1. Andrew Slatton Kathryn Dwyer
Group 4 – Development of a User’s Manual for Use with an HTML Interface
Andrew Slatton
Kathryn Dwyer

2. What are CAPE & eLMS?
CAPE: Courseware Authoring and Packaging Environment
A visual programming language
eLMS: Experimental Learning Management System
A learning platform containing a courseware delivery engine

3. Goals To develop a new interface for the construction of eLMS problems
To test this interface and to deploy it for classroom use
To provide adequate documentation to users of this interface

4. Motivation & Purpose CAPE has a steep learning curve
This may deter some educators
Make a simple interface
“… a consistent data-driven strategy for designing… problems.” 1
Attract a larger market

5. CAPE Workshop Two-day Workshops: January/February/April Outcome?
First day: HPL, introductions to CAPE/eLMS
Second day: Tutorials, programming with CAPE
Outcome?
Proved necessity for interface!
Next workshop: Use interface, need manual/Captivate tutorials ready!

6. Where are we? Outline for Manual Focus on Captivate Tutorials
Treeview Style
Focus on Captivate Tutorials
One all-encompassing problem
Chop it up – mini-tutorials
Data, Resources, Naming, Previewing, etc.
Next workshop
Manual/Tutorials ready

7. Frustrations Captivate Manual Interface Sound doesn’t match up
Slides are ‘captured’ at wrong time
Not real time – takes snapshot of background
Manual
Explanations, wording is difficult
Interface
IE 7.0 – Nightmare.
Exporting!

8. Sample Tutorial – see what we mean…

9. Future Work Add tutorials online
Go to ISIS to make them – resolution/scrolling
Finish work on Manual by next workshop
Test with professors
Stacey Klein