The CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver Extension is the most popular Macromedia learning extension. It accelerates the instructional development process with more than 40 pre-scripted learning interactions, quiz and assessment templates, and the ability to track results to a learning management system or database such as Lotus LearningSpace, using an AICC communication (instead of ADL SCORM).
CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver MX 2004 Macromedia CourseBuilder Interactions
Macromedia CourseBuilder Interactions let you define a complete web-based learning interaction. Tabbed wizard pages step you through creating and editing basic interactions. The wizard creates editable HTML, DHTML, and JavaScript based on the information that you enter. CourseBuilder extends the Macromedia Dreamweaver HTML editing functions by generating logic-based objects that interact with users, as well as external computer-managed instruction (CMI) applications that track and score user input.
Features
Multiple choice and true/false questions
Use multiple choice interactions for surveys, drill and practice, and tests and assessments. You can track quizzes to determine if further instruction might be necessary and collate survey results.
Exploratory functions
Use the explore interaction to place hot areas on the screen for users to explore specific parts of an object or concept.
Text entry items
Have users show mastery of subject matter using text entries for simple word recall entries or longer answer responses, or gather user information such as passwords.
Sliders
Use slider interactions to allow users to select a choice or range of choices on a linear scale of values. For example, simulate a light dimmer switch in a home, or an airplane's flap lever control, or even a heater control on a car's dashboard.
Drag-and-drop exercises
Offer users hands-on learning in which they interact directly with a lesson by manipulating objects on-screen. For example, have users assemble a piece of machinery from its parts or relate concepts spatially.
Button functions
Simulate physical controls such as Web page navigation controls, toggle switches in an airplane cockpit, or machinery controls using extensible six-state buttons.
Timers
Indicate passing time to users as they complete a question or scenario. You can time a single interaction or coordinate several timed responses or actions from an interaction on a page.
Action Manager
Use an Action Manager Object to collect results from a set of multiple choice questions, summarize these results, and send a score back to a tracking system. You can use Action Manager to take advantage of existing interactions on a page while creating a wide variety of system actions.
Customized Interactions
Easily extend built-in functionality by creating your own Macromedia CourseBuilder templates. Modify existing templates using your own fonts and imagery. Use the Save to Gallery feature to add customized interactions to the gallery, and even create new categories of templates.
Knowledge Track
Track student progress and scores directly to any open, standards-based learning management system, or save the information in a database, such as Microsoft Access, SQL Server, or Oracle.
Use Knowledge Track to track:
- The number of right and wrong target responses a user has made
- The number of tries the user took to get the right answer
- The amount of time it took the user to respond to an interaction
- The amount of time the user spent in an interaction
- The amount of time remaining if there was a time limit on an interaction
- The score for an interaction
Web-Native Delivery
Complex interactions created in Macromedia CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver do not require any plug-in or applet downloads. The content is web-native (HTML, DHTML, and JavaScript) and compatible with Netscape and Microsoft web browsers.
