Multimedia

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A) Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. Multimedia is usually recorded and played, and also describes electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content.

B) One method that can be used to reduce the amount of disk space occupied by a multimedia training package is file compression. This works by instead of listing the information in the file over and over it lists it once and then refers back to it when it appears in the original program. This saves disk space. Compressing picture files also uses less space because it discards useless information. Another method that can be used to reduce the amount of disk space occupied is to link graphics instead of embedding them which takes less space.

C) Some organizations prefer to train their staff using a multimedia training package instead providing face to face time with a human instructor because it is more cost effective. It is much cheaper to train the staff using a multimedia training package than to hire a person to teach the employees. Also, if the employees of the organization are learning computer programs it may be more helpful to them to learn it using a computer or multimedia package. It will instruct them how to use the computer, and will give them much more personal instruction to tell them what they are doing wrong then an instructor who is teaching more than one person. Also, they are able to go at their own pace using the training package rather than having to try and keep up with the class, which may inhibit how well they learn whatever they may be learning.