Class Multimedia Computing and Interactivity

This class contributes to the development of investigation skills and critical analysis skills, while helping the student to understand the presuppositions that govern technologies currently available to any user. It equally promotes the student¿s conceptual and creative development, beyond providing technical knowledge for the creation of digital contents. In this way, it equips the student with skills for exercising their communication power in the contemporary society.

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Transversal contents Signifyer and meaning. Icone, index, symbol Webpage creation Content Management Systems (Wordpress and Wix) Criteria for indexing e ranking  Copyrights and Creative Commons Research methods Selection and analysis of sources: credibility, complementarity, divergences Critical extrapolation Referencing Editing tools Sound (e.g. Reaper, Audacity) Image (e.g. Gimp, Photoshop) Vídeo (e.g. Open Shot) “Open source”, shareware, freeware Practical works Analysis of existing interactive objects Investigation about contemporary, problematic issues Development of creative projects

The methodological orientation is "student centered" & "project-oriented". At the beginning of the semester, the students are provided with a document including detailed briefings, teaching and evaluation methodologies, as well as links to digital tools and support materials. It is permitted to use Chat GPT (similarly to Google and Wikipedia) in order to find bibliographic sources - as long as those sources are properly consulted and referenced. It is always crucial to evaluate and select the results of any search, to consider different information sources, to make use of critical thinking, and to extrapolate further. Chat GTP can equally be used to revise spelling and gramar, as long as that revision is subsequently verified by the student.

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