Designing multimedia

1. Designing Multimedia
By
Dr. R. Manjula Devi
Assistant Professor(SRG) / CSE

2. Multimedia Project
– Conceptualization
– Preparing a proposal
– Scripting
– Story Boarding
– Prototyping
– Collection of Media elements
• Integration and Editing
• Programming and Implementation
• Testing
• Publishing

3. Development Phases
• Phases (ADDIE Project Development Model )
– Analysis
– Design
– Development
– Implementation
– Evaluation

4. Development Team
• Project Manager
• Instructional/Multimedia Designer
• Subject Matter Expert(SME)
• Technology Lead, Programmer
• Graphic designer ,artist
• Video / Audio Producer, Editor
• Animation designer, developer
• Program Evaluator

5. Analysis Phase
• Study and document the following
– Need
– User
– Content
– Technology
– Constraints

6. Analysis Phase – (Contd)
Needs Analysis report
• Purpose of application
• Expected outcome of the project
• Market size / market share
• Replacement / Supplement existing methods
• Hardware / software requirements
• Expected time-scale
• Security or copyright considerations
• Any other special needs

7. Format of Analysis Report

8. Analysis Phase – (Contd)
User Analysis
• Potential users
• Expected age range
• Level of Computer literacy
• Level of Language literacy
• What will user achieve by using the program?
• Any cultural sensitivities, accessibility concerns,
legal requirements or corporate culture

9. Analysis Phase – (Contd)
Content Analysis
• What content is available?
• What content need to be developed?
• What is the scope and structure of the content?
• What are the specific content needs of the users?
• Will all users have access to the same content?

10. Analysis Phase – (Contd)
Technical Analysis
• Technical Feasibility
– Is the available hardware/software capable of meeting the
client’s requirements?
– Minimum technical specification required
– Most appropriate authoring system
• Development Feasibility
– Expected time-scale of delivery
– Within the budget

11. Analysis Phase – (Contd)
Constraints Analysis
• Organizational Policy / Rules
• Adherence to standard ( Corporate guidelines)
• Delivery Platform constraints
• Copyright issues

12. Design Phase
Specification
Design
Prototype Evaluate

13. Design Phase - contd
• Project Design Document
– Project Specifications
– Storyboards with scripts
– Flow Charts
– Navigation structures
• Project Manager
 Program Maintenance
 Security
 User Access Control
 Project Management
 Follow-up Strategies
• Preparing the design document
Technical team provides technical
standards
 Required Software
 Bandwidth Limitations
 Software settings
 File naming conventions
 Technical details for interface

14. Design Phase - contd
• Interface Design (Critical Factor)
– Minimize feature creep
– Look and feel
– Aesthetics
– Usability

15. Design Phase – contd
Eight Golden rules
• Adhere to consistency
• Provide Shortcuts
• Offer informative feedback
• Design dialogues to yield closure
• Simple error handling
• Permit easy reversal of actions
• Support internal locus of control
• Reduce short term memory load

16. Design Phase – contd
Human – Computer Interaction

17. Design Phase – contd
• Essential Specification of technical design
– Configuration of the target computers
– Formats and standards for sound, video clips,
graphics and text
– Development Platform and software tools
– Installation engine and methods
– File naming convention and Directory Strcuture

18. Design Phase – contd
Program Structure Design

19. Design Phase – contd
Content Story Board
Storyboard provides a visual representation of what the
users will see as they interact with the application

20. Design Phase – contd
Content Story Board

21. Development Phase
• Team
– Instructional Designer
– Graphics Designer
– Interface Designer
– Graphics, Audio, Video and authoring software expertise
• Interaction Design and Development
– State Transisiton Graphs(STG)
– Perti-Nets (PN)
– Goal Operation Methods- Selection(GOMS)
– User Action Notation(UAN)

22. Perti-Nets (PN)
Task Duration (Weeks)
A 3
B 4
C 1
D 2
E 2
F 3
CPM
Development Phase

23. Development Phase – Authoring
Systems
Authoring Paradigms Authoring Tools
Iconic / Flow Control Authorware or IconAuthor
Frame Quest
Card/Scripting Toolbook
Timeline based cast/ Score/Scripting Flash,Adobe Director
State transition based Labview
Tagging SGML/HTML,XMl,VRML
Programming Visual Basic

24. Development Phase –
Prototype Development
• Navigation Structure
– Linear Navigation
– Hierarchical Navigation

25. Development Phase –
Prototype Development
• Navigation Structure
– Non-Linear Navigation
– Hybrid Navigation

26. Implementation Phase –
Gantt Chart

27. Implementation Phase - Contd
• Legal and ethical considerations
– Copyright Issues
– Ethical and Moral Issues
– Accessibility Issues

28. Evaluation and Testing Phase
• Formative Evaluation Stage
– Test for content Inconsistencies
– Test for bugs and crashes
• Summative Evaluation Stage
– Evaluation Procedure
– Actions to be taken after evaluation

29. Formative Evaluation
• Carried out during project development stage

30. Summative Evaluation
• Carried out after the program has been fully developed and before being released

31. THANK
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