Teach Yourself Courseware Creation with Authorware 6.0 (Includes Disc)

Author: Yu Zhanjun
Publisher: Beijing Hope Electronic Press
Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book is an excellent textbook for learning multimedia courseware development using Authorware 6.0. It consists of 14 chapters and an appendix, covering key topics such as the basics of multimedia courseware design, a comparison between Authorware and other multimedia development tools. Following the mainline of multimedia courseware creation, it introduces the preliminary preparation, development steps, and design concepts for courseware development. In detail, it comprehensively explains the features of Authorware 6.0, including the creation of courseware opening sequences, interface design, adding background music, implementing simple animations, applying various interaction types, and menu command functions like jumps, loops, and branches, as well as the use of icons. The book also covers the application of Authorware's system functions and variables, connectivity with external programs, methods to improve development efficiency, approaches to troubleshooting and error correction, debugging and tracking techniques, the use of libraries and modules, and post-production and packaging methods. It includes 2 complete, representative examples, and the appendix systematically introduces the variables and functions included with Authorware. From a practical perspective, the book follows the main workflow of courseware creation, using specific examples as guidance. It explains concepts clearly and concisely, combining practical application with software functions, making it highly practical and instructive. This book serves as a teaching reference for non-computer science teachers in universities and vocational schools, a manual for multimedia courseware developers, and a teaching material for beginners in multimedia courseware training programs. The CD content includes the e-book version of this edition.