1. Multimedia: Making It Work
Lesson 1
What is Multimedia?
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2. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Multimedia is:
•Text
•Graphics
•Sound
•Animation
•Video
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3. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Multimedia takes many forms
•Greeting cards
•Conferencing
•Movies
•Photo albums
•Image catalogs
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4. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Types of Multimedia
•Interactive multimedia
•Hyperactive multimedia
•Linear multimedia
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5. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Creating and Delivering Multimedia
•Multimedia developers
•Multimedia project
•Multimedia title
•Authoring tools
•Graphic user interface (GUI)
•Graphic user interface (GUI)
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6. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Multimedia Requirements
•Creative skills
•Technology tools
•Organization and business talent
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7. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Delivering and Using Multimedia
•Multimedia demands bandwidth
•CD-ROMs hold 650-700 MB
•DVD-ROMs hold 4.7-17 GB
•Multimedia can be delivered online
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8. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Delivering and Using Multimedia
•Multimedia can be delivered online
•Online uses include:
Books and magazines
Movies
News and weather
Education
Maps
Entertainment
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9. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Delivering and Using Multimedia
•Where to use multimedia:
Business
School
Home
Public
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10. Lesson 1: What is Multimedia?
Delivering and Using Multimedia
•Virtual Reality
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11. Lesson 1: What is Web Design?
Project
Visit the International Space Station (ISS) Virtual Tour at
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/vtour/index.html. Tour
the ISS and answer the following questions:
1. Enter the Cupola and scroll approximately 90 degrees
to the right. Now scroll down. What do you see?
2. In Node 2, what does the PMA-2 serve as a docking
interface to?
3. The Japanese Experiment Module is named “Kibo.”
What does “Kibo” mean in English?
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