Multimedia Design and Development

Questions for Preliminary Requirements Analysis

Who? Audience analysis.
1. Who is your audience? Develop a profile of typical age, gender, background, experience,
attitudes, etc. Do you want to include or attract an audience wider than your typical profile?
If so, revise your profile to be more inclusive.
. What can you assume as background? What limitations or attitudes might some of your
audience have that need to be overcome?
What? Goals and ontent Analysis
!. What unit or chapter"s worth of material do you want to teach?
#. What are the ma$or topics of your chapter? Itemi%e them. &ater write a short paragraph about
each, then develop a hierarchical outline of topics and sub'topics. (This part requires detailed
analysis! Its a bit easier if you can work from existing material, such as a chapter of a textbook
or teachers lesson plans.)
*. What are the key concepts+skills of your chapter that you would like the learner to master?
,. What is the desired performance level for learning these concepts+skills?
Why? !eeds Assessment
-. What are the current sources+methods+practices by which students learn these concepts+skills?
(&ook at texts currently in use. interview faculty, /0s and students about current approach.)
1. What are the results of these practices? 2ow can these practices be improved by multimedia?
3. What areas of difficulty are students having that multimedia could address? 2ow?
14. What strategies could you use for content and presentation of your material?
Where" ho# and #hen? Deployment" resources and timeline.
11. Where will your module be deployed? 5ia 6D'789 or via the Web or both?
1. Who will work on your pro$ect? What roles will each pro$ect member have?
1!. Who is the domain expert for teaching your content? 2ow will he+she work with your team?
1#. What hardware and software resources will you need? What do you already have?
1*. When do you expect to complete a design, a prototype, a testable program?