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| − | = Tips for Developing Online Tutorials & Other Tricks = | + | = Tips for Developing Online Tutorials |
| − | 1. Resources: Consider what type of software best meets the needs of your library and your tutorial.
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| − | 2. Budget: Determine your budget for software and staffing for the project. Often an online tutorial project can be funded with grant money from a parent institution.
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| − | 3. Technical Support: Secure some form of ongoing technical support for your tutorials. Tech support can come from your library systems department or a campus Information Technology department.
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| − | 4. Planning: Many people find "storyboarding" and graphic outlines to be useful tools for planning tutorials.
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| − | 5. Content: Carefully consider your audience when designing tutorials. Tailor tutorials to meet the needs of your audience. Tutorials can be course-related or stand alone. The objectives of the tutorial should be clearly stated for users. The most effective online tutorials allow for interaction and "active learning." Graphics add to the learning experience, but studies have found that adding sound to a tutorial doesn't work. Be sure and provide contact information for librarians who can help tutorial users with the tasks covered in the tutorial. Many tutorials contain email links.
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| − | 6. Keep tutorials current. Update as information and resources change and evolve.
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| − | 7. Have a novice user review your tutorial to ensure ease of use and to ensure all tasks/steps are clearly defined in the tutorial.
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| − | = Software We Like =
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| − | *[http://www.camstudio.org/ CamStudio] (GPL)
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| − | *[http://www.macromedia.com/software/captivate/ Macromedia Captivate]
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| − | *[http://www.techsmith.com/ TechSmith Camtasia]
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| − | *[http://www.qarbon.com/ Qarbon Viewlet Builder]
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| − | *[http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ Wink] (Freeware)
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| − | http://www.adobe.com/ Adobe Trial
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| − | = Blogs/Websites to Watch =
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| − | *[http://distlib.blogs.com/ Distant Librarian]
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| − | *[http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/ Jon Udell's Weblog]
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| − | *[https://ospace.scholarsportal.info/policies/policies.jsp CORIL] A small but growing Canadian repository of online learning objects sponsored by the Ontario Council of University Libraries
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| − | *[http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/emergingtech/primo/index.htm PRIMO] A database of links to "peer-reviewed instructional materials created by librarians to teach people about discovering, accessing and evaluating information in networked environments". Produced by the Instruction Section of the ALA/ACRL.
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| − | *[http://instructionwiki.org/Sharing_resources Library Instruction Wiki] - Sharing resources section
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| − | *[http://econtent.typepad.com Rich Hoeg's eContent Blog] - knowledge management from the corporate perspective
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| − | = Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =
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| − | *[http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/05/screencasting-to-help-your-mom.html Screencasting to Help Your Mom] by Digital Inspiration
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| − | *[http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/index.php?p=206 Camtasia vs. Captivate] by Information Wants to be Free
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| − | *[http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2005/01/macromedia_capt.html Macromedia Captivate vs. Qarbon ViewletBuilder] by Distant Librarian
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| − | *[http://www.masternewmedia.org/2001/06/29/creating_interactive_learning_tutorials_for_software.htm Creating Interactive Learning Tutorials for Software] by Robin Good
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| − | *[http://www.vtdemos.com/ Demo services for Software products] by Mervyn
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| − | *[http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2004/11/11/primetime.html Movies of Software] by Jon Udell
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| − | *[http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/2005/10/our-reference-wiki-and-online.html Our Reference Wiki and Online Tutorials] by Stephen Francoeur
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| − | *[http://econtent.typepad.com/econtent/2006/11/rich_hoegs_scre.html Web 2.0 Screencast Tutorials] by Rich Hoeg
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| − | *[http://econtent.typepad.com/econtent/2006/11/have_a_knowledg.html Google Co-Op Search Engines & Tutorial] by Rich Hoeg
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