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=OCR Nationals Unit 4 =

Unit 4 is a unit about creating an interactive multimedia product. This is an optional unit which helps to make up the requirement of core & optional units to gain a GCSE. You should download the template below and save it to your area - the writing frame contains all the headings you need to achieve a good grade.

Unit 4 has 6 Assessment Objectives - links to each are below

AO1 - Reviews You need to review 3 different multimedia products. You should identify the good and bad points of the products and you should identify techniques or elements to use or avoid in your own product. For higher grades you will also need to identify the audience and give reasons for using/avoiding the elements you have identified (3 lessons)

AO2 - Design You need to produce designs for your multimedia product. Your designs will be both typed and hand drawn/written and include all the important elements you will be including in your product. For higher grades these designs will be detailed and comprehensive. (2/3 Lessons)

AO3 - Asset Gathering Before you start making your multimedia product you need to gather information and images to use in it. These are called assets. Whenever you get an asset you should save it in your Unit 4 folder and put its information in the AO3 asset table - you will need to say what its called, where you got it, where its stored, where you are going to use it and detail any changes you have made. This may seem tedious but you have to do it!

AO4 - Create You should create your multimedia product and remember to include hyperlinks & multimedia effects as well as text images and sounds. For higher grades you will also need to include animation and video. You should complete the AO5 section of your report with both explanations and screenshots (where stated).

AO5 - Test Your test table should test the main areas of your product. You should test
 * navigation works as expected
 * hyperlinks all take you to the correct places
 * animations/transitions all work without having to keep clicking
 * house style is consistent
 * multimedia elements work as expected
 * suitability for target audience
 * the ease of use

AO6 - Feedback & Improvements You will need to ask your friends to test your multimedia product and give you feedback. You will find that designing a questionnaire will help with this. You will also need to suggest at least one improvement that you could make to your product. For higher marks you will also have to write a self evaluation and explain how the improvements can be achieved. =Unit Guidance = The guidance notes here should help you with your planning & production.

Your product must give the user the opportunity to interact, including being able to choose a pathway through the document, using a menu system and a quiz which gives them pathway options according to their answers. Your interactive multimedia product must contain :
 * Pass **
 * Text
 * Images
 * Sound
 * Internnal hyperlinks
 * External hyperlinks
 * Transitions
 * Merit **
 * Animation
 * Distinction **
 * Video

= = =Technical Terms =
 * Transition ** – The movement between one page (slide) and another
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hyperlink **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> – A clickable element that takes you to another page or item
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Animation **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> – A movable image OR the way elements appear on a page
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Embedded **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> – An element that plays within your product rather than on an external link

=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;">Unit Specification = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">OCR Nationals Level 2 Unit 4