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| 19.1 | Multimedia Action Plan | TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Fri Jun 04 1993 13:55 | 57 |
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ACTION PLAN
for
Multimedia Task Force Written April 1, 1993
Task Force Members:
Phil Gauthier (chair)
Joan Goldstein (IPA Core Team Member)
Lorraine Sharon
Janet Reddy-Guerette
Cindy Painter
Jack Wickwire
Mark O'Brien
1. Introduction
The IPA III multimedia task force intends to continue the efforts of
the IPA II team, in exploring the realm of communication through multimedia.
We will use the information documented by the previous task force in
accomplishing our goals.
2. Specific Goals
We will take the next logical step in this exploration by creating a
task-based document that defines the process of creating a multimedia
application. We will define the following:
* What multimedia is
- A general overview of the application and its potential
* What multimedia contains
- A general description of the elements that can be used
* What type of products are suitable to multimedia applications
- How to decide if the product you are documenting lends itself to using
multimedia
* What authoring tool should you use
- Defines the steps you must take to determin what tools you will use
* How do you do it
- Defines the exercises and steps you must take to build a multimedia
application
We will then build a multimedia demo containing an overview of all the
information documented.
3. Non-Goals
We will not include detailed information on using any software tools other
than the one we choose for our demo.
Any information about multimedia elements we do not use in our demo will
be of a general nature.
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| 19.2 | Status Report
| TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Fri Jun 04 1993 14:06 | 24 |
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This reply serves as a status report for the task force.
We began meeting every-other week, and found the initial probing into the
subject to be quite slow. We did however define the following:
What general look the demo will have
What authoring tool we will use
We then lost two members of our group to attrition.
After much trial and error we finally got the tutorial in the software
documentation to work, and were pleased with the potential.
As we reached the level of development requiring the creation of storyboards
for each topic listed in the action plan, we began meeting every week.
Individuals have volunteered to write portions of the text, while other
members have agreed to work on learning the software.
The storyboarding is near completion, and much of the text has been roughed
out. Soon we will begin flowcharting the code for the demo.
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| 19.3 | minutes may
| TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Thu Sep 09 1993 10:29 | 66 |
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Multimedia Task Force Meeting
Minutes
Date: June 4, 1993
Meeting dates: May 5,12,19,26
Attendees: Phil Gauthier ******NEXT MEETING******
Cindy Painter June 9 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Janet Reddy 3:00
Jack Wickwire ************************
Mark O'Brien
Joan Goldstein
Minutes
by: Phil Gauthier
I have no excuse, and I tried real hard to come up with a good one
too. I just have not made the time to put together minutes from the
last 4 meetings, but will summarize them here and now.
First of all, we have seen a drop in attendance at the weekly
meetings due to one member being out sick, and the rest of us under
an increasing work load and rapidly changing priorities.
We are also seeing a problem in finding the time to do the
individual work we have committed to, research, writing, learning
the software tools, etc.
We have however, made a great deal of progress during the 1 hour a
week we get together, and seem to have settled into a system of
accomplishing our immediate goal, that of storyboarding the main
topics of the demo.
We have realized the great need to stay focused on one topic during
the meetings, and to settle for a high-level storyboard for now. As
we begin to do the actual code work with Icon Author we will add the
details as we go along. We have also developed a standard structure,
or flow, of the demo, and have determined what portion will be user
interactive and what will be an automated display.
Below you will find a list of the main topics and where we stand with
the storyboarding portion of this effort:
TOPIC STORYBOARD STATUS
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The welcome Complete except for the actual text and animation
The Intro Complete - text very close
The elements Next week - text very close
Is Multi M right Complete except for the actual text
for your project
Choosing an Complete except for the actual text
authoring tool
The process Saving for last as this will outline steps we
have not as yet performed and/or come to
understand
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| 19.4 | minutes Sept 8 | TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Thu Sep 09 1993 10:30 | 70 |
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Multimedia Task Force Meeting
Minutes
Date: September 9, 1993
Meeting date: September 8
Attendees: Phil Gauthier ******NEXT MEETING******
Cindy Painter 09/15/93 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Janet Reddy 3:00 4:00
Jack Wickwire All first drafts are due!!
Mark O'Brien ************************
Joan Goldstein
Minutes
by: Phil Gauthier
Topics:
We began the meeting by looking at the main menu, intro topic, list
pages, and one text page that I created using DECPaint. This seems to
have helped everyone doing the writing better see what is needed in the
way of text.
Issues:
Joan suggests we use rags instead of paint - the quality of
the graphics is better and we can still create .ddif files (the
format we will use for the majority of the demo).
Mark suggests we include an exit button on the list pages - this
seems like a good place to provide the user the ability to escape
back to the main menu.
A point was made that in the hierarchy of the demo screens, we
should limit the number of "text" screens to 1, but for first
drafts use a maximum of 3. For instance:
Main menu (1 pg)
First topic (1 pg)
Bulleted list (1 pg)
Text pages (1 - 3 pgs per bulleted list element)
Second topic (1 pg)
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The point was also made that when the demo is in automatic mode we
might be able to insert a pause button to freeze the demo at any
time. This is a back burner issue.
We then discussed the progress of the text writers.
Janet provided us with a mind dump containing information pertaining
to the "Is it for you" module. This contained very important
information - some will be used in the demo and some in the document.
No other rough drafts were ready at the time of the meeting.
It was agreed that all first drafts, following the format of the
script, will be presented at the next meeting on the 15th.
Jack has begun to learn the Iconauthor animation editor. The top
priority applications of animation are the opening "attention getter",
and the example of animation in the "elements of multimedia" module.
Other applications will be explored after the completion of the first
priorities.
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| 19.5 | minutes Sept 15
| TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Thu Sep 16 1993 09:56 | 83 |
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Multimedia Task Force Meeting
Minutes
Date: September 16, 1993
Meeting date: September 15
Attendees: Phil Gauthier ******NEXT MEETING******
Cindy Painter 09/22/93 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Janet Reddy 3:00 4:00
All second drafts are due!!
Mark O'Brien ************************
Joan Goldstein
Minutes
by: Phil Gauthier
Topics:
Reviewed Mark's first draft of the software tool matrix.
- discussed how much detail is needed as the matrix will just
server as an example of what one looks like.
- Mark still needs to write a first draft of his text for the
next meeting.
Reviewed Cindy's first draft of the "elements" section.
- Her material is very close and looks very good. She will now
include a few lines for each element discussing "issues,
concerns, drawbacks, or cons", however she decides to label
them, and try to come up with ideas for an example of each.
Reviewed Janet's first draft of the "is it for you" section.
- Lots of good material, pared down and organized very well.
She will continue to polish and have a second draft for the
next meeting.
- Also discussed the status of her draft for the "welcome"
section. This looked fairly complete at last review. She
will provide us with online versions of both sections for
review prior to the next meeting.
Joan and I have met twice since our last group meeting to
discuss:
- Main menu format
o Made lots of progress on this, choosing one style from
several discussed
o Also discussed the use of icons for each section of the
demo, that will first appear on the main menu and then
carry over throughout each section, acting as a visual
indicator of section currently displayed. We will ask
Jack to create these icons.
o Discussed putting the first view of the main menu into an
animated file, allowing us to move one section title
(from off-screen) into view at a time
- Initial animation clip
o We reviewed several ideas we had and prioritized them in
order of preference and complexity. We may be able to set
a modular approach, meaning for instance; three sections
of animation prioritized, if the first one is completed
and works well, then we will do the second, and so on
- The possibility of designing an IPA logo. This would be a
simple graphic shown in the introduction
Jack was unable to attend, but has agreed to meet with me today
or tomorrow to discuss the animated clips Joan and I have come
up with. We will try to provide him with a very rough
storyboard which he can then expand on, and do his thing. He
is continuing to work at learning the animation editor.
We decided that the next meeting will just be for the writers
to review each others second drafts.
Joan and I will put that hour to work coding the demo. We
will insert blank pages where the text being written will be
inserted when complete.
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| 19.6 | minutes sept 29 | TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Thu Sep 30 1993 09:45 | 77 |
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Multimedia Task Force Meeting
Minutes
Date: September 30, 1993
Meeting date: September 29
Attendees: Phil Gauthier ******NEXT MEETING******
10/6/93 MARK TWAIN
3:00 4:00
Jack Wickwire
Mark O'Brien ************************
Joan Goldstein
Minutes
by: Phil Gauthier
Topics:
We had intended to go over the 2nd/final drafts of the demo text,
but Janet and Cindy had other commitments. Mark suggested that we
put all the text up on the wall next meeting, and scrutinize it all
for overlap. We will try to do this next Wednesday, even though
Mark will not be there. Mark is attending a 4 day training seminar
on multimedia, the same class I will be attending later in the
month.
We then discussed authoring tools. Jack mentioned that Powerpoint
does in fact allow the use of subroutines, making user interaction
possible.
I spoke with a sales rep at Aimtech (Iconauthor) and got the
following info:
An upgrade license to v5.0 for windows would be just under
$3000.00 (a 40% discount) and would include 4 days training,
20 modifiable programs, and 1 year technical support. Even
though this is out of the question right now, they are
sending me an info pack including a demo on floppy.
If you consider our task force as a product development team, you
must ask the following questions:
What is our goal - To produce an online how-to application
Who are our customers - TNPubs (management)
Who are our competition - Anyone who has displayed a multimedia
application to the group
Will our product be competitive - only if it looks at least as
good as the competition
Therefore, unless we can do some very exciting things with
Iconauthor, I am afraid we stand little chance of impressing the
group.
The action plan now is:
Jack will continue to learn the animation editor for Iconauthor
Joan will continue to work on the Iconauthor coding of the
demo, as will I, and she will begin to look at Powerpoint
Mark will look through the notes files in an attempt to locate
an existing animation file
In summary, we can produce a demo in powerpoint in a matter of
weeks once all the text is written. And so in the mean time Joan
and I will continue to learn Iconauthor for the purpose of seeing
just what we can do with this tool.
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| 19.7 | minutes of Oct. 6 meeting | TNPUBS::GAUTHIER | | Mon Oct 11 1993 10:28 | 36 |
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Multimedia Task Force Meeting
Minutes
Date: October 11, 1993
Meeting date: October 6
Attendees: Phil Gauthier ******NEXT MEETING******
Cindy Painter 10/13/93 Ollie W Holmes
Janet Reddy 3:00 4:00
Joan Goldstein ************************
Minutes
by: Phil Gauthier
Topics:
Most discussion revolved around the demise of TnPubs and the
future of IPA.
We reviewed the basic structure of the module for the demo.
Discussed Joans great progress on the coding.
Discussed the crucial impact Jack has in learning the animation
editor, regardless of what authoring tool we use.
We decided that since Joan is entering text in the code now,
and that some of the text is not quite polished, she/we will
polish as we enter.
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