Multimedia Teaching Package-Teaching XML / Semeren Kaur Jaswanth Singh

• Main Author: Semeren Kaur , Jaswanth Singh
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; QA76 Computer software; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11784/1/Semeran_Kaur_0102.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11784/

Multimedia Teaching Package is software that teaches users on a particular subject or matter. It contains multimedia elements such as text, graphics, images, animation, video and sound that are integrated to create an interactive teaching tool. Multimedia development teams have long been challenged by educationalists to provide sophisticated learning environments that empower the learner to use the computer as a cognitive tool that overcomes the limitations of existing environment. Cognitive tools enable learners to actively construct and Tran form their understanding of an area of learning, test their developing ideas and reflect on the products of their learning. The system that I am developing is a Multimedia Teaching Package that teaches XML. This software is called Learning XML. This system is a tool where people of different age levels and professional skills can use at any time . One of its objective is to so provide an easy learning tool to the user compared to textbook. This is what I would like to achieve from creating the teaching package. Users who are interested in learning a language get discouraged after lo king at a 300 page book that can help them learn something. With this software I more user will be keen on learning XML , a new hypertext markup language which i often compared to HTML and SGML. There are many developing tools that were reSearched and after going through a through look over the tools and the tool that were essential were chosen. They are explained in chapter 3 Basically it cover Authoring Tools such as Macromedia Director, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop and many more software that will enhance the betterment of my system.Methodology is a process that i used to develop a system. It is important to understand the nature of a program when developing a system, There are many methodologies that can be used such as the Waterfall Mode, the V-Shape Model, Spiral Model methodology. The methodology adopted for this project is a modified version combining the benefits of both waterfall model and prototyping approach. Prototyping can be viewed as a risk reduction technique. Experiments have shown that prototyping reduces the number of problems connected to requirement. specifications and the overall development cost may be lower if a prototype is developed. Requirements for the project was gathered such as the Functional Requirement, Non-Functional Requirement , Prototyping Requirement and other requirements to enhance the system so a better package can be delivered. Finally in the System Design, an overview of the chapters were done and what that is going to thought in the system were introduced. The DFD's for this system were also introduced . A DFD is a graphical illustration that shows the flow of data and logic within a system. The interface of the system was created to show on how the interfaces will look when the system will be created. Now that I have completed the system ... yes Learning XML is ready to be evaluated by users. In this 3 months there have been many changes in the system.This is due to some problem that couldn't be avoided and due to time constraint .Hopefully the system has met the user requirements In chapter 5 System Development and Implementation is where most of the time. required.System Development was a critical stage when I was developing the teaching package and it has been the most important stage because this is where your research on the 4 earlier chapters have to be implemented. In System Testing, the issues covered would be regarding testing. It tart of by a short and simple explanation about what is testing. It then describes the testing strategy/plan used in this project. Next, it moves on to which type of testing would be applied in this project and why they are used. It also include the various test plan, which will be drawn up when testing is implemented. And finally the system evaluation and Conclusion was done. Hope all the evaluation, problems and will be solved for future reference. Basically while preparing this documentation, I have learned many things. Some of the software s were new to me and so is, the language XML.But this has not kept me a away to create a good system.