript
2015/10/07 Internet and WWW Midterm review slides Practice midterm
2015/10/14 Midterm exam
2015/10/21 Graphics in Processing Lab 4: Graphics in Processing
2015/10/28 Animation and interactivity in Processing Lab 5: Processing Interactivity and Animation Proj 2 Assigned Proj 2 examples:
2015/11/04 Objects and arrays in Processing Lab 6: Processing animation, objects, and arrays
Unit III: Game Programming
2015/11/11 Lab 7: Scratch
2015/11/18 Game design Lab 8: Scratch 2
2015/11/25 Game state, Game math Lab 9: State machines in games HW 2 Due
Unit IV: Agents, Simulations and Visualizations
2015/12/02 Agent-based programming Lab 10: NetLogo
2015/12/09 Practice final Review slides
2015/12/16 Final exam, 6-8pm Proj 4 Due on the 15th!

Announcements

2015/11/25
Project 3 is due via blackboard on 12/2
2015/11/25
Homework 2 is due via blackboard on 11/25
2015/11/09
The deadline for project 2 has been extended by a week to 11/18
2015/11/04
Extra credit assignment described in Lecture 9. Basically, you can get extra credit for turning in the optional challenges to the labs.
2015/10/30
Past examples of project 2 have been posted
2015/10/28
Project 2 has been posted and is due before class starts on 11/11
2015/10/21
Project 1 is due before class starts at 6:30pm
2015/10/17
I have re-arranged the order of the units. We'll go into processing for interactive programming and graphics, and then to games from there.
2015/10/14
Midterm today