Programming for e-Learning Developers: ToolBook®, Flash®, JavaScript™, and Silverlight™
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As an e-Learning developer since 1993, I have found that even a little programming can go a long way in terms of increasing our ability to create meaningful interactions for our users. To do that, however,
entails understanding basic programming concepts like events, properties, and methods. Add to that the
requirement to perform more advanced tasks like adding hyperlinks, communicating via SCORM™ with your Learning Management System, loading media or graphics, and using a web service to send email from your application, and you have the need for some "real" programming. Rather than hiring a pricey consultant, however, you can use this book to learn the concepts to get the job done.
Many e-Learning developers use multiple tools. Even if you stick to a single tool like Flash or ToolBook, you still likely have the need to make external JavaScript calls in order to get extra functionality. So rather than focus on a single tool, this book takes each of our programming challenges and solves it in ToolBook - OpenScript, ToolBook - Actions Editor, Flash, JavaScript, and Silverlight. While you may not use all these environments currently, seeing the similarly of programming concepts across all the environments will enhance your skills in your tool(s) of choice.
For a detailed listing of topics, please see the book's Table of Contents.
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About the Author:
Jeff Rhodes is the Chief Technical Officer and owner of Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Corporation, a leader in developing commercial software that Improves the Lives of Training Developers™. He graduated at the top of his class at the Air Force Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Jeff received a Master's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, which he attended under a British Marshall Scholarship. Jeff is the author of VBTrain.Net™: Creating Computer and Web Based Training with Visual Basic® .NET and co-wrote The ToolBook® Companion. He has had numerous articles on training development published and is a frequent presenter at conferences both in the U.S. and Europe. Jeff lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Sue and sons Derek and Michael.
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Probably my favorite parts of this book are the chapters on dynamically loading graphics, reading XML, and making SCORM calls. In my opinion, these three chapters alone are worth the price of the book. I don’t know that you will find the content on making SCORM calls from Silverlight anywhere else.
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If you’re worried about your existing code in earlier technology and how to take advantage of new features without breaking the bank - this book is for you. If you’re worried about how to work in cross-software technology to take advantage of all of the new capability that is spewing out of totally different faucets - this book is also for you. Jeff is a man who builds products in all of these different
technologies, and now he is sharing his best cross-software approaches with you.
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Thanks again Jeff for writing such a fabulous resource!
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This book is unique in that it shows you, step by step, how to do the same task using different tools, this provides an insight into other tools that you may not fully understand but you must work with. Even if you don't personally build the Flash content, having an understanding can help you explain to your Flash programmer your specific requirements and if they too had a copy of this book then they would have some understanding of ToolBook. I am confident that you will find this book an invaluable addition to your library.
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This wonderful walk through “e-learning Multimedia-Land” is like having a Park Ranger give you all of the details of Banff National Park. Jeffrey has been in the e-learning business longer than most Park Rangers have been in the parks, and this book delivers all of his years of experience – what works and what doesn’t and the how-to’s, like linking up with the big LMS’s, using the right tool for the right job, traversing the old established legacy tools and the new hi-tech tools, and bringing it all together into your final product that will instruct and teach and help others grow.
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Let this book do the translation for you so you can concentrate on the e-Learning product. Quickly find the syntax of each tool for the right job within your multi-tool design.