This book ( 520 pages, spiral bound) provides an introduction to click2learn's ToolBook II Instructor 8. The textbook takes a modular approach in presenting ToolBook II Instructor 8. This latest in a series of books by the author on ToolBook II Instructor and Assistant. This new release includes three new chapters not included in the earlier version: The Actions Editor, Advanced Topics, and Ingenium and ToolBook LMS. Additionally new lessons have been added to: Special Topics Chapter (including the integration of Flash into ToolBook), Supplementary Lessons, and Building Native Windows Applications with the Specialists.

Module 1 gives a brief introduction to multimedia and a comprehensive look at ToolBook II with emphasis on the latest releases from click2learn.com, ToolBook II Instructor 8. This module provides a look at TooBook II’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. Module I also provides an introduction to the Object Browser, Page Browser, Property Browser, Templates, the Actions Editor, and the Coach. Module 2 provides an overview of the various installed components in this version of ToolBook including the ToolBook II Utilities. Module 3 provides an overview of the various tabs of the Startup Dialog box. Module 4 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 5 provides eighteen basic lessons to get you acquainted with ToolBook including an introduction to OpenScript. Module 6 provides comprehensive lessons on how to use the the Specialists to build native Windows applications. Focus is placed on the following: Quick Specialist, Presentation Outline, Simple Training Outline, Quiz Book Option, Custom Outline, and Lesson Design Specialist. The Presentation Outline lesson includes lessons on the building an application that includesbuttons and fields, text, images, icons, and clipart. The Simple Training Outline lesson includes lessons on using the audio and video clip players along with introducing you to the multiple-choice question object. The Quiz Book Option 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 7 provides an overview of AutoPackager, the utility provided with ToolBook II that makes it easy to create files for distribution to CD-ROM. Module 8 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 DHTML. Information is also provided on how to distribute these types of applications to Internet using the Web Specialist. Module 9 contains twenty supplementary lessons for ToolBook II, focusing primarily on additional question objects from the Catalog. Short lessons also show how to set up animated GIFs for the Web, several other useful Catalog objects, cel animation, building a Glossary, and linking between books along with importing pages from another book. Module 10 (a new chapter on the Actions Editor) shows many of the features of the Actions Editor including prompts, setting properties, playing media, using control actions, and the HTTP Post action. Module 11 (Special Topics) gives an introduction to ActiveX in ToolBook. Lessons show how to use the Animated GIF Active-X control and the Microsoft Agent Control in ToolBook. This module also includes sections on using Popup Video Player, Video Synchronizer, Panoramas in ToolBook II, Flash, the RealSystsem G2 object, Bookmarking, writing to an INI file, and the Universal Media Player. Module 12 (Advanced Topics) provides lessons on better ask and request boxes, creating a custom Catalog, using the Repair Kit, an introduction to Dlls, the popMenu function, and lessons on tracking and bookmarking using getIniVar and setIniVar functions. Chapter 13 provides an introduction to Learning Management Systems including Ingenium and the ToolBook Learning Management System. The ToolBook LMS section shows you how to create and publish a course using the eLN Connection to the ToolBook LMS.

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