1. English for ICT

2. Multimedia Multi = many, multiple Media = An intervening substance through which something is transmitted or carried on 2

3. Multimedia Definition Multimedia refers to technologies and applications that integrate different types of media, such as text, sound, video, computer graphic, animation Benefits: It makes things interesting and entertaining to the users, i.e. Enclocypedia Britannica, Encarta, VR (Virtual Reality) 3

4. Multimedia Component 4 Multimedia Picture Sound Interaction Video Text

5. Content descriptions Graphical Text Common file format:.pdf (portable document format).doc (MS-Word document).rtf (rich text format).htm or.html (hypertext markup language or web files) 5

6. Pictures Still Images (Still Pictures) or Graphics including charts, photos, drawings, buttons, etc. Common file formats:.gif (graphics interchange format).jpg (jpeg – joint photographic experts group).bmp (bitmat picture).tif (tagged image file) 6

7. Pictures Animations are made up of a series of independent pictures put together in sequence to look like moving pictures Common file formats:.gif for animated gifts.swf (shockwave flash) for Flash files 7

8. Sound Digital Audio such as songs, movie soundtracks and speeches Synthesizer Audio (MIDI) Common file formats:.wav (Windows wave audio format).ra (RealAudio file).mp3 (MPEG-1, Audio layer 3).mid (MIDI – Musical Instrument Digital Interface) 8

9. Video Video refers to recording, editing and displaying moving images Common file formats:.avi (audio video interleave).mov (QuickTime movie).wmv (Windows media video).mpg (MPEG – moving picture experts group) MPEG-1 (VCD), MPEG-2 (DVD), MPEG-4 9

10. Interaction 10 see,hear Interactive

11. English for ICT

12. Building a website Plan it carefully Decide what sort of information to be included Decide how to organize it 12

13. Start with the homepage Homepage is like a table of contents in a book We should design the site on the paper first The use of a few diagrams can help clarify the relationship between the pages 13

14. Editig tools Using web editor which can be downloaded from the internet Writing the text and formatting the page Type the text and design the formatting effect apply the style to text and other page elements 14

15. Graphics and sounds Pictures and sounds should have a clear purpose Do not insert photos and animations just to make it nice Avoid having the large number of graphics because graphics can take a long time to download Use of colors use different colors for background and text Make sure all the text is easy to read (avoid very bright colors) 15

16. Join webpages togethers Use hyperlinks to join the pages together Remember not to put too many links on one page Check that all the links work (sometime web change their addresses) 16

17. Publish website on the net Find the web server Transfer all the files to the server (Going Live) Keep the pages updated, improve the contents and design (if necessary) Include the date to show that the site is up to date 17