Chapter 6: Hypermedia Tools

Multimedia: means "multiple media" or "a combination of media"

Hypermedia: means "linked media" or "interactive media"   Today's hypermedia systems in which info is stored in various media are connected (internet)

The combination of media(video and audio with text) makes them multimedia; the ability to get from one media/info element to another makes them hypermedia.

5 hypermedia formats:
1. Commercial hypermedia software packages
2. Interactive presentation software
3. Audio/video production and editing systems
4. Hypermedia design and development programs
5. Virtual environments


Most important characteristic of hypermedia is its ability to encourage students to be proactive learners


Creation of hypermedia products requires that learners constantly make decisions and evaluate progress thus applying higher order thinking skills.


4 Kinds of multi/hypermedia design and development tools
1.  Interactive presentation hypermedia
2.  Audio/video production and editing systems
3.  Hypermedia production software
4.  Virtual environments


Hypermedia resources include:
1. audio resources
2. video resources
3. photographs
4. graphic images
see table 6.3 on page 180 for a summary of these resources


Free Sources for Hypermedia sites
Commercial products:

•  Free sounds project  www.freesound.org
• PBS kids interactive stories pbskids.org/lions/stories
• World Almanac for kids www.worldalmanacforkids.com

Interactive Presentation

• Ease http://live.gnome.org/Ease/0.1
• Google Docs presentations www.google.com/google-d-s/presentations
• impress  www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html

Audio/Video

• microsoft movie maker  www.microsoft.com
• microsoft photo story 3  www.microsoft.com
• open movie editor  www.openmovieeditor.org

Hypermedia production

• Aha! hypermedia software  http://aha.win.tue.nl
• Hyperbook online hypermedia editor  http://hyperbook.sourceforge.net
• Cave Writing 3-D hypermedia authoring  http://sourceforge.net/projects/cavewriting

Virtual Environments

• Blender 3-D content creation suite  www.blender.org
• JAHSHAKA visual effects  www.cinefx.org

See figure 6.3 page 186 for basic criteria for assessing student hypermedia products