1. Authorware William M. Pegram November 11, 2004

2. William M. Pegram2 Developing in Authorware Visual programming language – programming is done by dragging icons to a “flow line” and specifying properties of these icons in dialog boxes. Authorware provides built-in interactivity whereas web pages typically use JavaScript programming to add interactivity

3. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram3 Developing in Authorware (cont.) Authorware 7 commercial version $2899, educational version $499 E-learning Suite (Authorware 7 bundled with Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Flash MX 2004 Professional) (commercial $3499, educational version $599) 30-day trial downloads available at www.macromedia.com www.macromedia.com

4. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram4 Authorware Applications Typically used for kiosks, CDs’, etc. but can do web applications Authorware can package a user application as.exe file so that user doesn’t need Authorware to run the user application Variety of question types are built into software

5. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram5 Built In Ways for User to Answer Click button Type single key Type words(s) - fill in the blank Drag and drop matching Click on image or area of image

6. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram6 Optional Constaints for Responses Tries limit Time limit Either can be used to avoid trapping a user in a particular question

7. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram7 EDIT 575 at GMU 10 week, 2 credit course beginning Authorware course Taught in Authorware 6 (version of Authorware available in classroom) Advanced Authorware course at GMU hasn’t occurred since about 2000

8. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram8 EDIT 575 Projects – Fall 2003 DeveloperTopic Didier, MichelleDeveloping Progress Reports Dooley, Christina Glenn Principles of Adult Learning Dopathi, SwathiDragon Naturally Speaking Herbert, LisaHow to Count in French

9. November 11, 2004William M. Pegram9 EDIT 575 Projects (cont.) DeveloperTopic Pegram, WilliamAdvantages of HTML Editors and Site Definition in Dreamweaver Robinson, DanalynWater and Your Body White, HeatherMarchel Duchamp and Dada