Multimedia Presentation Tool Using SMIL

In this project, the author has to develop a tool for multimedia presentation using
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, which is XML-based declarative
language. It can synchronize all the multimedia elements in the presentation as the
synchronization is one of the main issues in delivery of multimedia presentation.
Recently, the content of lecture materials does not integrate all the multimedia elements
(such as video, audio, text and images) in it. Hence, the integration of various multimedia
elements will be accomplished in this project to make the content of lecture materials
more interesting and understandable. The tool requires multimedia elements from the
user before it can synchronize all those elements. In this project, the author practice
several modules to develop the application such as selection module, recording module,
and integration module. In this paper, the instructional design is discussed as a
framework to build the application to be more effective. The author believes that with the
adoption of instructional design in students' learning can boost their understanding of
their course content. The tool for multimedia presentation can automatically synchronize
the video of a lecture with the corresponding PowerPoint slides to generate easy to use
and effective presentation.