COM 205 MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS St. Joseph’s College Fall 2004

Introduction to Multimedia Chapter 1 Introduction to Multimedia

What is Multimedia? Multimedia is any combination of text, graphic art, sound, animation, video, delivered by computer or electronic means

What is Multimedia? Text Graphics Sound Animation Video

Multimedia takes may forms Greeting Cards Conferencing Movies Photo albums Image catalogs

Creating and Delivering Multimedia Graphic User Interface - GUI

Producing a Multimedia Project Requires a) creative skill b) technology tools c) organizational and business talent d) knowledge of ownership and copyright rules

Where Do You Begin? Study each element of Multimedia Read trade periodicals Visit web sites

Where Do You Begin? Learn tools to create or edit that element Learn to use texts and fonts effectively Learn how to make and edit colorful images Learn how to animate images into movies Learn how to record and edit sound

Types of Multimedia Interactive multimedia Hyperactive multimedia Linear multimedia

Interactive Multimedia Allows the user to control what and when the elements are delivered

Hypermedia Interactive Multimedia which provides a structure of linked elements through which the user can navigate

Multimedia Project Software vehicle, messages and content presented on a computer or TV screen Multimedia title - if sold or shipped to users with or without instructions Web page if on the www and composed of HTML or DHTML ( Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language)

Multimedia Project Linear - users watch from beginning to end Non-linear and interactive - users are given navigational control and can wonder through the content

Authoring Tools Multimedia elements are “sewn” together using tools like Authorware to provide facilities for creating and editing text and images have extensions to drive videodisc players and other peripherals playback the sound and movie elements created with other tools

Requirements Multimedia requires: large amounts of digital memory and network bandwidth; GUI (“gooey”) - a graphical user interface CD-Rom or DVD technology for storage In the future these may be replaced by “connected” fiber, and radio/cellular technology DVD – Digital Versatile Disc

Delivering and Using Multimedia Multimedia demands bandwidth CD-ROMs hold 650-700 MB (80 minutes of full screen video) DVD-ROMs hold 4.7-18 GB Multimedia can be delivered on line

Why Multimedia? Multimedia enhances learning, memory and retention audio stimulation - 20% retention rate audio/visual - up to 30% retention rate interactive multimedia - up to 60% retention rate

Delivering and Using Multimedia Online uses include: Books and Magazines Movies News and Weather Education Maps Entertainment

Appropriate uses Business Schools Homes Public Places 1995 Al Gore - White House Challenge to connect every classroom, clinic, hospital to Information Superhighway by 2000

Delivering and Using Multimedia Virtual Reality

New Technologies VR- Virtual Reality Goggles, helmets, gloves, etc. place users “inside” a life-like experience View changes as user moves forward, left/right, etc. Composed of thousands of geometric to be realistic Will require new standards (VRML) for transmitting virtual worlds on the web

Results Multimedia will cause radical changes in teaching and learning “Teachers will become mentors and guides along a learning path that is student centered…” (See pp. 12-13) Education will shift from the “SAGE on the STAGE to the GUIDE at the SIDE” of each student.

Project Visit the International Space Station (ISS) Virtual Tour at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html Choose the Interactives and ISS Explorer then try to answer these questions: What is the Soyuz capsule used for? In node 2, what does the PMA-2 interface serve as a docking station to? The Japanese Experiment Module is named Kibo. What does “kibo” mean in English?

Alternate Project Virtual tour of London and St. Michael’s Abbey Go to main website: http://www.virtualfreesites.com/museums.html then Virtual Reality tours What happens when you click on a “red spot”? Virtual Tour of London What is the London Eye? Why is the Tower of London famous?