Towards the Dynamic Publication of Multimedia Presentations – a Strategy for Development

In this paper, interactive multimedia is used to transform a complex, design-oriented coursework assessment in Computer Science into on-line mode, using interactive multimedia. The media in question has already been used in this course in providing a didactic audio-visual presentation, which replace formal lectures. In this recent experiment, new features in the authoring tool have been exploited to give a more constructive approach to learning. The benefits of this approach are twofold; it provides automation to design-based assessment and it engages the learner in design-oriented work with adaptive delivery of additional information for those with difficulty in completing the assignment. What is shown in this paper is the feasibility of the solution and the formal requirements to provide interfaces and additional tools enabling the end user to adopt the principles of learning design to design-based assignments.