Authorware Level 1
Course Type
Private
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Private courses can be held at your site or one of our training venues, and can be customised to fit your requirements.
You can choose to have a private course based on an existing outline or you can choose the most applicable lessons from a number of different outlines and consolidate them into one course.
We can also write bespoke courses to fit your specific requirements, whether you require training on a standard application or a bespoke inhouse system.
Please contact us to discuss this further on 0191 377 8377.
You can choose to have a private course based on an existing outline or you can choose the most applicable lessons from a number of different outlines and consolidate them into one course.
We can also write bespoke courses to fit your specific requirements, whether you require training on a standard application or a bespoke inhouse system.
Please contact us to discuss this further on 0191 377 8377.
Course Overview
Introduction to Authorware is designed to teach a wide range of instructional designers and developers to create interactive multimedia applications using Authorware.
Prerequisites
- To gain the most from the course, delegates should have experience with the Windows operating system, be familiar with common design features and terminology of interactive multimedia applications.
Objectives
- Create interactive applications
- Create, import and format text
- Create simple graphics in Authorware
- Orchestrate linear presentation sequences
- Build Direct to Point and Path to End motion effects
- Use concurrency to present simultaneous events & control sequencing
- Import graphics, sounds & movies
- Incorporate media into interactive sequences
- Synchronize events based on timings with a background music clip
- Build a lesson menu organization structure
- Use the interaction icon to structure user activities
- Create custom button
- Build hot spot responses
- Use system and custom variables to track information
- Enter and edit script using the calculation icon
- Organize resources in a media library
- Create text entry interactions where the user types an answer
- Use the automatic erase features provided in Authorware
- Add time limit and tries limit responses to interactions
- Create hot object responses
- Use continue branching options to streamline the flowline
- Create a target area or drag & drop response
- Use conditional responses to build dynamic interactions
- Build a simple linear paging sequence using framework & navigates
- Build hypertext links
- Build generic logic structures that can be used repeatedly for rapid development
- Use the decision icon to facilitate variable branching
- Use system functions to extend the capabilities of Authorware
- Publish Authorware applications for Web and CD/LAN delivery
Delegates will be able to:
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Course Content
Introduction to Authorware
- The design and presentation window
The Icon Palette and Toolbar
Using controls and design window shortcuts
Using the Display, Wait, and Erase Icons
- Sequencing and separating icons
The Toolbox
The Display, Wait and Erase Icons
Using the Text tool
Aligning objects
Creating and Moving Graphic Objects
- Using the drawing tools
The inspectors
Using the motion icon and types of motion
Direct to point motion
Path to end motion
Motion icon Settings
Importing Media
- Importing graphics and file formats
The sound icon and importing sounds
Sound file formats and synchronizing sounds
Concurrency
Link vs. Embed
The digital movie icon
Loading a BMP sequence
Digital movie formats
Storage of movies
Creating Interactions
- Components of interactions and how they work
Common interaction and response settings
Response types
Using the button library and editor
Creating Hot Spot Responses
- Key components of hotspots
Advantages and 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 and updating links
Advantages of using libraries
Text Entry Responses
- Key components of text entries
Customization options
Variations in responses, wildcards
Topics
- Creating time limit and tries limit responses
Using the display, wait, and erase icons
Creating and moving graphic objects
Importing media e.g. graphics, sounds, movies
Media libraries
Creating interactions
Creating hotspot responses
Creating text entry responses
Introduction to Authorware
Creating hot object responses
Publishing Authorware applications
Creating target area responses
Creating conditional responses
Using authorware models
Using the framework and navigation icons
Inserting Flash objects
Hypertext
Decision icon branching
Introduction to Authorware functions
Authorware system variables
Times & Tries Limit Responses
- Variations in responses and wildcards
Key components
Hot Object Responses
- Key components
Techniques for aligning objects
Advantage of hot objects
Target Area Responses
- Key components
Procedure for building target areas
Benefits and application of target areas
Conditional Responses
- Key components
Conditional expressions
Application of conditional responses
Frameworks & Navigate Icons
- Key components
Navigation properties
Displaying framework related variables
Benefits of framework structures
Inserting Flash Objects
- Inserting an interactive Flash movie
Adding Hyperlinks
- Key components
Best procedure for building hypertext
Authorware Models
- Key components
Difference between models and libraries
Decision Icon Branching
- Key components
How it works
Properties, branch and path options
Flow lines cues
Introduction to Functions
- Functions dialog and system functions
Publishing Your Work
- Packaging guidelines for CD and web
Training Options
- Scheduled public courses at one of our training venues
- Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at one of our training venues (Durham, Newcastle or Washington) or at an independent location, convenient to you
- Bespoke course written to your specific needs, at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
- For further information please contact us on 0191 377 8377
What's Included
- 1 delegate per computer
- Relaxed refreshment area at our training venues
- Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venue
- Comprehensive course manual and exercises
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