Sunday, July 12, 2015

Project #1: Static Multimedia Instruction

Instructional Objective
After viewing "Welcome to 3D GAME LAB!" students will be able to successfully log in and have a better understanding of the format of 3D Game Lab.

Tutorial
Welcome to 3D GAMELAB! was created with Clarify-It found at http://www.clarify-it.com/.

Design Notes
My fifth and sixth grade students this year will be playing their way through each trimester using 3D Game Lab.  This will be the first year for both my students and myself using 3D Game Lab in the classroom. Since most of the assignments will be given through this program it is important that students can log in easily.  I have created a tutorial to walk them through the log in process.
To create the tutorial, my steps had to communicate the directions as they would be completed independently online.  I began by going through the process of logging in myself, taking screen shots as I went along. I knew I would have to provide specific information to the students to help them log in easily.
Since the log in process was not very difficult and many students would finish quickly, I decided to also include notes to help students become familiar (and excited) with the program.  Each of the tabs on the home page represent different areas of the program. Showing them a little sample of each area would help students understand what Game Lab is all about.
Using Clarify-It made it easy to quickly take a screenshot of each of the examples and create annotations to provide explanation.

Multimedia and Contiguity Principles
The Multimedia Principle   Learners benefit from having both text, spoken or written, and graphics included in instruction. Choosing appropriate graphics for instruction is important for the learner. Graphics added to instruction should not just be decoration on the page.  Graphics can be used to represent and explain instruction supporting what is learned by listening or reading.  I chose graphics directly from the program I was using to include in my tutorial.
The Contiguity Principle explains the importance of placement of text and graphics in online instruction.  When graphics and text are place on a page, it is important the learner can access the graphic with the written or spoken word.  When explaining each graphic, I kept words close to the graphic and the area I was explaining.  After I finished creating my instruction, I made sure I was able to access graphics and text for each step without scrolling down the page.  When placing my graphics, I was aware they needed to be near the text they were meant to support.





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