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Educational aspects of digitization of national heritage

Learn about the process of digitizing national heritage and the multimedia technologies used for digital presentation. This course covers XML-related multimedia technologies, Macromedia Flash, sound processing, 2D and 3D graphics. Students will also create a project showcasing their knowledge of these technologies. Taught by experts in the field.

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Educational aspects of digitization of national heritage

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  1. Educational aspects of digitization of national heritage Mile Jovanov Nevena Ackovska Smile Markovski Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  2. Introduction • The Digitization of national heritage is a process concerning several aspects • the digital presentation of the cultural heritage elements • When using digital presentation, in order to complete the goal, one needs to use different multimedia technologies • sound processing and generation • creating and processing of photos • generating, processing and producing of videos • creating 3D visualizations and animations • their integration in a final product, in order to achieve appropriate presentation and means of easy distribution. • These technologies, which are extremely important for the digital presentation of the national heritage, can be learned in the most of the Multimedia courses included in the Information technologies or Computer Science studies Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  3. Course Multimedia at II • Lectures • 2 hours per week • Prof. D-r Smile Markovski • Mile Jovanov (some parts) • Lab tutorials • 4 class hours per week • Marjan Kindalov • Nikolče Mihajlovski • Goran Kolevski • Nikola Lazovski Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  4. XML related multimedia technologies • Introduction XML and XML related technologies • XSL and XSLT transformations • An introduction to SMIL and SVG • How XML, SMIL and SVG are related • The SMIL specification modules • Authoring and delivery platforms • Server side techniques for processing and transforming XML • Design issues • Advanced and selected topics within XML based multimedia technologies • Future perspectives: 3G services, mobility and XML related technologies Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  5. Lab tutorial • Four main parts • 2D Graphics • 3D Graphics • Sound • Macromedia Flash • Idea: One assistant – one part Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  6. Macromedia Flash Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  7. ► 6 hours • Development environment. Panels. Time... • Film vs. animation • Types of elements • Animation structure in Flash • Pictures, picture optimization • Sound, sound optimization • Introduction to Action Script 1.0 • Standard operators, control structures... • ... ►Macromedia Flash ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  8. ► 6 hours • Movie Clip and Button elements • Event handling • Use of Math, Key, Selection objects • Arrays and methods • Home made check box, scroll, subscribe form… • Interactive menus • .... ►Macromedia Flash ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  9. Sound recording editing reproduction sequencing compression ... Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  10. ► 12 hours • “Audacity” • software product for sound processing • “Anvil Studio” • software for sound generation • MIDI programming ►Sound ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  11. 2D graphics • Raster • Vector Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  12. ► 8 hours • Introduction to GIMP and application • Types of colors, layers, chanels • Selections • Masks • Toolbox • Filters • (Blur, Light effects, Glass effects, Artistic, Text effects...) • Scripts • Print ►2D Graphics ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  13. ► 4 hours • Introduction to Coral Draw and application • Primary menu • Using lines, brushes, shapes • Effects • Using colors • Using text • 3Deffects • Layers • Using bit – maps • Print ►2D Graphics ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  14. 3D graphics • Maya - 3D modeling and animation • Virtual Dub –for video capture and linear processing Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  15. ► 10 hours • Maya • Status bar • QWERTY tools • Line up • Hotbox • Marking menus • Channel box • Attributes editor • … ►3D Graphics ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  16. ► 10 hours ►3D Graphics ► Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  17. Project! • In order to complete the course, students must produce a project! Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  18. Project  • The digital presentation of the national heritage of one country incorporates the usage of the previously mentioned technologies • particularly modern and very attractive area • The projects include presentations of very important segments of Macedonian national heritage • Projects are created as part of collaboration between the Center of digitization of National Heritage of Macedonia (CDNH) at the Institute of Informatics and the students taking the Multimedia course Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  19. CDNH Macedonia • Formed 01.03.2005 • activities focused toward development of a digitized presentation of the national heritage of Macedonia via: • building a web portal of the CDNH • producing application programs and programming tools for national heritage presentation • organizing seminars, workshops and conferences • involving new teaching materials in students education at Institute of Informatics • ... Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  20. The role of CDNH • The role of CDNH is • to communicate with the relevant institutions involved in the conservation of Macedonian national heritage • to understand the needs of these institutions • to prepare action plan for the forthcoming activities and projects, and • to complete those projects • These activities include the creation of various digital presentations, and their integration • in web pages for Internet presentations • as part of CD presentations Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  21. Educational institution Multimedia course curricula Lecturer Project Project Project Project Project CDNH Cultural institution Contact person Bridge: educational process at II <-> cultural institutions in MKD Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  22. Student projects • Multimedia based: • 3Danimations, • Virtual tours, • Panorama views, • Musically supported, • Picture galleries, • Texts, • Movie recordings • ... Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  23. Student project– “Ubavinite na Matka” Cetinje, 15.09.2007

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  28. Results • This approach in teaching Multimedia course enables the students to create part of the projects that are incorporated in the official digital presentation of the national heritage of Republic of Macedonia • The idea that their work is presented to broader Macedonian community motivates them to achieve their maximal potentials, both in qualitative as well as in the quantitative aspect of the project creation • These types of projects • give the students opportunity to feel the real team spirit, • require managing the time and resources, and • communication with authorities and people from the cultural and historical community of the Republic of Macedonia Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  29. Conclusion • The digital presentation of national heritage offers enormous opportunities in application of the students’ skills acquired in the course of Multimedia • It is evident that due to the fact that these projects are available to broader public through their web accessibility, the students are highly motivated to create more interesting presentations • The motivation itself leads the students to global understanding of the multimedia technologies and a desire to master all of the software products taught in the Multimedia course Cetinje, 15.09.2007

  30. CDNH webportal • The portal is continuously enriched http://www.cdnh.edu.mk Cetinje, 15.09.2007

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