New Media Training

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Fastrack to Authorware

Course Overview:

Fast Track to Authorware is designed to teach a wide range of instructional designers and developers to create interactive New Media applications using Authorware. The course covers all the Authorware Icons, focusing heavily on building the full spectrum of interactive structures, including menus, buttons, hot spots, hot objects, drag and drop responses, and free text entry. Issues of tracking users and creating scored assessments are explored. The course also provides best practices strategies for efficient development and effective design. Authorware's new One Button Publishing is used to easily prepare applications for seamless delivery via the Web or CD/LAN.

Course Prerequisites: Delegates should meet the following prerequisites:

• Be comfortable working in a Windows environment
• Have experience using the World Wide Web

Course Content: Introduction to Authorware

• Design & Presentation Window
• The Icon Palette
• The Tool Bar
• Controls
• Design Window Shortcuts

Using the Display, Wait, and Erase Icons

• The Display Icon
• Sequencing & Separating Icons
• The Toolbox
• The Wait Icon
• The Erase Icon
• Using the Text Tool
• Aligning Objects

Creating and Moving Graphic Objects

• Using the Drawing Tools
• The Inspectors
• Using the Motion Icon
• Types of Motion
• Direct to Point Motion
• Path to End Motion
• Motion Icon Settings

Importing Media

• Importing Graphics
• Graphic File Formats
• The Sound Icon
• Importing Sounds
• Sound File Formats
• Concurrency
• Synchronizing Sounds
• Link vs. Embed
• The Digital Movie Icon
• Loading a BMP Sequence
• Digital Movie Formats
• Storage of Movies

Creating Interactions

• Key Components of Interactions
• How They Work
• Common Interaction and Response Settings
• Response Types
• Using the Button Library & Editor

Creating Hot Spot Responses

• Key Components of Hot Spots
• Advantages
• Design Tips

Introduction to Authorware System Variables

• The Variables Dialog
• Assigning a Value to a Variable
• Displaying a Variable on the Screen
• Controlling Buttons with Variables
• Storing Calculations

Media Libraries

• Adding Content to a Library
• Changing Content
• Updating Links
• Advantages of Using Libraries

Creating Text Entry Responses

• Key Components of Text Entries
• Customization Options
• Variations in Responses, Wildcards

Creating Time Limit and Tries Limit Responses

• Key Components of Time Limits
• Key Components of Tries Limits
• Useful Applications

Creating Hot Object Responses

• Key Components of Hot Objects
• Aligning Graphics
• Advantages of Hot Objects

Creating Target Area Responses

• Key Components of Target Area Responses
• Procedure for Building Target Areas
• Benefits of Target Area Interactivity
• Applications of Target Areas

Creating Conditional Responses

• Key Components of Conditional Responses
• Conditional Expressions
• Applications of Conditional Responses

Using the Framework and Navigate Icons

• Key Components of Frameworks
• Navigation Properties
• Displaying Framework-related Variables
• Benefits of Framework Structures

Inserting Flash Objects

• Inserting a Flash Movie

Adding Hypertext

• Key Components of Hypertext Structures
• Best Procedure for Building Hypertext Interactivity

Using Authorware Models

• Key Components of Models
• What the Difference? Models vs. Libraries

Decision Icon Branching

• Key Components of Decision Branching
• How it Works
• Decision Icon Properties
• Branching Options
• Path Properties
• Flow Line Cues

Introduction to Authorware Functions

• The Functions Dialog
• Using System Functions

Publishing Your Work

• Packaging Files
• Guidelines
• Packaging for Web Delivery
• Embedding the File in an HTML Page
• One-Button Publishing
• Designing for Web Delivery

External links: Adobe