The availability and functionality of mobile electronic devices, information and communication applications and programs, the emergence of new devices and equipment contribute to the creation of a problematic situation of pedagogical update in the existing classification of electronic educational resources through the implementation of a new generation of multimedia software. In this regard, the main attention in this article is given to the identification of the design features for multimedia support of the new generation, corresponding to the goals and objectives of updating electronic educational resources of the University educational process. The article reveals the pedagogical advantages of electronic educational resources' key categories; the classification of the University educational process's electronic educational resources is established, taking into account the multimedia support of a new generation; the modern requirements for the design of content and technologies of designing multimedia support of electronic educational resources are defined. On the basis of the study results the effectiveness of the structure and content, technologies of use and distribution of multimedia support of the new generation in updating electronic educational resources of the University educational process are proved.