Improving Visual Programming Languages for Multimedia Authoring

This paper summarizes our observations and experience with two commercial multimedia authoring packages and provides the following results: . Detailed criteria for evaluating visual programming interfaces for multimedia authoring . Example iconic programs for comparing different multimedia visual programming tools . General recommendations for improving the design of such systems' user interfaces Multimedia authoring tools are a significant enabling tool for courseware and other interactive presentations. However, the development of such materials with the best tools available today requires significant expertise, equipment, and time. The goal of this paper is to further advance the usability of such tools