Category: Tutorials
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Macromedia Captivate – First Impressions
For a long time now I’ve wanted to compare my favorite tutorial-building tool, Qarbon ViewletBuilder, to Macromedia Robodemo. Well I waited so long Macromedia came out with a new product called Captivate, and during this slow week before Christmas I finally took some time to give it a test drive. I hope to build the…
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Information Literacy and Macromedia Captivate
Ahh, the cross-pollination continues 😉 Gary Roberts has some very positive words to say about Macromedia Captivate, which I have yet to download and play with. He closes his post with, "My prediction is that libraries will widely adopt this application to create demonstrations for remote users." Link: The Library I.T. Blog :: Information Literacy…
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Full stream ahead: database instruction through online videos
Just finished a really good article in the most recent issue of Library Hi Tech: Title: Full stream ahead: database instruction through online videosAuthor(s): Daniel Yi Xiao; Barbara A. Pietraszewski; Susan P. GoodwinJournal: Library Hi TechYear: 2004 Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Pages: 366-374 I believe this link should take you directly to the PDF if…
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Powerpoint To Flash Conversion Tools – The PPT2Flash Top20 – Robin Good’ Sharewood Tidings
I haven’t followed the links on this page, but it certainly looks like a valuable resource. I am familiar with a half dozen of the tools mentioned, and unfortunately some of the information on this page pertaining to those is erroneous (price, product name, etc). That’s probably just an indication of how fast this area…
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Podcasting in education
Here’s another person interested in the idea of Podcasting for education… Podcasting in education I have been thinking a lot of the potential of the medium. I really think there is something here for education! In my opinion Podcasting is a great tool: for distance learning to facilitate self-paced learning for remediation of slower learners…
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Macromedia hopes it can Captivate us all
Here’s a brief article from Computerworld about the change to Macromedia’s RoboDemo: Macromedia hopes it can Captivate us all. The new product (Captivate) isn’t on the market yet, but you can find out a little more at the Macromedia website. About the only thing I saw in the writeup that intrigues me is the ability…
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Podcasting for Education
I’ve been listening to Podcasts for about six weeks now, and every once in a while the thought occurs to me that they could be useful in Higher Education, if not the library world. Never got around to drafting my thoughts on the subject, but my colleague D’Arcy just did, so I’ll drop you off…
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PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online
Got an online tutorial of which you’re particularly proud? The Emerging Technologies in Instruction Committee of the ACRL Instruction Section invites you to submit your online information literacy tutorial, virtual tour, or other online library instruction project for review and possible inclusion in PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online. PRIMO is the new name for the…
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Why RoboDemo 5 Sucks
Way back in June I posted a brief product comparison of ViewletBuilder vs. Wink, and Ilene Frank suggested RoboDemo would be another product to examine. I’ve not gotten around to trying RoboDemo, but Michael Feldstein did, and didn’t seem very impressed… Why RoboDemo 5 Sucks This post isn’t a litany of the things that I don’t like about…
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Awesome Viewlet Display
It’s been a long time coming, but other departments on this campus have finally realized that Viewlets are pretty useful for remote instruction. This past summer, our Learning Commons took these things several steps further than I’ve seen before, and have produced a slew of tutorials on how to use BlackBoard. I haven’t had a…