Tuesday With ETUG Finding the Best Tool for Creating Slides with Audio Keith Webster Hayley Hewson University of Victoria January 27 th, 2015, 12 noon (PDT)
Why do we need this tool? Research has shown that enhancing images with text or audio is good pedagogical practice An interactive slideshow, where viewers have to advance the slides, is ideal A slideshow with audio is an easy way to enhance a mostly text based course Instructors/SMEs are usually comfortable with a PowerPoint-like tool
What features do we need? The slideshow needs to be publishable into an interactive (click-to-advance) format easy to work with/edit And needs to include options for: slide notes images audio
Publishing options Player options User interface File type (HTML5/Flash) Compatibility with LMS? Windows/Mac OSX/Android/iOS Firefox/IE/Safari/Chrome
Ease of use Is the interface intuitive? Is it easy to edit a slide, image, notes or audio? Is it easy to republish after editing? Image: Library of Congress
Slide Notes Can a viewer copy and paste the slide notes from the published presentation? Can slide notes be hidden and unhidden? Can you set notes to be hidden at start?
Images How do slides become images? Are slides with multiple objects correctly converted? Do images retain sufficient resolution?
Audio Is audio quality acceptable upon publication? Can you import audio into the slide presentation? Can you record audio into the slide presentation? Can you edit audio in the tool?
iSpring Presenter 7 Pros: Easy to build in Simple audio editor Seems robust Cons: No Mac version No copy/paste of notes
Adobe Captivate 8 Pros: Some copy/paste for notes Lots of support material Cons: Firefox issue Difficult to use (notes/cc) Scaling issues
Articulate Presenter 13 Pros: Slide notes pull from PPT notes Audio easier to use Cons: Android forces app download iOS/Android interface just scaled version of full size
Adobe Presenter 10 Pros: Full support of copy/paste Relatively simple interface Cons: Limited Android support
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