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Navitas BuddyPress

Looking for Navitas BuddyPress If you are looking for the Navitas BuddyPress site, you may have ended up here by mistake. The correct address is http://hm.vfowler.com Cheers, Vernon

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Engaging Media

Another subdomain for another unit of study. This time it’s the Curtin University unit Engaging Media over at http://med104.vfowler.com which just finished last week. As well as a remediation project, the unit covers areas of communication, information, entertainment, and play.

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Distribution methods

Distribution of a multimedia project should have been one of the very first matters considered during the initial concept stages. The matters of distribution can have some very simple as well as complicated reasons for choosing one method over another. … Continue reading

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Promotion

Selling the product you have made, whether that be to a client, to a customer, or to an audience, is crucial. A fantastic product marketed terribly is worthless. First impressions do count. Often the quality of your product will be … Continue reading

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Development Agreement

All phases have pre-determined deliverables, milestones,and timelines. The approval of deliverables by the client signals the end of the phase. A signed contract specifying the product design, cost, schedule, copyright, etcetera, are what make up a development agreement. After the … Continue reading

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Packaging and the Premiere

Packaging Poor packaging can lead to poor sales and interest from intended users. Generally most multimedia products are packaged as CD-ROMs inside a shrink-wrapped box approximately 9 inches wide by 10.5 inches tall and 1.5 inches deep. Your product is … Continue reading

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Second Life failed or met expectations?

Expectations are personal. When we get our hopes up, the film turns out lousy. The question of whether Second Life met or failed one’s expectations is conditional upon prior knowledge and experience. Personally speaking, I feel a lot like Neo … Continue reading

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benefits of using Second Life as an educational tool

Although initially sceptic and frustrated with the learning curve, I am starting to realise how Second Life can be beyond awesome for learners. Let’s face it, we all learn and many of us loathe the necessity due to the form … Continue reading

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Multimedia Fundamentals

Print media primarily uses static imagery and words as the form of communication, whereas multimedia focuses on a variety of techniques, including sound, graphics, and movement. As such, in a multimedia presentation, keeping text minimal engages users more effectively. Less … Continue reading

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Telecommunications Fundamentals

1. Identify three benefits associated with the use of telecommunications technology. 2. What are the elements in a telecommunication system? 3. Compare and contrast the wireless communication channels. 4. Identify three telecommunications media that physically connect to telecommunication devices. 5. … Continue reading

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