Multimedia Overview

Mr. Roderick Tiri

 Multimedia Overview
Multimedia – “multi” means more, many and “media” is a form of
communication.
- is any form of communication that uses more than one media element.
- refers to computer-based materials designed to be used on a computer.
- it is capable of integrating the four basic skills of listening, speaking,
reading, and writing.
- originally used to describe learning materials that consisted of book,
audio cassette and video cassette.
 Multimedia Overview
• Audio cassette – is a analog
magnetic tape recording format for
audio recording and playback.
• Video cassette – an
electromechanical device that
records analog audio and video.
 Multimedia Overview
• Five Media Types
1. Number/Text
2. Images
3. Video
4. Audio
5. Animation
 Bobb Goldstein(1966)

• Is a singer and artist

• He used the term to describe the technical nature of his
entertainment.
• Multimedia has taken 40 years to have coherent meaning of
use.
 Tay Vaughan

• He added that multimedia can be called “interactive” when it

allows people to generate computers command.
• Example: Videogame
 History of Multimedia
• Newspaper – is the longest form of multimedia.
- It uses various elements such as text, graphics and images.
• 1970s – microcomputers – incapable of playing or recording sound and
video.
- They had very limited graphics capabilities.
• 1980’s – various method was employed like linking audiocassette to
computer that controlled playback and rewind functions.
- Videodisc player to a computer it was possible produce CAI
(Computer Assisted Instructions)