Communication is essential for all human relations. Mass media thought to have powerful, uniform and direct influence on individual. Multimedia application can present information in variety of forms (text, graphics, animation, audio, video) involving the use of more of our senses. It better explain a subject matter to the learner because it enhances the comprehension capability of the learner. The present study was planned to develop multimedia CD on Compost Pit and field-test for perception and comprehension by rural women. The study was conducted in two phases. In first phase multimedia CD was developed and evaluated by ten experts on various criteria’s . overall purpose served, content covered, interest orientation, visuals used and audio recording. The visuals were further evaluated on the various sub aspects organization and layout, color, visual clarity, attention catching, self-explanatory, continuity in messages, tuning with commentary and overall comprehension. The audio recording was evaluated on the aspects as language, commentary, content clarity, voice, continuity of messages, pace and speed of narration, length and time of narration, overall length of programme, music and overall comprehension. All criteria’s according to expert’s suggestions, voice was modified. In phase second, the multimedia CD was field tested with thirty-five rural women of Panerion ki Madri of Udaipur district.
