CourseMate Vitrual University Software

Date: November 4, 2003
 
 
 

Virtual University Appliance
CourseMate Course Builder Tutorials
 

This Section contains the various ways in which you can create e-Learning content for publishing and incorporate that content into the VU Appliance as On-line courses. The VU Course Builder allows the inclusion of a variety of multimedia content. The resources on this page are designed to assist you in getting started quickly. The tools and software below can be downloaded freely. While the VU Course Builder if free of charge, some of the other applications listed below may require payment of shareware or license fees to their owners.
 
Description
Requirements
Download Link
The sample CourseMate Tutorial Project File is a  'zip' file that contains sample media and external links useful for learning CourseMate Course Builder. Once Downloaded, you can use the 'import' feature in CourseMate to use this sample course.

1. MS Windows 2000, XP, or 98

 

2. VU Course Builder

Click below to Download:

Sample Tutorial Project

Creating Lessons using Microsoft Media Producer -Use Powerpoint & MS Producer to create Synchronized Video and/or Audio.

See Example

How this was done?

1. Microsoft Windows Media Server

 

2. MS Producer

 

3. Microsoft Powerpoint 2002

Click below to Download:

Microsoft Producer for Powerpoint

Creating Lessons using eStudio-Live.

See Example

1. MS Windows Media Server

 

2. MS Producer

 

3. MS Powerpoint 2002

Click below to visit eStudio:

eStudio-Live

Creating Lessons using Aculearn

See Example

1. MS Windows Media Server

 

2. MS Producer

 

3. Microsoft Powerpoint 2002

Click below to visit Aculearn:

AcuLearn.com

Creating Lessons using SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language... Prononced as "smile") - Create synchonized Video and/or Audio presentations.

See Example

How this was done?

1. Darwin Media Server (or Apple Quicktime)

 

2. Quicktime 6.0 Professional

 

3. Fluition Show 1.1

Click below to Download:

Fluition Show Ver 1.1

MeetingPlace iCreate enables educators and business communicators to create rich-media content themselves for distance learning, corporate training
and sales demos. Users convert PowerPoint presentations into engaging, highly accessible Flash content at a fraction of the cost and time needed for Flash design. Text, graphics, animation, audio and interactive elements such as quizzes are converted to Flash, compressing the file's size by up to 90 percent.
Content created with MeetingPlace iCreate can be easily Integrating into complete courses using CourseMate. This can significantly reduce the time and costs of creating courses and allow you to  gain a return on investment in days.

See Example

How this was done?

1. MS Powerpoint  (Powerpoint  2002 is preferred)

 

2. iCreate from Latitude, Inc. (formerly Wanadu)

Click below to Download:

iCreate Plugin for Powerpoint

Create compressed MP3 format Audio files by reading text you copy to the clipboard.  TextAloud MP3 uses 'Text to Speech' technology to synthesize natural sounding speech from ordinary text.
Just copy text to the clipboard and listen as TextAloud MP3 reads it back to you as well as creates
an MP3 File of the text it just read. This is great way to add Professional sounding Audio Voice-Overs to CourseMate Pages.
1. TextAloud MP3 Click below to Download:

TextAloud MP3

Using Audio to add 'Voice Overs' to CourseMate Pages. This is an alternative way to add Audio to your Course as Voice Overlays. Simply record your Audio as a MP3 file and inset it into a CourseMate Page. 1. Advanced MP3 Recorder Click below to Download:

Advanced MP3 Audio Recorder

Using and external Quiz Builder (HOT POTATOES by Half-Baked Software) to create  interactive educational exercises and include these exercises in a CourseMate Lessons.

Download Example Exercises

1. Quiz and Exercise Builder Click below to Download:

Hot Potatoes Quiz and Exercise Builder

Using an External PopQuiz Builder to create multiple Quiz Questions on a single Page. This is a java-script with a  Sample Quiz Page. 1. Pop Quiz Builder Click below to Download:

Pop Quiz Builder

A Simple and Basic HTML Editor; Use this editor for creating simple HTML Pages. This is  simple We-based editor that creates Pages that are not bloated with unnecessary HTML Tags and Codes. 1. MS Windows 98/2000/XP Click below to Download:

Basic HTML Editor

Using externally created Applets under Topics;

How this was done?

1. Course Builder 2.06 or higher Click below to Download:

Download Sample Applets

Using WordToWeb 2.5 to completely automate the conversion of long, complex Microsoft Word documents into finished HTML-based content with a table of contents, index, cross-references and much more! Create professional content for online courses automatically and save hours of tedious HTML editing.

How this was done?

 

1. Course Builder 2.06 or higher Click below to Download:

Evaluation Copy of   WordToWeb

Sample Content created with WordToWeb

Sample External Content (Links to External Pages) for tutorial and testing purposes 1. Course Builder 2.06 or higher Sample External Content Index

 

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