Unit 4 Design and Produce Multimedia Products Name

Unit 4 Design and Produce Multimedia Products Name: Group: Teacher: 1

Task Task 1 2 3 4 5 2

Live Charity Music Concert Scenario You have been employed to assist in the organisation and promotion of a live charity music concert to be held at a venue in or close to your college/school. The bands and artists performing at the concert have agreed to provide their services free of charge so that more money can be raised for a chosen charity. You must decide on the bands and artists who will play at the concert. The date, timing, ticket prices, ordering details and other features (e. g. digital images; clipart; animations etc. ) will also need to be decided so that these can be included in the multimedia product you will design and produce. You must design and produce a multimedia product in the form of an interactive multimedia presentation. It is expected that this presentation will consist of at least 10 slides which will be used to promote the event to the public. The multimedia product must include a wide range of multimedia elements such as text, images, sound, animation and video. It must be designed to allow the user to interact with the product so that they can find the information that interests them or that they need to know. You must source the multimedia elements that you use in your multimedia product. One or more of these elements could be items you have developed as evidence for other units of this qualification – such as an animation created for Unit 20, graphics created for Unit 21, sound created for Unit 22 and/or video created for Unit 23. Before you start to source suitable multimedia elements, you must review at least three different existing multimedia products. These reviews should help you with ideas for your own multimedia product. When you have created your multimedia product you should then get feedback from users and/or peers who will need to try it out. You may also produce a detailed selfevaluation of your multimedia product. Finally you will suggest improvements which could be made to your product.

Task 1 Candidates need to review at least three examples of different existing multimedia products. These reviews must list and give an explanation of the good and not so good features of the multimedia products. The reviews could then be used to inform the design and development of the candidate’s own multimedia product. Candidates should be encouraged to review a variety of different multimedia products – e. g. interactive multimedia websites; educational and recreational computer games; online and CD ROM/DVD ROM presentations; commercial advertisements on CD ROM/DVD ROM.

Multimedia products to review Matchware Mediator Macromedia Flash Powerpoint

Multimedia Product 1 Name of product: Type of product: Website details: Target Audience Purpose/Aim: Length of product: Special Effects: Content: Key points of multimedia product: 6

Multimedia Product 1 Good Feature: Bad Feature: q. List your answers 7

Multimedia Product 1 How to improve: 1. List your answers and write in sentences ? ? kkkkk 2. 3. 4. 8

Multimedia Product 2 Name of product: Type of product: Location on the network Target Audience Purpose/Aim: Length of product Special Effects Content Key points of multimedia product 9

Multimedia Product 2 Good Feature: Bad Feature: q. List your answers 10

Multimedia Product 2 How to improve: 1. List your answers and write in sentences ? ? kkkkk 2. 3. 4. 11

Multimedia Product 3 Name of product: Type of product: Location of product: Target Audience: Purpose/Aim: Length of product Special Effects: Content: Key points of multimedia product: 12

Multimedia Product 3 Good Feature: Bad Feature: q. List your answers 13

Multimedia Product 3 How to improve: 1. List your answers and write in sentences ? ? kkkkk 2. 3. 4. 14

Valid improvement to meet the aim (D) 3 Valid improvements relating to the products reviewed Product 1 Product 2 Product 3 15

Elements/Techniques Identify elements seen in products to be used within your own product within powerpoint.

Techniques to use

Techniques to avoid

AO 2 Design a multimedia Product 19

Task 2 Candidates are required to state the purpose and audience for the product they will produce. They must produce a plan which includes details of the housestyle and navigation system. A storyboard covering the main elements of the multimedia product must also be provided. For higher levels candidates will also need to ensure that their description of the purpose and audience for their multimedia product is thorough. The plan must be detailed, with an appropriate housestyle and an effective navigation system provided. The storyboard must cover all the elements in their product. Designs must be well structured. It is expected that, for Distinction, planning will be comprehensive and will include enough detail for another person to implement the interactive multimedia product. Evidence for Task 2 (AO 2) must include: details of the audience the product is intended for, purpose, plan of the product, a housestyle and navigation system and a storyboard. A flowchart may be included, if appropriate, showing the different routes through the product. The plan of the product may be as simple as a site plan indicating the number of screens in the product and the links. The housestyle and navigation system should be presented graphically to show the layout and format of the slides and the navigation. The storyboard is more in-depth and should contain details of the elements to be included on each slide.

Purpose and Audience (P) I am making a multimedia presentation. It will be about: Purpose Audience And finally 21

Basic Plan (P) 22

Interactive Product Identify the interactive multimedia component within your product.

House Style (P) Where Used Style Size Justification Colour FONT Bullets Points 24

House Style (P) Style of Image Position on page Sie on page Images Logo 25

House Style (P) Type of link Link destination Size on page Position on page Main Menu 26

Navigation Homepag e 27

Master Slide Screenshot of master slide shown below 28

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 29

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 30

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 31

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 32

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 33

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 34

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 35

Storyboard Font: Font Size: Background Colour: Multimedia component: Images: Video Source: Sound Source: Animation Source: Title: Additional Information: Slide number: 36

Flow Chart of Information

Task 3 Candidates will need to source and store suitable multimedia elements including text, images and sound. They will provide details of the website URL/network location or other source information (including, for example, details of software used if they have created the element(s) themselves). For higher levels, candidates will need to source and store video and animation elements in addition to text, images and sound. They will also need to ensure that accurate acknowledgement of all sources is given. Evidence for Task 3 (AO 3) should indicate the source of text, photographs, drawings, clipart, video, animation, sound and other materials stored and/or created by the candidate for use in the product. The material collected by the candidate should be appropriate for their multimedia product. Candidates must show evidence of acknowledging sources.

