Following the 2004 Review of the Faculty of Information Technology this unit forms part of the Multimedia major established within the Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems degree.

September 2012: Added FIT1040 as an alternative prerequisite to FIT1002 for 2013. Approved by CE (Mark Power).

This unit has been updated to reflect new offering as part of the Games Development major at Caulfield. No major changes have been made, some entries have been slightly adjusted to reflect the extra diversity in the unit as a result of the inclusion of games development projects. Explicit mention to games development is also made in some places.

Proposed change should be implemented for Semester 1, 2010 as the unit will be offered at Caulfield then.

October, 2011: Change of prerequisites to align unit with new multimedia development and games development structures. Proposed change should be implemented for semester 1 2011.

December, 2011

PreReqs modified to Facilitate student enrollment through WES. The prerequisite subject FIT2003 has replaced FIT1003 and FIT2035. Students who had completed the subject FIT1003 were excluded from enrolling in FIT3039.

On advice from Renee Bartholmoeusz it is requested that this change be actioned for semester 1,2012.

This modification has been made after consulting with Lindsay Smith.

January, 2012

Modified Assessment to include a hurdle requirement to comply with Faculty policy.

Updated contact person details.

May 2012

Changed workload/special requirements information. some software will only run in K110 as it needs a 64 bit operating system. Note that this has already been fixed in the semester 2 timetable in MUTTS

October 2012

Changed prerequisites to reflect FIT offerings in Berwick Business and Berwick Education degrees.

May2013

modified Workload/SpecialRequirements to reflect labs with required hardware/software configurations

November 2013

modified Workload/SpecialRequirements to reflect system requirements for this unit.

Changed objectives to outcomes

28/11/13 - Admin: Fix formatting issue in learning outcomes

14/05/14 - Admin update: minor change to learning outcomes (as approved by ADE).

SEP 2015: Minor edits (addition of 2016 prerequisite units) for course architecture. Effective 2016.

22/9/2015: Admin - change of name as per course architecture approvals.

9/9/2016: Changed teaching hours and added special requirements to allow central timetabling to correctly allocate teaching spaces

12/06/2017: Admin - updating location of offering to reflect actual campus offerings at the ADE's request.

February 2019: Update to prerequisites to allow more flexibility for IM major students. Discussed with Mark Power, Tom Chandler and Matt Butler.

8/7/19: Admin update: update Chief Examiner for semester 2, 2019 onward.

18/09/2020 Admin: Update to include new assessment and teaching approach fields as per Handbook requirements.

This unit (and its counterpart Studio 2) aims to build on the students' knowledge of basic concepts from previous years, by introducing them to more advanced tools for multimedia systems and games development. It also aims to further develop students' understanding of the multimedia and games development process and the tools and techniques used to manage and control it.

The sequence content will be integrated closely with that of the other core units in the degree programs. This first unit concentrates on the initial systems design phase and the development of a system prototype. This unit allows students to demonstrate the skills that they have gained in FIT1012, FIT2012, FIT2015, FIT2016, FIT2026, and/or FIT2049 in a large scale multimedia or games project.

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. develop a project management plan for delivering a multimedia/game application or product;
2. create a game/multimedia application or product OR Create a working prototype of a game/multimedia application or product;
3. work collaboratively in a team environment;
4. communicate project progress to stakeholders;
5. document and report on project progress.

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The principal development process focus of the unit will be on the social, legal and business context in which multimedia and games development companies must operate. Students will work actively in teams on the development of a multimedia or games application or exhibit. Project teams will use project planning/management skills, and design and build a prototype of the project using appropriate software processes and methodologies. Students will integrate multimedia, programming and technical knowledge in the development process. Requirements are fulfilled by the team producing an identified set of deliverables. The team must ensure that each deliverable is completed on schedule.

There are no specific software requirements for this unit due to the varying nature of the projects chosen. After choosing your project you will be required to use the most appropriate development software.

On-campus

This unit is a capstone class where students work on self-directed projects. As such, the class will be run as a single 4 hour studio each week.

To enable students to have access to the skills of all teaching staff, all studio classes need to be scheduled at the same time and in close proximity to each other (ideally at the same time and in adjacent rooms)

A broad open class approach is used to facilitate collaboration and a peer based learning approach between students

This unit has a group based assessment component of 60% and an individual component of 40%. To pass in this unit a student must obtain: 40% or more in the individual assessment, and 40% or more in the group assessment, and an overall unit mark of 50% or more. If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit group assessment or the unit individual assessment and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit.

1. Group Task 1: Project Plan: - 15% - ULO:
2. Group Task 2: Project Design Doc: - 15% - ULO:
3. Individual Task 1a: Project Journal Submission 1: - 15% - ULO:
4. Individual Task 1b: Project Journal Submission 1: - 5% - ULO:
5. Final Product Delivery: - 30% - ULO:
6. Individual Task 2a: Individual Process Journal Submission 2: - 15% - ULO:
7. Individual Task 2b: Project Journal Submission 2: - 5% - ULO:

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

This unit requires both a Mac and PC studio space

PC systems must be capable of high powered 3D rendering, video production and games development

This unit is a capstone class where students work on self-directed projects. As such, the class will be run as a single 4 hour studio each week.

To enable students to have access to the skills of all teaching staff, all studio classes need to be scheduled at the same time and in close proximity to each other (ideally at the same time and in adjacent rooms)

FIT

For 2016 courses: (FIT2091 and FIT2087) or (FIT2073 and FIT2096)

Josh Olsen