Transcript MODULE 5: PRODUCTION OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS FOR EDUCATION

MODULE 5:
PRODUCTION OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS
FOR EDUCATION
ANTWERP MEETING 27-30 JANUARY 2005
EUROTECHNIKI
by Costas Minos
UNITS
I. Multimedia fundamentals (Theory)
II. Multimedia and Interactivity (Theory)
III. Design of a multimedia material (From theory to
practice)
IV. From a multimedia material to an
educational material (Practice)
V. Teaching with the multimedia educational
material (Practice)
UNIT I Multimedia fundamentals 1/3
• Colors (RGB, CMYK, web colors)
– What is the color? Color perception
– Bitmap images and vector graphics. The RGB, HSB, CMYK,
models and modes
– Web colors (Hexadecimal model)
– Color palettes in a image editor
• Create an Image (formats gif, jpeg, png, tiff – software
presentation Photoshop, Macromedia Fireworks) (select the
application)
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About images size and resolution
Image formats. GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, EPS, TIFF, BMP, PICT
Compression
Select the right format for your material
UNIT I Multimedia fundamentals 2/3
• Sound (recording, playing, formats wav, mp3, other formats - software
presentation Windows Sound recording, SoundForge, Speex, Open
source software ) (select the application)
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What is the sound? Sound perception
The wav sound format.
Recording a sound - Play the sound
Compression of sound files
Wav vs mp3, ogg and other compressed formats
• Animation (types of animation, gif animation, flash, movies - software
presentation, gif animation, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Director,
Macromedia Authorware) (select the application)
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What is an animation? Animation perception
Animated images – gif animation
What is an animated movie?
Introduction into the layers and frames.
Use the layers and frames (interactive flash exercises)
UNIT I Multimedia fundamentals 3/3
• Video (recording video, playing video, streaming video software presentation -Adobe Premiere, QuickTime,
Players) (select the application)
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What is the video?
Video formats – analoge and digital formats
Recording a video – Video Cameras – webcams
Transform, edit and save a video
Video files and conversion
Play video – Select the right video format for your material
• Hypertext (Design for Internet – Software presentation –
Macromedia Dreamweaver) (select the application)
– Interaction with the 3.1 “Editing resources and documents” of
Module 4
UNIT II Multimedia and Interactivity 1/2
• Introduction to create a multimedia application
(simple multimedia presentation, using the
software and hardware)
– Create a new presentation
– Insert images, animation, movies
– Pages – Slides – Frames – Stages (terminology –
examples)
– Open the software (select the software); from
PowerPoint to Macromedia Flash
UNIT II Multimedia and Interactivity 2/2
• Multimedia and Hypermedia (advanced multimedia presentation,
publish multimedia application on the Internet)
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The Flash working environment (interactive examples, tests)
Publish a flash movie (on the internet, as an autonomous application)
Publish a PowerPoint presentation as an html file
eLearning Standards –W3C – Dublin Core Element – SCORM – AICC in
practice
• Multimedia and Interactivity (create interactive materials, quizzes,
exercises, interactive movies)
– Create interactive materials (links, text, layers)
– Create interactive movies (examples – screen capture movies)
– Quizzes – exercises (type of exercises, scoring, connection with
databases)
UNIT III Design of a multimedia material 1/2
• The scenarios
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The aim
The story
The content
The elements (text, images, movies, sounds)
Interactive exercise in a flash movie (case study)
• Scripting
– What is a script?
– Understanding the timelines, the behaviors and the templates
– Media support
Interactive exercise in a flash movie (case study).
UNIT III Design of a multimedia material 2/2
• Select the most efficient format
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Web application – How a web application works
Dynamic pages – Server/client technology
CD/DVD applications (off line application)
Select the most efficient format (case study – exercise)
• Design of a multimedia application
– Import text, image, sound, video
– Create graphic, button, movie symbols
– Use the templates and the behaviours
Interactive exercise in a flash movie (case study)
• Create the application
– The student creates his/her own application and send it to the
teacher
UNIT IV From a multimedia material to
an educational material
• Create training modules, units and chapters
– The student develops his/her own lesson and creates the modules, the
units and the chapters. The teacher supports the student with examples.
Interactive exercise in a flash movie (case study)
• Create quizzes, exercises and tests
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The types of quizzes, exercises and tests
How to create interactive quizzes
The multiple choice test
The time limited tests
Interactive exercise in a flash movie (case study)
• Manage the lessons and the students
– Publish the lesson
– How to support the student (synchronous – asynchronous)
UNIT V Teaching with the multimedia
educational material
• Teaching in the classroom
– Use the presentation and off line multimedia applications
– The student will present his/her own presentation (scenario)
• Web based teaching (e-learning)
– Presentation of a Content Management System
• Use the online editor
• Use the SUMO template
– Presentation of a Learning Management System
• SUMO system
– Web editors
• Templates
– Accreditation study
• The student presents his/her own educational material
Multimedia application
See an example of the possibilities we have
to present the items of Module 5.
The size of the movie is 800x600.
CRITICAL POINTS
• The module 5 is the module where the student completes the training
and presents the knowledge he/she has received.
• We must agree the following issues:
– What does “basic skills for using the internet as didactic resource”
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Browsing
Install the players
Use the applications (image, charts, sound, video)
Other
– Which are the applications (software) we will present the images –
graphics, sound, video, movies, web editing etc, with?
• Macromedia products (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Authorware,
Captivate, Director)
• Notepad (basic html)
• Sound applications
• Video (Adobe premiere)
• Photoshop
• Other
Thank you for your attention