This custom edition (250 pages, spiral bound) provides an introduction to Asymetrix ToolBook II Instructor and the ToolBook II Product Family. The textbook takes a modular approach in presenting ToolBook II Instructor. Module 1 gives a brief introduction to multimedia and a comprehensive look at ToolBook II with emphasis on the latest release from Asymetrix, ToolBook II Instructor. This module provides a look at Instructor's Author level tools including the Tool Bar, Tool Palette, and the Catalog. It also provides a good look at ToolBook concepts, properties of objects, and an introduction to working with the various ToolBook objects. Short lessons are designed to get you familiar with ToolBook II Instructor. Module 2 provides an overview of the various installed components in this version of ToolBook including the Resource Center and the ToolBook II Instructor Utilities. Module 3 provides an insight into how to add the various multimedia components to a ToolBook II application. Short lessons are provided to show you how to add the various multimedia components including audio, video, graphics, backdrops, and animation. Module 4 provides eleven basic lessons to get you acquainted with ToolBook including an introduction to OpenScript. Module 5 (the heart of this textbook) provides comprehensive lessons on how to use the Book Specialist options and how to create your own custom outline. Focus is placed on the following: Presentation Outline, Tutorial Outline, Exam Outline, and a Custom Outline. The Presentation Outline lesson includes lessons on the building of these types of applications are lessons related to working with buttons and fields, adding text, images, media clips, and clipart. The Tutorial Outline lesson includes lessons on using the audio and video clip players along with introducing you to the multiple-choice question object. The Exam Outline lesson shows you how to build the following questions: multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in the blank, matching, and order text. The Custom Outline lesson introduces you to hotwords, animations, graphics, and shows you how to add your own hyperlinks. Module 6 provides an overview of the Internet, the World Wide Web, Distributed Learning applications, Neuron, and WebBooks. Lessons are provided to show you how to create a Neuron application and how to write an HTML file for its display. Another lesson shows you how to create an application and convert it to HTML. Information is also provided on how to distribute these types of applications to Internet. Module 7 provides an overview of AutoPackager, the utility provided with ToolBook II that makes it easy to create files for distribution to floppy disks, CD-ROM, or Neuron. An Online Resource Center (access to files on the World Wide Web) accompanies this textbook. Supplements for the most recent releases of ToolBook 6.x will be made available for download from the Online Resource Center.
From the Author
I have been writing about ToolBook for over five years and have given numerous presentations and workshops on ToolBook.
This book is the latest in a series of books I have written on the ToolBook II Product Family. The book is inteneded for introductory to intermedia users of ToolBook and provides hands-on lessons to teach you how to effectively use ToolBook II Instructor 6.1. In contains a variety of hands-on lessons to get you going with Instructor 6.1. An Online Resource Center is available for this book.
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