Unit 6: Developing Multimedia Products

Unit 6: Developing Multimedia Products Multimedia and my Town.

STARTER TASK: HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2014 • RESOLUTIONS? • QUIZ: 2013

STARTER QUIZ: 2013, the year that was! • http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15896578

Aims of Unit 6: Developing Multimedia Products • This unit will enable learners to develop the skills needed to generate ideas for, produce and review a multimedia product.

Tracking: what is tracking? • During session your progress will be reviewed, at intervals. • You, and your tutor will be able to track and monitor the progress made so far with the CURRENT unit assignment. • HOW? You will be able to see your progress and what criteria that you have covered so far, on a designed spreadsheet. • This sheet will be COLOUR–CODED, to help you monitor your progress and to show when you have eventually completed tasks/ criteria. • YOU (or your tutor) will play an ACTIVE part in completing your tracking and highlighting when criteria is met. • This will also help YOU and YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT in completing assignments, FULLY and ON-TIME!

Session Objectives • To understand the Units’ Key Aims and discuss the themes in the unit assignment. • To prepare and research a location, that you have enjoyed the experience of visiting. • To evaluate the aspects of that place and to highlight the factors that contributed to your positive experience. • Multimedia focus: What is your most used Multimedia device? • Mystery Multimedia devices: You will be given a Multimedia device to incorporate into a visitor experience. • Apply your research and experiences to enhance the experience further. • Consolidation.

Unit assignment: situation • The challenge of this brief lies in developing the awareness of Milton Keynes and communicating the unique experiences in the town, for 16-21 year olds, that sets it apart from other competitor towns/ cities! • Through your digital/ multimedia campaign/ you should tell the audience exactly what Milton Keynes is about, where it is located and help them understand why they should visit Milton Keynes instead of other current destinations. This should include learning experiences, attractions and experiences unique to the town.

A PLACE I HAVE BEEN TO...ENJOYED...AND WOULD visit again!

Research task: location, location, location! • Consider a place you have visited and enjoyed visiting (Not in Milton Keynes!) It could be another Town, City, or Country. • Try to recall the positive aspects of your visit, for example: a building, event, exhibition or even the atmosphere of that place. Put together a MOODBOARD of any images, colours, associations, people, food, weather etc. A Moodboard is a collection of ideas, mainly visual, brought together in one place. They are usually used in idea development, as a starting point to an eventual design or design work.

Example moodboards U r b a n

How is your location already promoted via multimedia? • Research your location, online and look for any existing websites, apps or multimedia products that already exist to promote your chosen place. • List all of the URLs that you have found below:

How is your location already promoted via multimedia? • Choose one of these Multimedia examples e.g. A website specific for your chosen location. • Complete an online ‘tour’ of this product, paying attention to the information available. • On a new slide, write a written review and evaluation of the product and your discoveries. It may help to include: • Positive and Negative aspects? • The quality of the information provided? • The quality of images and links provided? • Was the site/ product up-to-date and relevant? • Was it a fair representation of the location visited? • Was it easy to use/ understand? • Would you use it again? 4. Make ONE suggestion of an improvement to make, to this site/ product. INCLUDE SCREENSHOTS OF THE SITE/ PRODUCT TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR POINTS MADE.

Mystery Multimedia device??? improve your experience! • You will be given a ‘mystery’ multimedia device. • You should plan a method in which using this device in your given location, could IMPROVE the user experience within that location. • It can me modified/ changed to enhance a particular aspect. E.g. If your mystery device played music/ audio a carefully selected soundtrack could improve a visit or make it more memorable. • You will be asked to give a short review of how you modified/ changed your device: • Note or mind map what or how you would use this device. • Draw sketches or collect images or even FLOW CHARTS to record your ideas.

Stretch Task • Accessibility • Try to consider adapting and improving your device and how you have used it, by considering users with: • Visual Impairment • Hearing Impairment • What features could you include or develop to incorporate the needs of these users.

Consolidation/ session review • Identify 3 ways in which Multimedia products could improve an experience, from today’s session. • Identify a possible NEGATIVE aspect of using Multimedia products during a similar visit. • What do you think? Reconsider the visit that you have talked about. What products and multimedia devices did you use? • How different would your visit and experience be without them? Explain. • Finally, in the product that you reviewed specific to the place visited, e.g. A website – would you use this product again. If so/ If not, why?

Unit 6: Developing Multimedia Products