2017/2018

2018/2019

DM270

ING-INF/05 (DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION, MULTIMEDIA

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (25/02/2019 - 31/05/2019)

9

76 lesson hours

Italian

 

PORTA MARCO (titolare) - 9 ECTS

The student should have proper knowledge of basic computer science (binary code, computer structure) and digital media (image, sound, video and animation). Such knowledge is provided by the Digital Media course (1st year).

The course provides the basics for uderstanding Internet and Web technologies, as well as the theoretical and practical fundamentals for the creation and management of online multimedia content.

- Internet and World Wide Web:
basic aspects, terminology, protocols (basics on TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, etc.), Internet services (quality, security, applications), World Wide Web, HTML language, control of page appearance (Cascading Style Sheets, CSS), creation of markup languages (XML meta language), Content Management Systems, Web evolution (Semantic Web)

- Computer languages and translation techniques: general basics, introduction to the concept of algorithm and to programming fundamentals

- Creation of interactive and dynamic behaviors: Web 2.0, client-side technologies (JavaScript language and basics of other languages), serber-side technologies (CGI programs, application servers)

- Web and multimedia: optimization and distribution of multimedia content for the Web

- Advanced forms of interaction with multimedia tools: Human-Computer Interaction, the "mobile" world, basics of virtual reality, augmented reality, telepresence, applications

- Elements of Web Design, Usability and Accessibility: information architecture for the Web, criteria for the design and analysis of websites

The course is composed of both theory (54 hours) and laboratory (22 hours) classes.

Study material is mainly provided by the teacher's slides and by online content. However, the following book is suggested (even if not essential) to get better insights into web design:

J. Sklar, Principi di Web design, Apogeo, 2012.

The exam consists of:

(a) a written test composed of open questions and exercises;
who achieved a grade between 18 and 29 in the written test;
(c) an optional project (however necessary to achieve the "30 e lode" grade) consisting in the creation of a website, for students who obtained a grade between 18 and 30 in the written test. grade