Submission of Flow Chart And Storyboard

Dear MCP students,

Please submit your Flowchart and Storyboard via blog too. I received submission of FC and SB in week5, however, not all group submitted.

For all groups, pls upload your plan (FC and SB) of your authoring project this week, by week6, process marks will be given as part of the evaluation of documentation.

I hope to see some well plan projects from you all, keep your blog updated with FC and SB, if you have refined your Proposal, post version2 of your proposal (you can see some previous project submissions under my blog)

Remember to work in group, all members must play a role in your, and not your leader only. Pls do let us know if your group member(s) is / are not a team player.

Sincerely,
Koo

Your Peers' Blogs - a collective multimedia production sites for 3R

[[Updated by added in another two groups - Wafi's and Azlan's]]

The following are the urls by your peer groups as categorized by materials. We strongly encourage groups in the same materials to share some research links or materials in your blogs.

Contents about 3R can be shared, no problem with this. I believe each group will have their different approaches to present the contents in multimedia interactive form.

1) Plastic

* Green Group
http://whengreengo3r.blogspot.com/
Greenies/Members are:

Abdul Wafi Hanafi (Leader )
Loh Chee Khoon
Mohd Izham Bin Nordin
Ang Kok Yew

*Kumbang Putih
http://kumbangputih.wordpress.com/
Kumbang/Members are:
Azlan Shah bin Anuar (L)
Nur Fatihah binti Rahim Nordin
Mohd Izzuddin Asyraf bin Ismail
Maher Hafizzi bin Saifuddin

*Recyclops Group at
http://www.recyclops.blogspot.com/
Members:
Koh Kim Hwa, Rachel Hoo, Ng Kah Mun, Tan Chee Yean, Sam Yan Ling

*DR. PLUSTICK at
http://plustickbin.blogspot.com/
Members (2 only?...):
Farah Liana, Rezza Hafifi Alias
+ another two members, to be confirmed soon.



2) Electronic, Computer Appliances

*The Revivers Group at
http://reviveourplanet.blogspot.com/
Members:
Ahmad Farid Zamil Abd Razak
Assila Liyana Ahmad Badri
Chu Weng Fatt
Liyana Syahira Omar

*Electro Junkies (Or Junksters) at
http://weliketrojunks.wordpress.com/
Members:
Muhammad Ikhwan, Kamil Hafidz, Izuin Zulsyamin, Nordiana Ludin, Wan Noor Maheran

*3Rera at
http://thelostangelus.blogspot.com/
Members:
Nicolas, Jennifer, Yeong CH, Liu Meizhi, Chua Yueh Er



3) Glass

*GoGoGreen3r at
http://gogogreen3r.blogspot.com/
Members:
Wan Liyana Naznim, Nik Norfasihah, Hussna

*IamLeaderPlease at
http://iamleaderpls.blogspot.com/
Members:
Ahmad Syakir, Ahmad Marzuki, Syed Mohd Taqiyuddin, Muhammad Faiz, Hafiz Azzad




Have fun reading your peers' blog, at the same, you may have some exchange of ideas of your peers who are working on the same materials. Also, members in a group must contribute to the blog, as your blog is a group blog.

MCP1013 (Trimester38 session0809) Starts 12 Nov 08

Hi all, this is to reactivate this blog for MCP1013, trimester38. Students who are in MCP1013, tutorial group 2, do come often to visit this blog, as a one-stop site for all groups in Tutorial MC112. Each group of 3/4/5, pls also let me know a group blog site, so that you can update your project in the blog, anywhere and anytime.

Identify a name for your group, get members in the group to join your blog, so that everyone can contribute their parts.

See examples from previous trimester, this time, I would like to emphasis contribution of group members in a group blogs. Get all members to join a group blog, this will ease our communication and avoid confusion! Thanks.

I hope you all enjoy this course. Yeah, Authoring!

September 2008

Just an update that I did not use this blog for classes at the moment, but I will use it in the future, to ease my communication with students in my lectures or tutorials. I will post my blog in the near future, as I will have many tutorial classes in Tri38, a short trimester.

MCP1013 - Final Remark

I guess I will receive your submission Tuesday morning. I will be in on Tuesday but I will not be in this Monday. If any matter your want to contact me on Monday, 17 Dec, do call my hp: 013-6303183.

I would like to point you the following matter before submission:
1) Update your blog.
2) Read the submission criteria (in Dr Authoring's blog, and in MMLS)
3) Refer the some common mistake usually done by students in Director:
Click here: http://cucumy.blogspot.com/2006/12/common-mistake.html

4) Submission much indicate group work too. Avoid broken link, and unclear instruction to your prospect client.

