Mwd 3.01 Terms

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Authoring program that uses a movie
metaphor with the user as the "director" of the movie.

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Adobe Director

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An animation program for developing 2-D
animations delivered on the Web.

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Adobe Flash

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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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Asymmetrical balance

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Programs used to create multimedia
presentations, such as simulations and tutorials;

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Authoring programs

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Is the distribution of optical weight in the layout

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Balance

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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;

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Build Effect

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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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Copyright Law

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Fair use allows others to use copyright material
without infringing on the rights of the owner.

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Fair Use

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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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Hyperlinks

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Is the ability of the user to interact with an
application.

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Interactivity

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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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Interscreen Unity

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Is how the various elements relate to one
another on the same screen.

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Intrascreen Unity

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Author of the presentation controls the
flow of information in the application.

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Linear presentations

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Are a list of options (text or images) that link to other
parts of the presentation.

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Menus

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Different types of media including text, video,
sound, graphics and animations

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Multimedia

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A computer based, interactive
experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound, video,
and virtual reality.

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Multimedia presentations

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Allow the user to interact with a
multimedia presentation.

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Navigation Buttons

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design that has elements arranged on the
screen without regard to the optical weight of elements.

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No balance

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Allows the user to interact with a
presentation and control how the information will be viewed;

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Nonlinear presentation

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A point slightly above and to the center of the
mathematical center of the screen

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Optical center

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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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Optical weight

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Are programs that allow users to run multimedia
applications on their computers.

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Players

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Languages used to create
applications and, in multimedia, to produce sophisticated
features such as creating animations and searching
databases

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Programming languages

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Function performed as the mouse pointer rolls over
and points to an object.

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Rollover

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Is program code for a specific task such as a rollover

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Script

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Programming languages used to
create scripts.

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Scripting Languages

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scheme — takes the user through a
controlled, linear process.

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Sequential navigational

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Program that allows an Internet user to play
applications created with Macromedia Director.

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Shockwave

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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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Slide transition

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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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Symmetrical balance

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A multimedia authoring software program.

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Toolbook

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How a presentation will be offered to the user; that
is, the look and feel of the presentation.

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Treatment