Hi Stefano,
Unfortunately, the tutorial is pretty much all that's there, although
I've just started a little project to update the web site and
documentation for the new 2.5 version. EClass.Builder been under heavy
development for most of this year, so the docs would have changed by
the time they were written. ;-) In the meantime, I'll be happy to
answer your questions!
I should note also that the "EClass Page" plugin, which is the default
plugin in EClass, was designed partially to help us migrate our data
out of a proprietary system (built in Toolbook) that was not
Internet-friendly. Some of the functionality in EClass was originally
created in order to minimize the migration work involved in converting
our courses. The term hotword, BTW, is a carry over from this old
system. =)
Hotwords are basically a way of creating hyperlinks in the page text.
In addition to creating a "plain" web link, you can also create a new
EClass Page as a hotword, and specify which media file(s) you'd like to
appear when the learner clicks on the hyperlink. When you save an
EClass Page (it is automatically saved when you click OK), EClass
automatically scans the page text for any hotwords you created,
generates the necessary HTML code to create the hotword page, and
generates the hyperlink.
For objectives, those refer to the "learning objectives" of that
particular page/module, so that the learner can see just what
knowledge, skills, etc. the author would like them to obtain from that
particular page or module.
Note that part of the reason for the somewhat awkward design of the
EClass Page format was the lack of a good HTML or rich text editor in
wxPython. That's why the process is not 'visual' - the user inserts
files and EClass does it's magic by generating the proper HTML code to
make it all work.
With wxMozilla's editing mode now working (see the "web page" plugin),
I'm rapidly working on resolving that problem so that "hotwords" can be
created more naturally simply by selecting the text and clicking the
"hyperlink" button. ;-) I fully intend to make the "web page" plugin a
fully multimedia-aware HTML editor over the next few months so that
people can have more control over the look and feel of their content,
and so that the process is more intuitive, at least in the sense that
most everyone is comfortable using a word processor. ;-)
Please feel free to let me know if you have more questions!
Thanks,
Kevin
On Nov 6, 2003, at 1:49 PM, Stefano Gaburri wrote:
> Hi, I'm a new guy :)
>
> I've just got a quick question: is there any documentation besides the
> 2-page tutorial? I find it relatively difficult to understand
> everything in the tool (like, hotwords or objectives, what are those
> for?).
>
> thanks,
> Stefano
>
>
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