Multimedia Tools

• Multimedia - Digital media; integration of text, graphics, drawings, video, animation and audio used to further share an information, entertain, or educate people on a particular topic
• Videos - digital file with different formats, WMI AVI MPEG and flash, that appear online and on television
• Animation - form of art for most people; became interactive, allowing users to affect the outcome of animated components and events. Flash format
• Text - common type of multimedia; text + other types of media, makes it more user-friendly; by using text interactivity is increased; text is important of accessibility purposes.
• Images - files that are needed to create videos and animations; is preferred than text-only content; created by graphic designers in jpeg and png format
• Audio - include background music and special effects; is designed to improve user's experience; voiceovers
• Characteristics of Multimedia

  • uses both words and pictures in a combination of text, voice, picture, or video
  • make the information be conveyed more easily to the user
  • improves learning experience
• Text, Images, and Graphic Platforms

  • Texts, Slideshow, Presentation
  • Canva Google Sildes, Mentimeter
  • Diagrams Graphic Organizers Infographic Posters
  • Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Snapseed
• Audio Platforms

  • Podcasts
  • Spotify Bandlab
• Video Platforms

  • Screen Captures, Music Videos, Animations
  • capcut, filmora, Moviemaker
• Other Multimedia Components

  • Blogs
  • mind map
  • vlogs
  • webinars
• Uses of Multimedia in Literature

  • Digital Storytelling allows students to improve their knowledge about a specific subject and increases skills such as writing, researching, and reading
  • Impeoves learner's academic performance
• Types of Multimedia

  1. Video
  2. Animation
  3. Audio
  4. Images
  5. Text