Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Architecture and Arts :: Design

INTRODUÇÃO À MULTIMÉDIA - 2025/2026

3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 3

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Ana Quintas
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Ana Quintas

Class type and School hours

Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

1. To teach the students to think for Multimedia Design.
2. To teach the students to plan and design multimedia projects for the internet.

Specific Aims/Objectives

1. To teach HTML syntax (introductory level).
2. To teach CSS syntax (introductory level).
3. To teach how to project interfaces.
4. To teach how to organize multimedia content.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of the semester the students should be able to:

1. Understand the characteristics of multimedia design.
2. Plan internet sites.
3. Creating a flowchart.
4. Understand HTML and CSS (introductory level).
5. Project interfaces and organize content.
6. Conceive content for internet sites.
7. Using HTML and CSS in the organization of a site (introductory level).

Teaching Procedures

The teaching will have a theoretical part where we will be using the expositive and the interrogative methods, and a practical part, where we will be using the demonstrative and the active methods.

Programme

1. Introduction to Multimedia Design.
1.1 Architecture of a site.
1.2 Concept of a Flowchart.

2. Interface Design.
2.1 Concept of an interface.
2.2 Interface structure.
2.3 Organizing contents in a interface.
2.4 Hyper-links.
2.5 Buttons and rollovers.

3. HTML.
3.1 Syntax of a HTML element.
3.2 Main HTML elements and its characteristics.
3.3 Main HTML attributes.
3.4 Structure of a HTML page.

4. CSS.
4.1 Syntax.
4.2 CSS box.
4.3 Main CSS properties and values.
4.4 Working with HTML and CSS in the design of a site.

Evaluation Type

During the semester the students will be assessed by two tests.

Teaching Resources

There will be used the following didactic resources:
White board and pens;
Computer;
Video projector;
PDF files;
Internet;
Books;
Visual Studio Code.

Sustainability Objectives

1. To help promote employment, productivity and innovation by teaching digital technology tools (goal number 8 of the UN´s list of Sustainable Development Goals).

2. To promote the training of qualified professionals (goal number 4 of the UN´s list of Sustainable Development Goals).

Keywords

Multimedia
Interactivity
Internet
Coding

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography