Multimedia -- Something A Bit Different . . .

We've been talking about video, but really multimedia is simply finding an active way to present a story. And it doesn't have to be video.

Here are some options offered by students from my past JRN 200 classes.

One MM presentation was something a bit different: a podcast. That is, an audio-only report kind of like a radio segment. It worked well, except for one thing -- it was a bit hard to keep track of who was saying what. Perhaps the person acting as the show host could have prefaced each new commenter with a quick identifier, such as "What do you think, Dave?" or "Devyne?"

You may ask yourself, "Where do you post a podcast?" I didn't know either. So I Googled "podcast upload" and found something in about five seconds. I used podbean.com, which is free (with registration) and which you can link to here.

That wasn't the only bit of different multimedia done by past students. This person did an audio slide show, where still images are used instead of video, and sound is run concurrent with the person pictured at the time.

Look at how you introduced animation of sort, by having the still image pan back slowly. That's a nice touch, making a static shot a bit more lively.

For your multimedia component, these options are perfectly acceptable, as long as you tell me in advance. So, whaddya think?