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ToolBook – Introduction

Target Audience

This training is intended for users who want to create courses, create some amount of custom interaction, and learn about ToolBook features that enable course development

Course Description and Key Learning Objectives

This training covers the basics of ToolBook. You will build a small course containing a couple of pages with different types of elements on them. You will also create a course background with the required navigation buttons and a visual backdrop. This will give you hands-on practice in developing a course from scratch, working with objects and their properties. It will also get you started with some of the other key development tools within ToolBook, such as the Catalog and the Book Explorer.

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Identify design considerations before developing ToolBook courses
  • Describe and use different components of the ToolBook interface
  • Create, manage, and save course books
  • Create, use, and manipulate ToolBook objects
  • Create a course background using ToolBook objects
  • Add text, graphics, and media to your course
  • Add standard interactivity to objects and pages]
  • Create a menu page for the course
  • Build a template
  • Reuse objects, pages, and books
  • Package ToolBook courseware for Web deployment

Class Details

Format: Instructor-led class

Duration: 1-day Onsite or 2 x ½ -day Virtual

Prerequisites

  • Meeting the basic system and connection requirements necessary to view and participate in the training, including:
    • Hardware Requirements: Intel Pentium III 500 MHZ processor or equivalent, 256 MB RAM minimum, 150 MB free space on system drive.
    • Bandwidth Requirements: 256+ Kbps connection.
    • Proficiency using a Web browser
    • Basic Windows knowledge, including the ability to launch applications using the Start menu, use the taskbar to switch between Windows applications, and use Windows Explorer to navigate the file structure, change the view of file listings, move and copy files, and create new folders (or directories)