A method for evaluating multimedia learning software

We submit a method (EMPI: Evaluation of Multimedia, Pedagogical and Interactive software) to evaluate multimedia software used in an educational context. Our purpose is to help users (teachers or students) to decide in front of the large choice of software actually proposed. We structured a list of evaluation criteria, grouped through six approaches: the general feeling, the technical quality, the usability, the scenario, the multimedia documents, and the didactical aspects. A global questionnaire joins all these modules. We are also designing software that could make the method easier to use and more powerful. We present the list of the criteria we selected and organised, along with some examples of questions, and a brief description of the method and the linked software.