5) Good luck all.

Dear All,

Have you got my comments regarding your project whether in-class or on your blogs. If you need to discuss further on your interfaces, Wed (5 Dec), we shall discuss during your tutorial session. Your in-class 4 will be conducted for an hour.

I believe you need more help for handling Director and Lingo, its scripting language.
For your interactive page, you can use Behaviors from Library Palette. However, if you think that you want to do more interactive stuff with more flexibility, pls visit these websites to learn more about Director and Lingo.

Here are some Internet links to guide you:

0) http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director/resources/ (Dean's Director Resources)
1) http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/mmedia/directortutorial/2index.html (By Jesmond Lewis)
2) http://www.vtc.com/online-tutorials/director-7-lingo-tutorials.htm (though version 7, but we can still use it to learn Lingo, with Quicktime/video tutorials)
3) http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts/technical/director/wilson.director.tutorial.html (by Stephen Wilson, with text based examples and notes)

Remember, in the Director HELP file, there is a Lingo Dictionary too.
Have fun and Learn More Lingo, you will need it!

Final Groupings & URLs

I hope there is no more changes on your url address and groupings.
The following is a list of collection of your groupings. I assume you all have posted your final proposal (with complete info), flowchart, and GUI in your blog. If your group havent done so, today is the due date. Do it today (26 Nov, Monday), by 5pm. Any late submission, will be considered as LATE.

======Your Groups==============

Groupings For MCP1013 Multimedia Projects

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1) Group name: Firehouse88 (Melaka – the 3rd group which work on Melaka, there are another two groups working on Melaka)
Group Member
Syazwan Bin A Rahman - 1061108393(leader)
Muhammad Danial Bin Mukhali - 106110681

http://firehouse88.blogspot.com/

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2) Group Directdev (Place: KL)
Group Members:
1. Mohd Adha Izhan Adnan 1061104043 - Leader
2. Mohd Hasbullah Bin Mohd Nor 1061106626
3. Muhamad Helmi Zuhdi 1061104207
(4. Abang Asraf - add on)

http://directdev.blogspot.com/

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3) Group: Temperamantle (Melaka)
Group members:
1. Grace Lai Choo Ern (LEADER) 1061105381
2. Razlan bin Mohamed Hanafiah 1061107248
3. Fahrul Razi bin Ibrahim 1061107456

http://www.temperamantle.blogspot.com/***

4) Group: ilovemcp (Klang)
Members Name : Tan Ming Jie (leader) 1061104081 anmingjie@gmail.com
Ong Kai Sien 1061104084 ongkaisien@gmail.com
Ho Pei Ying 1061105382 hopeiying1007@gmail.com
Gun Rueih Chirn 1061104064 gunrueihchirn@gmail.com

http://ilovemcp.blogspot.com/

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5) Group: treadstones (Shah Alam)
Nor Syazlan Hadi b. Nordin (1061108234)
Mohd Rahmat b. Ali (1051109135)
Mohd Faiz Helmy b. Mohamad Asri (1061104047) Leader?

http://shahalamya.blogspot.com/

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6) Group: Rubiks (KL)
Leong Hoy Keat (Leader) - 1061104061
William Gallyot - 1061107601
Yvonne Chong Shin Vun - 1061108198
Low Jianwei - 1061104061

http://rubik5.wordpress.com/

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7) Group name: MUDA MUDI KERATON (Java)
Moh. Satria Wahab
Sheila Soraya
Ferari Tioarbi(leader?)

http://mudamudikeraton.blogspot.com/

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8) Group Name: Kajang Lengzai (Kajang)Group Members:
1. Khor Shuqi (leader) - 1061104073 - shuqikhor@gmail.com
2. Chor Cheun Koong - 1061109202 - chor.cheun.koong@gmail.com
3. Liew Chen Yi - 1061104074 - liew.chen.yi@gmail.com
4. Kow Wooi Peng - 1061104070 - wooipeng@gmail.com

http://kajanglengzai.blogspot.com/

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9) Nono-mcp1013 – China Lan Zhou

John Lai Voon Keat
Ma Li Jiao Mary

http://nono-mcp1013.blogspot.com/

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10) Group name: B.I.T.C.H. (Best Idea To Charm Hunks - Melaka)
Tan Lai Yan (Leader)
Victoria Muthu, 1061106940
Cindy Ariawaty Dharmapala, 1061107461
Nur Liyana Kamalrulzaman, 1061108395

http://bestideatocharmhunks.blogspot.com/

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11) Group's name: Decree (Genting Highland)

