Summary of Lesson 10: Interactive Multimedia

Modern websites add multimedia content sacrificing  too much bandwidth This done to give the site visitor a way to interact with what is on website.Multimedia Content could range from videos, sound, online browser-based games, online tests, courseware, podcasts, and vodcasts.

• Multimedia -  Uses multiple media contents like videos, sounds, applications, etc.
• Courseware - online courses that simulate the classroom online.
• Podcast - an episodic series of audio or text files streamed online.
• Vodcast - an episodic series of videos streamed online.
• Embed - to place an object form one site to another.

Multimedia Content

Here are multimedia contents that you can find on some websites:

1.) Videos
2.) Sound, Music, or Audio
3.) Online games
4.) Online tes
5.) Courseware
6.) Podcasts
7.) Vodcasts


Most websites you see today have embedded Youtube videos on them. To remedy the problem that not everyone has fast internet connection, these Youtube videos can be set to be played ''on-demand'' rather than having them played automatically.