At present, most of the newly-established local universities focus on training high-quality applied talents, and the basic knowledge teaching and innovative application ability training of applied talents need to be realized by the computer general educa- tion course. The general education related to computer is a hot research topic in the current education field. This paper analyzes the current situation and existing problems of public computer general education courses in our school. It promotes the reform from the aspects of teaching target reform, teaching method selection, teaching content setting, and the improvement of assessment and evalu- ation system, to cultivate the multimedia innovative application ability of college students.