Multimedia pointers to increase the efficiency of your LMS
Jan 15, 2022
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Multimedia has become an integral part of e-learning courses. It is unimaginable to think of having online training content without multimedia in it. Without a doubt, multimedia make your e-learning entertaining, interactive, and of course easily palatable. But it is imperative to keep in mind the following considerations to increase the efficiency of your LMS-- Check overload-
While using multimedia, it is important to consider that more than necessary multimedia options are used to check the cognitive load. You must know how much is too much and avoid that. If at once, too much information in the form of content, video, audio, infographics, etc. is presented, then, however relevant and good it is, users might be overwhelmed to grasp the intended matter at once.
- Avoid redundancy-
The next multimedia consideration when deciding on an LMS such as virtual classroom software is avoidance of redundancy in the content. If your text content, video content, and infographic reiterate the same thing again and again, it might hamper the interest of users and result in lesser engagement. Thus, use the matter that supports your text but not repeat everything word-by-word.
- Use microlearning-
Be careful, that all the multimedia being used by you, be it an infographic, or a video, or audio is a complete unit of learning and ideally under five minutes of duration. This helps users grasp the matter on the go if they choose so. Too much long-duration content might overwhelm the users and make them avoid the sessions. Let microlearning come to your rescue.
- Be careful about the multimedia mix-
Use a wide range of multimedia tools for your e-learning content, as even the experts consider that the use of a multitude of media rather than just text helps the retention of subject matter easier for the users.
- Consider proximity-
It is commonly believed that the content which is near the other is most likely related to it. Thus, make sure that you club together only the related content, so as not to confuse the users.
- Choose functionality over form-
Yes, the use of multimedia makes your e-learning experience glorious. But, avoid choosing form over functionality. It should always be the other way round. Only choose multimedia which helps in imparting knowledge easily and in long run supports retention.
- Do not forego relevance and value-addition-
As must be already clear, the multimedia is to support your content and not distract from it. Thus, relevance must be given priority. But, only relevance cannot be the key factor, you have to consider the value addition the said multimedia is bringing to the table before choosing it.
- Remove distractions and clutter-
Proper consideration must be paid to remove all the unnecessary distractions from the final product before bringing it to the market. The removal of clutter in any form makes your end product neat and focus-worthy.
- Proper editing of multimedia-
The multimedia that you choose to use in your e-learning content must be properly edited to accommodate your audience's taste and your content. The video you found online might be imparting the relevant information but it must be compressed to decrease the loading time. Similarly, the infographics and media should be checked for copyright issues before using. In the end, all the multimedia content should be in tandem with the other e-learning content to promote cohesion.
Learning Management Systems that are available these days, is very user-friendly, and have made the job of course creation also easier with the help of built-in authoring tools. Even multimedia inclusion is much easier with the help of modern LMSs.