Multimedia Authoring Multimedia authoring programs are applications that allow computer users to create their own multimedia programs that link sound, video, graphics, and text. HyperStudio is one of the easiest to learn to use for both teachers and students of all ages. It is flexible and powerful enough for most classroom program designs. It is important to remember that multimedia development is not limited to computer authoring. It includes projects that combine video development, print materials, audiotapes, graphics, art projects, and hands-on simulations.
Students can create quality multimedia projects without computers.
However, computers are usually the most efficient interface for multimedia learning. The multimedia design process is a natural framework that supports, and in some instances even negates, the variety of organizational, processing, writing, and presentation difficulties encountered by students with a variety of learning problems. The following examples provide a portrait of potential uses of multimedia as a learning strategy These examples combine the authors' experiences in a variety of classrooms, along with published examples in current professional literature. A teacher at a reservation school for at-risk and special needs students in New Mexico works with her preschool class to create a multimedia program to reinforce basic vocabulary in both Navajo and English. First, she and her students brainstorm words they want to practice and decide on animals and numbers from 1 to 10.