Multimedia refers to content that uses a combination of different media types, such as text, images, audio, video, and interactivity. It can be linear, with a set progression, or non-linear, allowing user control over navigation. Common multimedia elements include text, photographs, sound, video clips, and animations. Multimedia has various uses in fields like business and education, providing opportunities for creative and engaging learning experiences. While costly and time-consuming to create, multimedia can effectively convey concepts through multiple media forms.

1. By : Dana Dia’a

2. What Is Multimedia ?
Multimedia : refers to content that uses a
combination of different content forms.
multi
Many or more
than one
media
Medium of
communication

3. Categorization
Non-linear MultimediaLinear Multimedia
Non-linear content
offers user
interactivity to control
progress as used with
a computer game.
Linear active content
progresses without
any navigational
control for the viewer
Hypermedia is an
example for non-linear
multimedia
Cinema presentation
is an example of linear
multimedia

4. Multimedia elements :
Text
Images
Audio
Video
Animation
interactivity

5. Text
• Text is the most widely used and flexible means of
presenting information on screen and conveying ideas. The
designer should not necessarily try to replace textual
elements with pictures or sound, but should consider how
to present text in an acceptable way and supplementing it
with other media .

6. Images
• Photographs, taken either by
digital or analog means, are
an important part of
multimedia productions. Well-
placed visual aids can explain
concepts with clarity.
• Two types of image : still
images and animated

7. Audio
• Sound is perhaps the most
sensuous element of
multimedia. It is meaningful
"Speech" in any language from
a whisper to a scream. It can
provide the listening pleasure of
music, the startling accent of
special effects, or the ambience
of a mood-setting background
• Some types od audio : WAV ,
MP3 , WMA .
• An example : a short story audio
( click on the icon )

8. video
Is the technology of capturing,
recording, processing, transmitting,
and reconstructing moving
pictures.
Video is more towards photo
realistic image sequence / live
recording as in comparison to
animation.
Video also takes a lot of storage
space. So plan carefully before you
are going to use it.
An example : evernote introduction
(click on the video to watch)

9. Animation
• Animated images were
introduced to the
computer world shortly
after the still images.
They represent a series of
still images shown in a
quick succession, giving
the user the idea of an
animation. In the Internet
world, animations were
introduced by animated
GIF files

10. Interactivity
• The newest form of multimedia, interactivity, is a
computer-based tool which allows users to choose to learn
different parts of information on their own terms. By
highlighting or choosing links and sections, users can
manipulate the information environment, examining
whatever knowledge is important to them

11. Multimedia uses
• There are a number of fields where
multimedia could be of use. Examples are:-
– Business
– Education
– Entertainment
Etc..

12. Multimedia In Education
• Provide students with opportunities to
represent and express their prior knowledge.
• Create personally meaningful learning
opportunities.
• Encourages deep reflective thinking.

13. Advantages of using Multimedia
• Creativity
• Variety
• Realistic Approach
• Trendy
• Evaluation
• Cost-effective

14. Disadvantages of using
Multimedia
• Costly
• Time Consuming
• Accessibility
• Distracting
It can be expensive and
require more time to
create .
It requires electricity to
be operated , and it may
take away the focus from
the lesson.

15. Resources
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia
• http://www.slideshare.net/Shivam_Tuteja/multimedia-
8114447?related=1
• http://smallbusiness.chron.com/5-components-multimedia-
28279.html
• http://www.ucc.ie/hfrg/emmus/guidelines/d41text.html
• http://www.virtualmv.com/wiki/index.php?title=Multimedia:Audio
_(Sound)#Properties
• https://www.ntchosting.com/encyclopedia/multimedia/image-
picture-graphic/
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/multimedia.aspx
• http://multimediasources.weebly.com/advantages-and-
disadvantages.html