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Lecture Slides Overview
We have prepared lecture slides based on the Key Points for each chapter. They are designed for lectures, so each slide contains only one or, at most, two key points. Key points appear at the end of each chapter in the book.
The slides include most of the illustrations in the book. A few illustrations have been omitted, either because of copyright issues or because they do not reproduce well in the format of the slides.
Chapters from Digital Multimedia, 3rd Edition in PDF format to download can now be included in MacAvon Media Course Bundles for purchase by students from the MacAvon Media Downloads Store. A course bundle can be constructed by bona fide college lecturers or instructors through a MacAvon Media Lecturer’s Account. Lecturers’ Accounts also enable lecturers to obtain free evaluation copies in PDF format.
If you want to include the brief material about standards from the appendix you will find links to download slides for the appendix at the bottom of this page.
After their initial release, we improved the quality of the lecture slides, especially in the Flash and PowerPoint formats. If you downloaded the slides at any time before 19.00 GMT on 9th March 2009 we recommend that you download them again to obtain better quality versions.
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