benefit of multimedia

1.     Multimedia is very expensive, difficult and time-consuming to develop, yet more and more commonly done. There are several reasons that applying multimedia is worthwhile.

1. Ease of use

·         Making an application easier to use can increase user’s effectiveness, thus increase in productivity.

·         Users will be less dependent on instructions; therefore training users also will be easier and done in shorter time.

2. Intuitive Interface

·         Intuitive interface means that the choice of images, icons, visual and audible responses, and reaction to user input are obvious. The user knows to choose the correct control (button) for a function simply because the controls look like what it is intended to do.

·         For example, a button with an image of a house will bring to “home” page or the first screen on the application.

3. Immersive experience

·         Immersive experience is a software interface term, exists when the software application takes over then entire computer screen.

·         Users is said to have an immersive experience when they are concentrating on using the application without distraction of the operating system environment.

·         This method of focusing the user’s attention exclusively on the software application’s interface provides a higher level of productivity.

4. Self-paced Interaction and Better Retention

·         Especially for educational and training purposes, the ability to process information at one’s pace is very useful and helps users to learn at their speed.

5. Better Understanding of the Content

·         The elements of text, images, animation, video and sound provide richer and broader range of information.

·         Many studies have shown that students learn better and more easily when information is presented in ways that stimulate several of the student’s senses concurrently.

·         For example, reading text about the topic of solar system and how planets circling the sun and compare it with an animation and voice narration explaining the details.

6. Cost Effectiveness

·         Compare multimedia software and non-multimedia software, for non-multimedia software, training manual and technical support can be quite costly. But for multimedia software these are not needed.

·         Users are more likely to upgrade to the next version and purchase more products from companies that are applying multimedia technology in their software.

7. More Fun

·         By making multimedia application more fun to use, you can also make it more efficient.

·         Fun elements help users feel more at home and make them willing to spend more time using the application.