1. Cimel: User Interface Synergy
Presented by: Shreeram Sahasrabudhe
Research Assistant, CIMEL Multimedia Team

2. User Interface - Take 1
Embedded track list (Very slow and non-scalable)
Similar square buttons

3. User Interface - Take 2 XML based track list – Faster, Scalable
Bookmarks tab added – future use
More logical and individualistic buttons
( Made by Lutz Brothers and supported by our surveys and focus groups over the earlier square ones )

4. User Interface - Now
Bookmarks tab removed –wasn’t missed and consuming real estate
Added Screen and Chapter meter(s)
The Windows Task Bar is visible
Text box colors

5. Developer work (Individual Movies)
More Additions:
Audio level control added
Bug Report – message with userID, time, current screen logged on server
For the Developer:
Embedded audio Dynamic audio
Audio, text, textbox colors, etc done by
functions calls
Textbox width automatically adjusts to fit
given text
Textbox visibility now controlled
Time
Effort

6. Text box colors

7. Emerging Trends For better integration: As multimedia movies
Expected use of Explore button
For better integration:
Should we have a menu in explore button? What should it be?
Or should User Interface give more information to present appropriate ‘Emerging Trends’ movies?
Some movies are inquiry based exercises, how do these connect to goals of Emerging Trends? Discussion

8. Collaborative Tool(s)
Tool(s) in development
Currently brings up a slide show of features
Integration Issues:
What will “Collaborate” button invoke?
Should new multimedia features (e.g. Volume control), be also affect the tool(s)? Vice versa?
Should multimedia recommend that learner look at specific materials in MFAQ archive?  Can there be links?" Discussion

9. Current and future work…
Documentation Updates:
We have recent updates of multimedia developer documentation on the server
/Cimel/Developer Documentation/ on server
and at
Extensive documentation on user interface to be done
Improvements to User Interface:
Custom background colors for comfort and attention
Find button implementation

10. Continued …
Generating a plan for automation of just-the-facts page creation
<TREE_MENU_NESTED>
<TREE>Software Engineering
<TREE>Why Software Engineering?
<TREE ACTION="URL"
LINK="movies/SE/Software_Can_Be_Frustrating.swf“
HTMLLINK="movies/SE/facts/se_why_sw_engg..htm#s1"
HTMLMENULINK="facts-menu.htm#se_wse"
TARGET="this.testswf"> Software can be Frustrating!</TREE>
XML
Automatic Generation

11. Thanks!