Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify multimedia elements
- Assess design specifications to determine technical and creative objectives of the project
- Locate and assess content required for production
- Discuss issues of integration and formats of media assets with relevant personnel, and confirm production timelines
- Determine, with relevant personnel, an interactive sequence to become the prototype
- Identify scope of authoring software
- Use authoring software
- Load authoring software and create a file directory structure for the specified task and name using standard industry or enterprise naming conventions
- Display and use tools and features of authoring software relevant to the authoring process
- Adopt safe ergonomic practices when using screens and keyboards for extended periods of time.
- Create interactive sequence
- Slice and reassemble the user interface appropriate to the authoring software
- Import and assemble components in appropriate sequence according to creative requirements
- Create interactive features according to creative and technical requirements, sourcing and writing appropriate mark-up and scripting languages as required
- Check that interactive sequence conforms to navigation design
- Integrate media assets to optimum levels of technical performance
- Check interactive sequence conforms to loading specifications
- Test for interoperability and accessibility, eliminate all bugs and validate scripting
- Present interactive sequence as a prototype ensuring sequence meets creative, production and technical requirements
- Save output file formats and identify for specified purpose
- Evaluate interactive prototype
- Present prototype to relevant personnel
- Evaluate prototype against design specifications, including achievement of a creative and user-centred product
- Discuss and agree on any required changes and make adjustments to prototype
- Assist in user testing as required
- Evaluate feedback from user testing
- Seek confirmation from relevant personnel to transform prototype into final product
- Finalise interactive media product
- Make necessary changes as indicated by user testing
- Replicate prototype functionality to complete the interactive product
- Make final checks to ensure sequences conform to design specifications
- Test for interoperability and accessibility, eliminate bugs and validate scripting
- Save to specified storage system accessible to production team
- Assist in loading product to specified platform as required