User-centred design for multimedia applications

A method for multimedia presentation design is described. The method consists of media selection guidelines that utilise definition of information and media types, and techniques for directing the user's attention in multimedia sequences. Contact points are proposed for design effects to link content themes across different media. The method is illustrated with a theatre publicity application and the techniques for attention design are described by a medical training application. Method validation studies are described briefly followed by a discussion of future work.