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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In terms of ease of use, this is what I’m thinking:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Powerpoint or something is used to draw the graphics. A background, and items that can move;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The presenter talks through the content and creates the animation live, either by dragging things around, or having things animate to where the mouse is clicked (click object -> click screen -> object moves etc);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Maybe some other actions like scale / vanish / move fast / move slow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some sort of screen recording is made to capture the video of the presentation;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does it sound like it might work?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does that work with your real world use cases?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alistair McNaught<br><b>Sent:</b> 04 July 2014 14:30<br><b>To:</b> xerte@pgogywebstuff.com; Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Creating Animation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it was easy for end user it would be great</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pat L (pgogy)<br><b>Sent:</b> 04 July 2014 13:13<br><b>To:</b> Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte] Re: Creating Animation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Would an animated gif maker be a good template?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Alistair McNaught <<a href="mailto:Alistair.McNaught@heacademy.ac.uk" target="_blank">Alistair.McNaught@heacademy.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p>From a non technical viewpoint I do this sort of thing by <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>setting up a bespoke PowerPoint slide (maybe 6 x 8 cm page dimensions)<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>drawing the first frame<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>duplicating the slide<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>making the small changes needed for the second frame<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>duplicating the second frame <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>repeating<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>save finished presentation as gifs<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>use free tool like Photoscape or UnFreez (both portable so no admin rights needed to install) to determine the frame delays between them.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Save as animated gif.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Add to any relevant Xerte page<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>There is real advantage in using PPT to create the frames because it is really familiar to people, flexible and easy to use. It doesn’t allow onion skinning etc but I’ve produced several things using this approach – see slide 4 of <a href="http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_477" target="_blank">http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_477</a> where the beach transect process is illustrated.<o:p></o:p></p><p><img border=0 width=343 height=191 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF9796.A98F8EC0"><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>A<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><a name="14700f986c237bde__MailEndCompose"> </a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Smith, John<br>Sent: 04 July 2014 10:21<br>To: Xerte discussion list<br>Subject: [Xerte] Re: Creating Animation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>I've often thought that we could use a page type that allows you to then add sub elements (media) each with their own script to control or a predefined script (such as move to the left, etc) and possibly a timer to tell the page when to run the script... shouldn't be that hard to do something like that...<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>John Smith | Learning Technologist<o:p></o:p></p><p>Room A250, Govan Mbeki Building | School of Health & Life Sciences | Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road | Glasgow | G4 0BA<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Please address ALL support requests to <a href="mailto:hlsblt@gcu.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>hlsblt@gcu.ac.uk</span></a> where one of the School Learning Technologists will pick up the job. This will ensure that all jobs are completed as promptly as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p>________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p>From: <a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</span></a> [<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney [<a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a>]<o:p></o:p></p><p>Sent: 04 July 2014 09:48<o:p></o:p></p><p>To: Xerte discussion list (<a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Subject: [Xerte] Creating Animation<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>I’m just wondering what approaches people use for this sort of thing: we have a lecturer who wants to create animation simply. He’s currently using powerpoint to create this sort of thing: <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_10711" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_10711</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>I think the results are really good, and it’s taken some time to get right. I’m interested in optimising the approach a bit, to make it fast and efficient: maybe this is the best way of doing it, maybe there are others?<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>What I’m interested in is what approaches / tools do people use for this sort of thing? It doesn’t have to be high end output: it could be a mixture of screen capture, whilst dragging things around and narrating the process for example. We’re not looking to turn staff into Flash developers, it’s more about simple approaches that are easy and quick to do.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Ideas?<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Julian<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. 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