Group's member:
Choo Chen Huey 1061104072 chenhuey26@gmail.com
Tan Pei Ling 1061104066 jensce_tan9@yahoo.com
Nur Aina Azmi 1061104036 aina.azmy@gmail.com
Tan Zhao Yong 1061105159 (Group Leader) tanzhaoyong@gmail.com

http://decreegroup.wordpress.com/


12) Final Group, Hellomcp (added in on 27 Nov, received your email in junkbox on 20 Nov 2007, L)- Place: Melaka (oh again!? work closely with other groups to share data, images, etc)

Chai Chuan Sheng ID:1061103041
Low Aik Hui ID:1061107957
Tan Wan Xun ID:1061107604
Yvonne Ng Qiu Wen ID:1061104063 -- Leader

group leader : Yvonne Ng Qiu Wen

http://hellomcp.blogspot.com/

****Statistics************
Total number of students: 36 +4 = 40
Total group: 11 groups + 1
Number of group working on Melaka: 3 + 1
Number of group working on KL: 2

About Proposal, Content Structure and GUI- some guides

Dear All,

Hopefully, you are now preparing your final proposal, and also your flowchart and GUI (Graphical User Interfaces)

Can all groups write a FINAL "PROPER" PROPOSAL? This is very important for deciding the scope/objectives/ target audience/ strategy/media types/ timeframe/ budget, etc (in any format that you think important in your proposal, recall my guide of the 10 Items that I brief you about Proposal in the last tutorial) related to your multimedia project.

Reason: Proposal is a very important document in multimedia production. It should sound professional, comprehensive, convincing and persuasive for me to like your idea. :)

Look at these examples (You can learn from them, to get some ideas). I have their print version, you may want to take a look.

http://jigsawproductions.wordpress.com/ (Project title: English Academy)
http://timun-n-sambal.livejournal.com/2097.html?view=817#t817 (Project title: timun and sambal)
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/dumdumdaak (Project title: Dumdumdaak - Chinese 24 Drums )

How far is your preparation of your final project? By Week04 MONDAY 26 NOV - I shall see some progress in Flowcharting/ContentStructure and GUI(Graphical User Interface) through your Blog.

GUI should cover the following details (Guideline only) :
1) Overall concept of your design, color scheme,
2) Layout of page/screen,
3) Design for the navigation,
4) Design for the Arrangement of Multimedia Contents/Interactivity Module/Games
5) Design for the buttons/icons used

I shall provide feedback to you by then. Further Q & A, we shall discuss in class.
See you...

Your blog address for Group Directdev (Place: KL)

This is another group's blog address.

http://directdev.blogspot.com/

Group Members:
1. Mohd Adha Izhan Adnan 1061104043 - Leader
2. Mohd Hasbullah Bin Mohd Nor 1061106626
3. Muhamad Helmi Zuhdi 1061104207

Name of hometown: Kuala Lumpur
Idea:1. History2. Culture3. Buildings

Pls see another group's proposal which also work on KL . http://rubik5.wordpress.com/
Avoid any overlapping of contents/sub-section, and your group can work together with HoyKeat's group (Rubik), and can learn from each other. Do discuss with them.

Your group and blog address

Until now, I received the following groups and their blog’s address. I do not know your (some of you) registration progress, I guess everyone is doing it now, and confirming joining Group2.

If you have sent your group and blog address to me but did not listed here, pls let me know as soon as possible. I will add your details into my master list.

From now on, I will visit your groups' blog. In your blog setting,
DO ALLOW ME TO POST COMMENTS!! Do allow your group members to POST their entries too.

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Group name: Temperamantle
Group members:
1. Grace Lai Choo Ern (LEADER) 1061105381
2. Razlan bin Mohamed Hanafiah 1061107248
3. Fahrul Razi bin Ibrahim 1061107456
Our blog url is http://www.temperamantle.blogspot.com/

***

Group Name : ilovemcp
Members Name : Tan Ming Jie (leader) 1061104081 tanmingjie@gmail.com
Ong Kai Sien 1061104084 ongkaisien@gmail.com
Ho Pei Ying 1061105382 hopeiying1007@gmail.com
Gun Rueih Chirn 1061104064 gunrueihchirn@gmail.com
Blog address: http://ilovemcp.blogspot.com/

***

Group: treadstones (group name?)
Nor Syazlan Hadi b. Nordin (1061108234)
Mohd Rahmat b. Ali (1051109135)
Mohd Faiz Helmy b. Mohamad Asri (1061104047) Leader?

