Making Multimedia Stories

Alter - to change the way something looks, sometimes using a computer or other digital tools

Animation - Combining a series of still images to give the illusion of movement when the images are shown as a sequence

Digital content – any media created, edited or viewed on a computer, such as text (including the hypertext of a web page), images, sound, video, or virtual environments, and combinations of these (i.e. multimedia).

Edit - To change, add or remove elements in a piece of work (usually to improve it).

Format (text) - Text formatting refers to the attributes of text other than the actual text itself. For example: bold, italics, underlining, colour, and size, are all formatting attributes of text.

Import - A computing command that usually means allowing a user to bring in a file, or part of a file into another application so they can be combined. For example, an image could be imported into presentation slides, or art software to use as a background.

Media - all of the ways that large groups of people get and share information (TV, books, internet, newspapers, phones, etc).

Multimedia - Content that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive content.

Save - To store a piece of work in a computer’s memory so that it can be recalled at a later time.