Africa Virtual University - AVU

Course Description

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face
Mixed Mode

I. Course Rationale

Multimedia is the combination of several elements such as text, graphics, animation, video and sound using a computer, to create interesting but well informed teaching and learning materials. This is the fourth course in the series of ICT Basics Skills, which deals with the basic principles and tools for web page design.  To create or run multimedia software, a fairly powerful computer with a large memory, hard disk and a CD Rom drive are desirable.  It is important to make an informed choice of the multimedia elements to incorporate in your teaching and learning process. This will largely depend on where you are situated and the extent to which multimedia facilities are available to or accessible by you. Where sophisticated facilities and software are not available, it is advised that the learning process be made lively and effective by use of ordinary colours. For example in a Biology class, before a student begins to use a Microscope, they should know the functions of different parts of the microscope. Paint brush can be used with a combination of other tools to colour and label the different parts of a microscope for the learners. The picture can be saved in MS PowerPoint and displayed to students during a Biology lesson. It can also be printed on paper and displayed in the classroom notice board for the learners. Multimedia applications are important because they make learning interesting. It is therefore important that simple multimedia clips are integrated into the teaching and learning of Mathematics and Sciences where appropriate. For this to be achieved basic ICT skills and proficiency are expected of the teacher/instructor.

2. Prerequisite or Knowledge

Before embarking on this module, you should have covered the following Courses:

3. General Objective(s)

By the end of this module you should be able to:

4. Time

You should spend approximately 120 hours to cover this module

5. Materials

The following are basic hardware and software needed for this course. Other materials not mentioned such as printed manuals, printed notes, and so forth, may also be considered.