Visual Feature

Visual plays a very important role in Interactive Multimedia Package. It helps us to communicate the concepts and engage our learners throughout the course. As per Dr. Lynell Burmark, an Education consultant says that our short term memory processes words, but only retain seven bits of information, whereas the images are directly processed by our long-term memory in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten. It also helps to process the information faster. Lets us see few examples of visual:

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Proper font size, font style, and font color should be used as shown in the above figure 1 & figure 2. The readable, precise and user-friendly text makes the package look more appealing.

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Proper background colors, as well as the images used for explaining the concepts, should be carefully selected and used as shown in figure 3, 4, & 5. Text with the combination of graphics helps to understand the concept in a better manner. So it is advisable to use verbal explanation with graphics to a larger extent. It will help to make the entire package appealing and at the same time, it will also help convey the message with the images faster. Before selecting the visuals, the target audience age, experience and content should be taken into consideration. Using proper images, videos, or infographics, proper font size, font style/color help to arouse and maintain the learner's interest throughout the modules. Hence, visuals are one of the core elements of IMM package. If used properly, it will add essence to the IMM package.