AO 3 Source table 39

Text Sources File name and type Source (where you got it from) Date collected File content (what the file shows/includes) Reference (URL, copyright information) Intended use (where you will use it) 40

User area for text sources Add screenshot here

Image Sources File name and type Source (where you got Date it from) collected File content (what Reference (URL, copyright the file information) shows/includes) Intended use (where you will use it) Example: Sailing. jpeg Took the picture with my digital camera A picture of several people sailing To insert this picture on slide 6, about sailing 16/05/08 Not applicable 42

User area for Image sources

Other graphics – Drawings and clipart File name and Source (where you type got it from) Date collected File content (what the file shows/includes) Reference (URL, copyright information) Intended use (where you will use it) Example: Sailing. jpeg 16/05/08 A picture of several people sailing Not applicable To insert this picture on slide 6, about sailing Took the picture with my digital camera

Other graphics – Drawings and clipart

Sound Sources File name and type Source (where you got Date it from) collected File content (what Reference (URL, copyright the file information) shows/includes) Intended use (where you will use it) 46

User area for sound sources

Video Sources (D) File name and type Source (where you got it from) Date collected File content (what Reference (URL, copyright information) Intended use the file (where you will shows/includes) use it) 48

User area for video

Animation Sources (M) File name and type Source (where you got Date it from) collected File content (what Reference (URL, copyright the file information) shows/includes) Intended use (where you will use it) 50

User area for animation

Own Materials File name and Source (where you type got it from) Date collected File content (what the file shows/includes) Reference (URL, copyright information) Intended use (where you will use it) Example: Sailing. jpeg 16/05/08 A picture of several people sailing Not applicable To insert this picture on slide 6, about sailing Took the picture with my digital camera

Own Materials

AO 4 Create the Multimedia Product 54

Task 4 The multimedia product must make use of alternative pathways, hyperlinks and multimedia effects. It must contain text, images and sound. For higher levels the multimedia product must make effective use of user interaction in addition to alternative pathways, hyperlinks and multimedia effects. All elements must work as intended. The multimedia product must contain animation and video in addition to text, images and sound. Centres may wish to assess AO 4 electronically using the candidates’ finished products. Alternatively, evidence could include printouts of each screen, clear enough to show the elements used. In this case, annotation is likely to be required to explain how these features work as intended.

Alternative pathways Contents page 56

Hyperlinks External websites Action Buttons 57

Multimedia Effects More than one 58

User Interaction (M) Quiz 59

Text 60

Images WWW Pictures Clip Art 61

Sound 62

Animation (M) 63

Video (D) 64

Transistions

Task 5 The assignment lists the categories that the tests should cover; candidates should use this list to decide which specific tests they need to carry out for their own multimedia product. It is not appropriate for centres to provide candidates with pre-populated test plans for them to simply complete. At Pass level, candidates must produce a test table providing evidence of testing their multimedia product to ensure that all internal links work effectively. Any broken and/or faulty links must be fixed. The completed test table will be submitted as evidence. For the Higher levels, candidates will need to conduct a more comprehensive range of tests covering the main areas of their multimedia product. Any problems identified should be corrected. Where action is taken, this must be clearly evidenced, probably through the use of screenshots and must clearly show ‘before’ and ‘after’ to show that amendments have been made. If the multimedia product is fully functioning, the test table must be annotated to show this. Candidates should not invent problems simply to show that they are able to correct them. This will not impact on them being able to achieve the higher grades. 66

AO 5 Testing Product 67

Testing Test Pathways through the interactive multimedia products Additional hyperlinks (internal and external) Use of consistent house style Use of different components Interactive elements Suitability for target audience Purpose of interactive multimedia product Ease of use Date Comments

Areas for improvements

Action an improvement

Task 6 Candidates must seek and provide evidence of feedback from at least one test user or peers. They must suggest at least one possible improvement that could be made to the product. For higher levels candidates must seek and provide evidence of a range of feedback from test users or peers, and complete a thorough self-evaluation of their product. They must suggest valid improvements that could be made to the product and for Distinction must also provide details of how such improvements could be achieved. It is not necessary for the improvements to be made, though this may provide further support for this assessment objective. Evidence for Task 5 (AO 5) must include written or recorded feedback about their product and, based on this feedback, candidates must suggest possible improvement(s). For Distinction, candidates will be required to suggest how improvements could be implemented. However, they are not required to actually carry out these improvements, though such additional evidence would be helpful in supporting the award of AO 5.

AO 6 Seek feedback 72

Questionnaire from test user 73

Questionnaire from test user 74

Self review Slide Number Navigation Information Multimedia element How this slide can be improved 1 2 3 4 5 6 75

Self review Slide Number Navigation Information Multimedia element How this slide can be improved 7 8 9 10 11 12 76

Possible improvements 77

Evidence of improvements (D) 78