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In article <1994Apr21.234902.17597@wmichgw> 93conner@wmich.edu writes:
>
>Greetings to all of you in this list!!
>
>I am glad to see the availablity of some quality lists.  Although from what
>I've seen in this list so far is responses to subscribe to somthing.  Hey! 
>I'm a daring guy so....sign me up too! - even if I don't know what for!
>
>Well I should probably introduce myself.  My name is David Conner.  I was a
>graduate student in the MBA program here at WMU and now I'm a director/producer
>of interactive multimedia applications for a firm.  I own Authorware for
>Windows and am currently involved with development of different interactive 
>appliactions.
>
>For the record I see some of you are using the term "authorware" in the generic
>sense.  I will probably use it to mean Authorware 2.0.1 from Macromedia.  I
>will probably say "authoring tools" for the generic term.  Not that I disagree
>with any of you--only that this is what I am used to.
>
>With all the formalities out of the way lets get into some real discussion!  I
>am curious to know who is currently using Authorware or any other authoring
>tools and why.  Or are all of you just curious about a hot new developing
>tool?  The reason is this is such a new area I'm not sure the direction it is
>heading.  I see from Don's posting that there is some curiosity about it all.
>To respond to his posting the three points he makes are valid but in all
>honesty any applications developed with Authorware are just what you 
>want them to be.  You do however have a learning curve to go through.  Once 
>that is behind you its fairly straight forward.  Furthermore I would say
>Authorware is not limited to just "educational" interactive applications.  
>Marketing/promotion applications are clearly a front runner for development. 
>Kiosks, and disk brochures are the two main applications.     
>
>One downfall of Authorware 2.0.1 is there is not on-line help within the
>authoring package.  The manuals are good but it sure would be handy to search
>for topics.  Don't ya just hate it when people think they know whats best for
>us??
>
>Well this should stir up some good discussion (I hope!).  I look forward to
>chatting with you.
>
>dtc
>
>
I have worked on an Independent Study this semester developing (with
Authorware from Macromedia) lessons for Veterinary Physiology.  You are
right there is a certain time spent in learning the program but once it is
learned I found this package to be fairly intuitive.  I added up total hours
spent to develop to 2 programs including the learning curve and I figured it
was a total of 50 hours.  

Your other point about not just being for "educational" is what I have found
in researching Authorware and Computer-Assisted Instruction. 

I think another downfall of Authorware is no spell checker.  This is not
because I am a poor speller but because I am a poor typer.  I would also
like to see an on-line help.  

Hope this gets more conversation going.

-- 
Linda Fevold
lfevold@iastate.edu