view that it is very easy to navigate within the IMM lesson. When they were asked whether
they got lost in the program while navigating in the lesson, accumulative of 97% disagreed
(32.35% strongly disagreeing and 64.6% disagreeing) depicting an effective navigation. A
cumulative percentage of 94% (61.1% agreeing and 33.83% strongly agreeing) were with the
view that they were able to progress within the IMM at a comfortable speed. This was also
witnessed at the observational studies, as every student moved confidently with IMM using the
existing navigational support. Exclusive of any external support, they used it for the very first
time without getting lost in the program.
Students felt that the ‘tour guide’ as a very helpful feature, which make them familiar to move
through the lesson. Observational studies also evident that all students viewed the ‘tour guide’
option at the very beginning, as they were asked by the program.
This was strongly supported by the questionnaire data having a 100% of the students
accepting (55.55% agreeing and 44.44% strongly agreeing) the helpful support they gained by
the ‘tour guide’ option to move about the IMM. One student (S26/F) explaining her views on
the navigational aspect of IMM:
‘Navigation is very clear with buttons, hyperlinks and also with commands saying ‘click here’
and so on. Also in the ‘tour guide’ it includes everything about how to move and familiarise the
user on buttons, so that navigation help is perfect. I think even a person who does not know
much about computers could easily use this IMM with this navigational design.’ (S26/F)
Students found the navigation very simple and it has made even less computer literate
students to study the lesson without any obstacles.
‘My knowledge on computers was very poor. I even did not know how to use the mouse. But I
could go through this IMM with little help. I moved with the lesson very well. This experience
gave me lot of confidence to study with IMM. This multimedia lesson is properly designed to
navigate throughout the programs. (S28/F)
Interactive Pedagogical elements
Glossary was one of the interactive features built into this IMM. Students expressed their
pleasure in using the Glossary as it allows students to access the description of the terms as
quickly as possible. They compared the easiness of accessing it with that of the glossary in the
course material. Students expressing their view about the Glossary:
‘Glossary is a very helpful feature in this multimedia lesson because with one ‘click’ of a button
I could get the meaning or the clarification of a term; it was so quick. In microbiology we get lot
of new words as we study. Having a glossary design in this way is very useful because to refer
it we need a very short time when compared to the textbook.’ (S15/M)
The assistance provided by glossary to help students understand difficult terms was well
supported in questionnaire with a cumulate of 100% strong support having 67% agreeing and
33% strongly agreeing. Questionnaire data also revealed that 75% preferring a background