MULTIMEDIA

MULTIMEDIA
• Marshall (2001) defined multimedia as
computer-controlled integration of text,
graphics, drawings, still and moving images
(video), animation, audio, and any other
media where every type of information can
be represented, stored, transmitted and
processed digitally.
MULTIMEDIA

•It has become a part of

our lives as soon as we
entered the digital age.
COMPONENTS
OF MULTIMEDIA
 VIDEOS
• It's an electronic medium
for the recording,
copying, playback,
broadcasting, and display
of moving visual media.
Example formats: wmv, avi, mpeg, flash, mp3 and mp4
DIGITAL VIDEO FORMATS

MPEG
- Developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group.

- The first popular video format on the web.

DIGITAL VIDEO FORMATS

AVI (Audio Video Interleave)

- Developed by Microsoft.

- Commonly used in video cameras and TV hardware.

- Plays well on Windows computers

DIGITAL VIDEO FORMATS

WMA
- Windows Media Audio

- Developed by Microsoft.

- Plays well on Windows computers

DIGITAL VIDEO FORMATS

FLASH (SWF/SMALL WEB FILE)

- Flash Video is a container file format used to deliver

- Digital video content over the Internet using Adobe

Flash Player version 6 and newer.
DIGITAL VIDEO FORMATS

MP3 (mp3)

- MP3 files are actually the sound part of MPEG files.

MP3 is the most popular format for music players.

- Combines good compression (small files) with high

quality. Supported by all browsers.
DIGITAL VIDEO FORMATS

MP4 (mp4)

- Is a video format, but

can also be used for audio.
Supported by all browsers.
ANIMATION

• It's a method in which figures are

manipulated to appear as moving
images.

• Common format/platform: flash

Commonly used in animated movies.

 TEXT

• Before in literary theory, a text is

any object that can be "read".

• Now, text messaging, or texting, is

the act of composing and sending
electronic messages.
IMAGES
• It’s a visual representation of
something and are needed to
create videos and animation.

Common format/platform: jpg

and png
 AUDIO

• It is sound, especially when

recorded, transmitted, or
reproduced.

Common types: voiceover, music,

special effects
CHARACTERISTICS
OF MULTIMEDIA
CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMEDIA

1. Multimedia can be used in the presentations, making them

more fun and interesting.

2. It also has various viewing options such as projector or a

media player and the like.

3. You can also download the multimedia presentation or play

it live.
CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMEDIA

4. The technology of multimedia can also be used to

make the information be conveyed more easily to the
user.

5. Multimedia technology has improved the learning

experience by combining various forms of media
together.
BENEFITS OF MULTIMEDIA
BENEFITS OF MULTIMEDIA

Digital storytelling allows students to improve

their knowledge about a specific subject and
increases skills such as writing, researching
and reading.
BENEFITS OF MULTIMEDIA

Using multimedia improve a learner's overall

academic performance. In particular, multimedia
in the classroom is used for self-directed learning
or SDL.
BENEFITS OF MULTIMEDIA

• Students manage their time and assess what needs

to be included in their learning activities. This style
of learning is used mostly with older students who
already know how to manipulate many of the
multimedia venues available to them.  
Reading is one of the
most important
intellectual activities.
 • Technology is advancing.

• Make it a habit to read.

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