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31 Cards in this Set
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Adobe Director
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Authoring program that uses a movie
metaphor with the user as the "director" of the movie. It has a scripting language called ingo which has made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs and standalone kiosks and web content. |
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Adobe Flash
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An animation program for developing 2-D
animations delivered on the Web |
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Asymmetrical balance
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Distribution achieved by arranging
non-identical elements on both sides of an imaginary center line on the screen |
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Authoring programs
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Programs used to create multimedia
presentations, such as simulations and tutorials; most have some point-and-click features, but may require some knowledge of programming language concepts; |
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Balance
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Is the distribution of optical weight in the layout
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Build Effect
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An effect applied to text that makes it appear on
a slide in increments of one letter, word or section at a time; keeps the audience’s attention and does not allow the audience to read or see past what the speaker is explaining |
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Copyright Law
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Copyright ensures that the author’s rights of
images and sounds used in multimedia products are protected and acknowledged |
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Fair Use
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Fair use allows others to use copyright material
without infringing on the rights of the owner. Beware that these are only guidelines and do not protect the user from lawsuits! |
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Hyperlinks
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-hot spots” or “jumps” to locate another file or
page; represented by a graphic or colored and underlined text. |
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Interactivity
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Is the ability of the user to interact with an
application |
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Interscreen Unity
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Is the design that users encounter as they
navigate from one screen to another; provides consistency throughout a title. |
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Linear presentations
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Author of the presentation controls the
flow of information in the application. |
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Menus Are
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a list of options (text or images) that link to other
parts of the presentation |
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Multimedia
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Different types of media including text, video,
sound, graphics and animations |
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Multimedia presentations
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A computer based, interactive
experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound, video, and virtual reality. |
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Navigation Buttons
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Allow the user to interact with a
multimedia presentation. Allow the end user to navigate between slides, additional elements (i.e. Word and Excel documents), audio, video clips, and other interactive parts of the presentation |
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No balance
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A design that has elements arranged on the
screen without regard to the optical weight of elements. |
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Nonlinear presentation
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Allows the user to interact with a
presentation and control how the information will be viewed; allows the user to be active rather than passive during the delivery of the information. |
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Optical center
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A point slightly above and to the center of the
mathematical center of the screen. |
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Optical weight
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The ability of an element such as a graphic,
text, headline, or subheading to attract the user’s eye. |
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Players
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Are programs that allow users to run multimedia
applications on their computers |
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Programming languages
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Languages used to create
applications and, in multimedia, to produce sophisticated features such as creating animations and searching database |
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Rollover Function
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performed as the mouse pointer rolls over
and points to an object. |
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Script
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Is program code for a specific task such as a rollover.
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Scripting Languages
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Programming languages used to
create scripts. |
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Sequential navigational scheme
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takes the user through a
controlled, linear process. |
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Shockwave
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Program that allows an Internet user to play
applications created with Macromedia Director. |
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Slide transition
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The visual effect of a slide as it moves on
and off the screen during a slide show |
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Symmetrical balance
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Distribution achieved by arranging
elements as horizontal or vertical mirrored images on both sides of an imaginary center line of a screen |
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Toolbook
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A multimedia authoring software program
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Treatment
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How a presentation will be offered to the user; that
is, the look and feel of the presentation |
