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Unit 1: Multimedia

• Intranet notes
• Computer kiosks
• What types of equipment your audience have?

• What obstacles must be overcome?
authoring tools
We determine the authoring tool to be used in the project. This is the vehicle for integrating all
the pieces:
• Text
• Graphics
• Animation

• Sound
• Video.
planning
Planning is the crucial factor determining success and failure. If you fail to plan, you are planning
to fail.
We determine:
• What building blocks go into your multimedia project?

• How long will each task take?
• How much will the product cost?
• Who is going to do the work?
resource organization

The product’s content is arranged into categories or groups. From this organization, comes the
interface, which leads the user to the information.
flowcharting

The flowchart is a visual outline of the content. Each level or link represents a screen and/or
control that must be created. This “roadmap” is essential for the production phase.
orientation

The opening screens are the graphic and verbal directions to enable the user to find his way
around the content.
navigation

The flowchart is the roadmap, and the navigation is the signposts. Remember, the shortest path
between two points is a straight line.
Defining Screen Action

The screen or interface action directs how the interface responds to the user.
Think of your users:

• What they will want or need?
• What their expectations may be?
• What assumptions they may make while using your product?

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