2024

Multimedia Tangible II

Name: Multimedia Tangible II
Code: VIS12792L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Arte Multimédia

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

At the end of this curricular unit, students should have acquired intermediate proficiency skills of techniques
and technologies used in tangible multimedia projects, or in a broader perspective, computational processes
and digital information transferred to physical form, specifically, sculptural pieces produced digitally or
procedurally, tridimensional representations of information, big-data and metadata using three-dimensional
printing.

Contents

3D printers: features, materials and techniques.
Three-dimensional scanning of objects. Cleaning and tuning of results.
Manual and procedural digital sculpture and modeling techniques.
Repositories and local data storage. Creation of three-dimensional representations of data using Python.
Exporting objects for printing.
Integration of sensors, controllers and actuators in printed parts.

Teaching Methods

In the NORMAL SEASON assessment students may choose one of two schemes: Continuous or Final Assessment.
The RESORT, SPECIAL and EXTRAORDINARY assessments are governed by the Final Evaluation scheme.
1. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SCHEME COMPONENTS
a. Class participation: 20%;
b. Work developed during the period with the aid of the teacher, which must be submitted, at least, to a periodic evaluation with public disclosure of the classifications: 40%;
c. Presentation and defense of the work developed during the classes, which occurs during the "Regular Season Evaluations": 40%.
The student's final grade, which will appear on the Normal Season student’s exams list, is the sum of a), b) and c).
2. FINAL EVALUATION SCHEME COMPONENTS
a. Work developed during the period with the teacher's aid: 40%;
b. Examination based on the contents taught: 60%.
The student's final grade, which will appear on the student's exams list, is the sum of a) and b).