Authoware

A Tutorial on Authorware by David R. DeVaux Project and Report submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE APPROVED: ______________________________ Dr. Edward Fox, Chair _____________________ Dr. John Carroll April 25, 1996 Blacksburg, Virginia Keywords:Authorware, Authoring, Multimedia, CBT Copyright 1996 David R. DeVaux ____________________ Dr. Mary Beth Rosson

A TUTORIAL ON AUTHORWARE by David DeVaux Dr. Edward Fox, Chairman Computer Science

Abstract
Authorware is an icon-based multimedia authoring tool which allows the rapid development of complex interactive multimedia projects, particularly courseware and kiosk applications, for both theMacintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. This project consists of three main elements: interactive courseware, written in Authorware, which teaches the student basic concepts involved in Authorware programming, and demonstrates the function of each of the icons used to program in Authorware; a tutorial through which students are given the opportunity to use Authorware to incorporatevarious media elements, including written audio, graphics, video, and text, into their own interactive courseware; and various course materials, including a statement of objectives, study questions, and quiz questions. These materials were developed for use in the Virginia Tech Computer Science course CS4984 (Multimedia, Hypertext, and Information Access) as part of the unit on System and ApplicationConstruction.

Acknowledgment
I would like to thank Dr. Edward Fox for his guidance and support, Dr. Carroll and Dr. Rosson for being on my committee, Mary Miller for allowing me to use Interactive Design and Development’s facilities and resources, and, last but not least, my wife Jeannette for her patience and understanding.

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Table of ContentsABSTRACT..........................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT............................................................................iii TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i v TABLE OFFIGURES...............................................................................v 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................1 1.1 A UTHORWARE .....................................................................................................................1 1.2 MOTIVATION FOR P ROJECT ....................................................................................................6 2. RELATEDLITERATURE AND WORKS.....................................................8 3. COURSEWARE DEVELOPED FOR CS4984................................................9 3.1 I NTERACTIVE AUTHORWARE INTRODUCTION...........................................................................10 3.1.1Overview...................................................................................................................11 3.1.2 Icons.........................................................................................................................13 3.2 T UTORIAL ........................................................................................................................14 3.3 O THER MATERIALS............................................................................................................21 4. EVALUATION OF COMPLETED STUDENT TUTORIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 5. EVALUATION OF STUDENT ANSWERS TO QUIZ QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 6. USE OF TUTORIAL AT SNE................................................................27 7. CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....