It is critical that students be taught how important it is that the motion and progression of the multimedia be controled in a manner that allows the viewer to digest the content. This means readable text, supporting graphics, animation that directs , not distracts . Many technology skills can be chosen selectively for introduction during a multimedia project. Certainly if there is much searching the Internet for graphics, video or music, task switching can become second nature to the students. Assessment of a presentation.
Teachers traditionally have no serious problem grading research papers.
However, grading a presentation can be more tricky. There are a number of resource available which have rubrics for multimedia projects. Mrs. Carol Cisky, fifth grade of John F. Pattie Elementary, has a rubric she adapted from a Teacher Created Materials rubric appearing in several of their books. Click here to view it.