Blog URL
http://treadstones.blogdrive.com/


Group: Rubiks

Leong Hoy Keat (Leader) - 1061104061
William Gallyot - 1061107601
Yvonne Chong Shin Vun - 1061108198
Low Jianwei - 1061104061

The blog address is http://rubik5.wordpress.com/

***

Group: Mamakbugger

Tg Mohammad Umar bin Tg Mohd Zairuddeen - 1061104055 tgumar@gmail.com
Charukphong A/L Anuvong – 1061104057 charukphong@gmail.com
Hoh Khai Ming – 1061104062 alvin.hohkm@gmail.com

(leader?)

Blog address: http://mamakbuggers.blogspot.com/

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Group name: MUDA MUDI KERATON
Blog : http://mudamudikeraton.blogspot.com/

Moh. Satria Wahab
Sheila Soraya
Ferari Tioarbi
(leader?)

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Group Name: Kajang Lengzai

Group Members:
1. Khor Shuqi (leader) - 1061104073 - shuqikhor@gmail.com
2. Chor Cheun Koong - 1061109202 - chor.cheun.koong@gmail.com
3. Liew Chen Yi - 1061104074 - liew.chen.yi@gmail.com
4. Kow Wooi Peng - 1061104070 - wooipeng@gmail.com

Blog Address:
http://kajanglengzai.blogspot.com


Ma Li Jiao Mary
http://nono-mcp1013.blogspot.com/

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Group name: B.I.T.C.H. (Best Idea To Charm Hunks).
Tan Lai Yan
Hp : 0174706272
YM! : lilicious_neko
Email : tanlaiyan@gmail.com
lilicious_neko@yahoo.com
Members: Victoria Muthu, 1061106940
Cindy Ariawaty Dharmapala, 1061107461
Nur Liyana Kamalrulzaman, 1061108395

This is the URL for our blog http://bestideatocharmhunks.blogspot.com/ .



***
Group's name: Decree

Group's member:
Choo Chen Huey 1061104072 chenhuey26@gmail.com
Tan Pei Ling 1061104066 jensce_tan9@yahoo.com (9?)
Nur Aina Azmi 1061104036 aina.azmy@gmail.com
Tan Zhao Yong 1061105159 (Group Leader) tanzhaoyong@gmail.com

Blog's url : http://decreegroup.blogspot.com/

*** If you dont find your group here, pls let me know.

MCP1013 Tutorial Group 2-StartBloggingNow 6 Nov 07

Dear MCP1013 Students Group 2 Students Only,

This blog is created for organising, sharing, updating info about this tutorial group. I will put every group's blog address here. I will provide progressive guidance for your projects. Apart from that, you can learn from your friends and other groups.

In smaller group, like this tutorial group, we can have more in-depth discussion and sharing.
Wish everyone in this group will have a productive and quality learning experiences.

Take care!

Submission Time and Venue

Hi all, Group 3 and Group 4 students,
This is to inform you that I will be available to collect your submission during your tutorial hours:

11-1pm at Lab2006 (21 Dec, Thurs)
4-6pm at Lab2006 (21 Dec, Thurs)..for all groups (I guess most of you will submit at this time).

ALSO, I would like you to submit your PRINT DOCUMENTATION of your project, which includes the following: 1. Final Proposal, 2. Final Flowchat, 3. Final Storyboard, 4. Final sketches (if any), 5. Old documents (if any).

Good luck, and I hope all will submit ON TIME. Thanks.

Submission Format for MCP1013

For your final submission, you are required to submit the following items:

1) Of course your CD-ROM, with proper label, and proper file management. Remember to provide source file.
2) Documentation of your production in A4 format (Proposal final version, flowchart with individual role stated, storyboard, sketches, and final interfaces). Post these documentations in your blog.
3) Update your blog by stating the activities conducted, the making of this interactive production, the tools used for this production, individuals' contribution in the group project, etc.
4) Read the submission rules in MCP1013 Course Online.

Pls be informed. Remember to backup your files.

Common Mistake

Just finished reviewing Assignment 1. Some common mistakes or "not so good techniques" found in students' works are as follows:

1) Did not use fading / blending / tweening tools or techniques in Director, but use of cell or frame by frame animation to get those kind of effects, end up your cast library has lots of images in sequences. This has resulted a big file size for your Director movie.
If the kind of effect that you want is able to be achieved by using fading behavior or blending approach, then use these approaches. SEPARATE the background image with the graphic element (such as the kite, the little boy/charactor, the arrow, etc), so that you can apply effect on the graphics elements.

