Animation design in the courseware for the course of digital image processing: Image registration as an example

Digital teaching and learning enhances educational experience for students. Multimedia courseware, especially animated courseware, plays a critical role in digital teaching and learning of the course of Digital Image Processing. In this paper, three categories of animations for the course are designed, including PowerPoint Custom Animations, audio video interleaved (AVI) animations, and graphics interchange format (GIF) animations. The animation design is described in details using image registration, a crucial and intricate part of the course, as an example. The animations are helpful in illuminating concepts and illustrating methods of image registration.