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Systems & Connections

Operating Systems

• the operating system • the alternatives • extensions/drivers • clashes and crashes • the basics • memory requirements • storage requirements • home/office suites • maintenance and repair

(20 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Linux

• Applications of linux • History • Open source • Stability • Support • Linux vs the rest

(18 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Networking

• The development of networked computing • Networks in organisations • Network topologies • The client/server model • Other network models • Intranets • Network operating systems • Security issues

(22 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Databases

• Methods of storing data • Database interfaces • SQL • Database design procedures • Data manipulation • Data warehousing • Data mining

(20 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Software Development

• The software development cycle • The specification • Arriving at a specification • Design • Implementation and testing • Modular testing • Human oriented programming • Object oriented programming: examples

(18 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Programming Languages

• Early Programming Languages • The C Programming Language • Visual Basic • Java and how it works • Java Applets/Java Scripts • Computer Gateway Interfaces (CGI)

(22 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Information Systems

• Types of information systems • Expert systems • Neural networks • Networks in organisations • Designing an information system • The role of an information system provider • Outsourcing information systems operations • Organisations using the internet

(22 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Jobs in Technology

• Job vacancies • Skills in demand • Working towards a career in technology • Certified qualifications • Working in the information age

(17 mins) Year of Production: 2000

The Internet

• International connections and considerations • Domain nomenclature • DNS • FTP and HTTP • Site blocking • Downloading • E-mail

(26 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Internet Strategy

• Entertainment and surfing • Searching and researching • Email • Games • Online shopping • Favourite website • The good, the bad and the ugly • Suggested improvements

(15 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Search Engines

• Search engines vs directories • Search results rankings • Spiders on the web • Search engine revenue • Setting up a search engine • Evolving with the web

(18 mins) Year of Production: 2000

A Look at an ISP

• Internet services providers • Cables and connections • Server software • Website storage • Explanations of: tcp/ip, ppp, http, pop & smtp • Proxy servers • Routers • The server's busiest times • When things go wrong • Free ISP's • ISP services in the future

(14 minutes) Year of Production: 2000

E-Commerce

• Applications of ecommerce • Web site promotion • E-mail broadcasting • E-trading • Shopping carts • The future

(17mins) Year of Production: 2000

E-Commerce: Behind the Scenes

• Web based transactions • Security technology in online purchasing • Firewalls • Hackers • Online product management • Statistical analysis • Developments in e-commerce

(18 mins) Year of Production: 2000

E-Marketing

• Statistical analysis • Email advertising • Newsgroups • Banner advertising • Reciprocal links • Search engine listings • Integrating marketing/print campaign • Domain name registration

(18 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Telecommunications: Telephone Technologies

• The Australian telecommunications industry • Analogue phones • Digital phones • The CDMA system • Cellular phone systems • Telephone media • International connections • Pricing and competition

(19 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Telecommunications: Broadcasting & the Internet

• Analogue television • Digital television • Pros and cons of digital television • Pay tv - multicasting • The need for more bandwidth • Solutions for faster access • Video conferencing

(17 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Graphics, Media & Multimedia

Graphics: Image Manipulation

• Vector artwork: Adobe Illustrator • Bitmap image editing: Photoshop • Filters/effects • Image formats: EPS, JPEG, TIFF, GIF • Page layout: Quarkxpress, InDesign

(22 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Graphics: Hardware and Workflow Management

• Housekeeping and workflow considerations • Mac or PC • Image capturing - scanning • Backup, file management and storage • Adobe PDF files • Graphic Design and the Web: file formats and sizes, resolution, limitations on colour

(23 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Graphic Design: Concept to Print

• Interaction with a client • Concepts and ideas • Drawing by hand • Principles of design • Refining an idea • Finished art/pre-press • Getting ready for print • Bleed • Trapping • Film output • Printing

(29 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Desktop Printing

• Printing in colour • Inkjet technology • Laser technology • Dye sublimation printers • Printing over a network • Printer drivers • Postscript • Buying a printer

(24 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Computer Aided Design

• The uses of computer aided design • Interviews with AutoDesk, the maker of AutoCAD • The many uses of CAD • The underlying principles involved • Case study of a major ship builder

(20 mins) Year of Production: 2000

The Multimedia Revolution

• CD-ROM authoring • Media content • Multimedia authoring tools • Compressing video for cd-rom • DVD: the new standard? • Multimedia: the evolving medium

(18 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Designing Websites: Client Considerations

• Know your client • The physical process • What is a good website? • Know your target audience • Empowering the client • The new medium

(19 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Designing Websites: Designers Tools

• HTML • Visual html editors • Designers as programmers • Java • Browser compatibilities • Visual editors • Colour palates • Files sizes • Flash/shockwave content

(16 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Video Editing

• Change and evolution • Compression • Storage • Processing • Formats • Software and support • The editing process • An over the shoulder look at editing in progress

(22 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Video Tape

• Recording on tape • Evolution of tape formats • Digital video tape • maintenance and care of tape • Storage of tapes • Formats as standards

(19 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Digital Stills Cameras

• Why digital? • Which camera is for me? • Resolution • Memory • Transferring images • Compression • Batteries • Printing and digital processing

(19 mins) Year of Production: 2000

Sound Editing

• Working with pictures • "Sweetening" the sound • Mixing for commercials • The mixing desk • Adding echo • Digital sound • Sound formats • Hi-fi • MP3 and mpeg • An ear to the ground

(22 mins) Year of Production: 2000

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