Guided image
Mar 22, 2012
I'm trying to show three 'notepads' with a 'to do list' that changes over three days - which I hope to save as one image. The Engage Guided Image template will then be used to point to different parts to show how the to do list changes and parts are checked off.
I only have a free image editing package. Can anyone advise as to whether I can get an image large enough to view the text or is the image a fixed size in this Engage interaction?
Also, maybe I would be better off using powerpoint in presenter and 'building up' an animation?
Thanks.
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Hi Susan,
Interesting idea. I guess for me the first question is, how big is the TO DO list? How many items on it? And how long is each item in the list? Long sentences or 2-3 words?
Hi Rebecca
This is an example of the text amount per note. There are then three notes.
Checklist for Wednesday:
1. Finish writing essay today so that I can check it tomorrow before submitting the following day (Thursday)
2. Read guidelines for Friday’s practical
3. Renew library books due tomorrow
4. Find out best place to get coffee after Friday’s lecture
Hi Susan,
I put together an Engage Guided Image interaction and played around with it. I originally thought about using a handwriting typeface for the steps, but because of the size of the graphic, it wasn't very clear in Engage, so I went back to a standard typeface.
I'm not sure exactly what your idea was of course, so this may be off the mark. But it certainly was legible (at least on my monitor (1024x768 resolution). By the way, I clicked on Interaction Properties and set the graphic to 85%, which is the max.
The problem with using Engage is this, at least with what I've done: the Learners will see what all 3 days of the checklist look like at once, even though each individual day looks different. With a PowerPoint/Presenter setup you could avoid this.
I've attached a screen capture (and left it at original size) so you can see what I've done. If this is what you had in mind, I'd be happy to make a Screenr about it. Or perhaps someone has another thought.
What about using a tabbed interaction? Each tab could then be a day of the week and by playing with the size of the tabs you could use a larger image. With a tab size of 10% you can have an image of 553 x 380
Hi Rebbeca and Blair
Your suggestions are really useful- I think I can get it to look good now. Thanks so much.
Rebecca,
When you mention the Powerpoint/Presenter way of doing this. Would that be to have the first 'To do list' with notes beside it on the first slide. Then link to the next slide via inserting a powerpoint Action?
Hi Susan,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Had a bunch of things going on. Anyway, I've created a Screenr which described how I envisioned this might work in PowerPoint/Presenter. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/149039978
Hi Rebecca
Thanks so much for this - I've got lots of choices now. That was really helpful.
How about having an image of a calender? Clicking on each of the date will have one post it note popping up. The whole thing can work on hyperlinks in PPT.
Hi Poornima,
I really liked your calendar idea, but I did it a little differently...I used Stephanie's morphing idea (check it out here if you haven't seen it...it's SO cool: https://player.vimeo.com/video/149064332) and had the calendar morph through the desktop. Y'all can see the results here
https://player.vimeo.com/video/149186432
Tx for the great ideas. Really got the creative juices flowing!
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