Week three explored an in-depth look into many of the multimedia learning principles. The modality principle is a good example of a multimedia learning principle that could be applied to a PowerPoint presentation. The principle explains how people learn better when there is graphics with some form of narration instead of having graphics with normal text. Any course that regularly uses diagrams (like biology) could use this principle to their advantage by having a labelled diagram on screen with narration (if online) or an explanation (if in person) to explain the different parts of the diagram. An example of a multimedia learning principle that I have followed without knowing in the past is the redundancy principle. I would stick to one format such as a voice-over commentary with a background video not necessarily related to what I was talking about but still related to the overall topic. Listeners could focus on what I was saying easier rather than becoming uninterested with only audio. An example of a multimedia learning principle that I have broken (without knowing) in the past is the simple multimedia principle. I would try and explain my chosen topic in a given presentation (in early high school) using just my words rather than adding pictures to help my classmates understand. Overall, the google doc with the principles of multimedia learning is a helpful tool moving forward in this course, especially when planning and working on the final project.

Attached below are two videos: The example video provided by Rich McCue (all credits go to him for the video of the goats) and a two minute video that I created about how to host a twitch channel using the tools ScreenCastify and OpenShot video editor.