Designing Multimedia

instructive website requirements:

Your final project will be an advanced website on a subject of your choosing. This project asks you to join the skills you acquire in the HOT book (the practical) with what you know/learn about instructional design, learning, and multimedia (the theoretical) through our discussions and the course readings. The project should represent at about 15 minutes of continuous activity. To clarify, that is not to say 15 minutes of movement or animation, but 15 minutes of activity on the part of a learner. The project should be a multimedia lesson created using Flash and employing many of the skills acquired during the course. The time dimension above is guidepost rendered primarily to help give a rough idea of how much content/interaction to construct. The project will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Overall Quality:	7 points
Contains a professional visual quality All content is well integrated and appropriate to project
Length and Comprehensiveness:	7 points
Represents approximately 15 minutes of learner activity Incorporates sound application of learning theory and ID principles
Audio and Video:	6 points
Includes at least one user-controlled sound Includes at least one video segment
Animation and Graphics:	6 points
Includes at least one instructor-created vector graphics Includes at least one motion tween Includes at least one shape tween
Navigation and Buttons:	7 points
Contains at least one user-navigated button Is organized clearly and accounts for variability among users note: this second piece is about usability
Interactivity and Instructional Value:	7 points
The project employs significant levels of user engagement The project incorporates user input through actionscripting, components, and/or input text fields.