2) Suitable sounds should be added in your entry movie. A movie without sound or bg music is handicap, and not nice to view.

3) At the end of each movie, should have put a script to hold the last scene. Remember: go to the frame, or put a button to replay.

4) Broken link - font not found, avi / mov not found, Flash Xtra not found -- these kind of technical error should be avoided. Check your movie before you submit your final project. By right, font media can be inserted, pls use "true type" font so that is is well supported in Director and window environment. Also, if you have used avi or mov digital movie, pls provide the movie at the appropriate folder. If you have used Flash file, make sure the Xtra plugin for Flash is inserted into your movie.

5) oh, DO NOT create your movie dimension in 320X240 (pixel), you have very good graphics but the stage size is only 320 X 240. The ideal is 800X600. 1024 X 768 is accepted too.

6) Again, i know many of you can create very good graphics, either through camera or illustration program. If your create your director movie dimension is 640 X 480, but most of your images (imported to your cast window)are 1024X768, I would think that you are wasting the resources, creating a big size director movie, but the stage is just 640X480. What is recommended is to decide on the stage size, and whatever images (media files) need to be created to suit the stage dimension. (Exceptional case: if you need to create a ZOOM in ZOOM out program, then you need to consider that your image is good enough.. such as to maintain its big dimension in order to see the details when ZOOM in).

That's all for now.

Your peers' Blogs

A sip from heavan Tea Jaswant group
Dumdumdaak 24 Festive Drum
FUTSAL Darindra and Ahmad
GHOST
HANG OUT CHILL OUT! firdaus
KLIA TRANKIDS
Kopitiam
lun_bawang group
Malay Architechture shah aliff group
Malaysian Chinese Food
Malaysian traditional architecture W afif
Malaysian Wedding by International Group
malaysian-culture general Hassan group
Modern Batik Ilsa
Pop-Yeye nadiah and nur alya
Serani Kristang Raymond group
The English Academy Iris group
Timun & Sambal - Nasi Lemak Marathon Full Report
Traditional Batik Ezul and Ezreen
Traditional chinese wedding
Traditional Malay Wedding
Traditional Music and Instrument Alter group
Traditional Music and Instrument Alter Juniah
Uptown nightmarket
WAU
Malaysia Truly Asia http://www.schajee.com/

Print Submission

There are a few groups DID NOT submit their print documents to tutor. I don't have their PRINT document for my collection, and more importantly for me to assess your works. Usually, I require a set of document with "Proposal + Flowchart + Storyboard + Sketches (if any) to be submitted to me. See the guidelines provided in http://10.108.37.1/mcp1013/lessons.htm , See Week3_1. Of course, this part of assessment will contribute to your process marks (or documentation marks) of your final project.

One more thing, also keep your blog UPDATED by posting these documents and also provide your group updates in your blog.

About Flowchart

I am not sure whether my briefing on Flowcharting is clear to students. I am putting a slide to guide them on Flowcharting and Storyboarding. Here is the link: http://10.108.37.1/mcp1013/productions/flowchart%20and%20storyboard.ppt

I have mentioned that the appropriate use of FLOWCHART SYMBOL is important, for example, the common mistake done by students are the DIAMOND symbol and the also the PROCESS symbol. For the DIAMOND symbol, that is the decision icon, it must contain 3 flowlines, 1 branch in and two branch out with a label Yes and No. The text in the DIAMOND symbol usually is written in Question format. For example: To QUIT? By having a simple symbol and labels as described above, your users are able to undertand that in fact the program need the user to make a decision, whether to quit or not to quit. If user chooses to quit, the a process of quiting can be drawn (in rectangle shape), otherwise the flowline can flow to MAIN MENU (in rectangle shape).

Talking about the process symbol, it need to be in rectangle shape, NOT ROUNDED rectangle. Some ROUNDED rectangles look like oval shape, so I strongly recommend rectangle rather than rounded rectangle shape.

Also, the flowline can actually flow to anywhere you want. Hence, you do not need to draw again the main menu process at the bottom of your flowchat. The flowline can flow to to TOP, to reach main menu. Otherwise, you can use CONNECTOR symbol (circle) to indicate that the flowline will be connected to A or B or etc.

I hope all are clear on FLOWCHARTING as it is a useful tool or approach to indicate the FLOW of everything.

Start blogging - all about classes, teaching and learning.

Class info:
Trimester II (Short trimester, trimester 32) Session 2006/2007
MCP1013 Group 3 and Group 4, about 70 students.

Description of the course:
Final project on Multimedia Authoring, authoring tool is Macromedia Director.