1. Internet and MultiMedia for SC 2
Skill Area 212
Introduction to Multimedia

2. Skill Area 212.3 Explore different Multimedia Environments
Explore the use of multimedia in:
Business
Education
Home
Public Classes

3. Multimedia Environment
Multimedia finds its application in various areas including, but not limited to:
 advertisements, art, education, entertainment, en gineering, medicine, mathematics, business, 
scientific research and spatial temporal applications.

4. Multimedia in Business
Why do Businesses Use Multimedia?
Businesses use multimedia for office presentations, especially in meetings so as to make the meeting more appealing or to draw attention to some key points in a presentation.
Quality is also another aspect
that influences multimedia
benefits.

5. Multimedia in Business
Uses of Multimedia in Business.
Multimedia in Business Presentation.
 Multimedia is a very effective presentation and sales tool. With audio visual, retention is up to 30 percent and in interactive multimedia presentations, where you are really involved, the retention rate is as high as 60 percent.

6. Multimedia in Business
Uses of Multimedia in Business.
Multimedia for Business Marketing.
 Multimedia, such as mobile marketing, live casting and podcasting, photo, video and file sharing, can spread the word about your company and help build brand awareness in a very unique and powerful way.

7. Multimedia in Education
Uses of Multimedia in Education.
Facilitate and develop a community of learners through online ice-breaker activities.
provides outlet for students creativity
Help students visualize difficult concepts or procedures more easily.

8. Multimedia in Education
Uses of Multimedia in Education.
Scaffold learning through activities enhanced by videos and online games.
Make language and culture come alive.
Students can view videos and television programs online and stay up to date on current events in that country.

9. Multimedia in Education
Uses of Multimedia in Education.
Provide a “menu” of authentic assignment options.
Allow the students to explore and identify their own talents.
Enhance accessibility through the use of powerful multimedia software tools.

10. Multimedia in Education
Uses of Multimedia in Education.
Enable visualization of concepts and their connections.
Encourage collaboration and feedbacks.
Integrating assignments with tools that support conversation comments. Students create video comments on video sharing sites.

11. Multimedia in Education
Uses of Multimedia in Education.
Make learning situated and personal.
Easy access information from the lecturer and the rest of the world
Help the students document and present their learning through authentic assessments.

12. Multimedia in Home Uses of Multimedia in Home.
Entertainment - Multimedia has been used to give life to virtual reality and game development of all sorts for years. Animation, music, sound, graphics and lots of multimedia programming are used to give life to these two huge industries.

13. Multimedia in Public Places
Uses of Multimedia in Public Places.
Multimedia applications are becoming more popular as a means of providing information to the public in public places.
These are called information points.

14. Multimedia in Public Places
Uses of Multimedia in Public Places.
It is common to find information points in:
airports
self check in kiosks
maps and information points
railway stations
ticket kiosks
train time information

15. Multimedia in Public Places
Uses of Multimedia in Public Places.
It is common to find information points in:
tourist information centres
accomodation information
attractions to visit
city information
museums
explanation of artefacts
interactive activities about
historical events

16. Multimedia in Public Places
Uses of Multimedia in Public Places.
It is common to find information points in:
art galleries
information on artists
and paintings
cinemas
movie previews
ticket kiosks

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