Quick Start Guide Lectora Version 11

1 2013 Trivantis Corporation. All rights reserved. Lectora and CourseMill are registered trademarks of Trivantis Corporation, Camtasia and Snagit are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. February 11, 2013 Quick Start GuideLectora Version 11 Quick Start Reference 2013 Trivantis Corporation. All rights reserved. Lectora and CourseMill are registered trademarks of Trivantis Corporation, Camtasia and Snagit are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. February 11, 2013 Create a New TitleOpen Lectora Inspire from the Windows Start menu or by double-clicking the Lectora Inspire icon on your desktop. From the Getting Started screen, choose how you want to begin building your new title. Select New Blank Title to Start your project from scratch, select Design Wizard for a Guide to creating the design and structure of your title or select My Templates to use one of your templates or any of the templates available online. You can also choose Import PowerPoint to use an existing PowerPoint presentation to create your InteractivityCreate interactive components such as rollovers and hotspots using the Action object.

2 Use actions to navigate within your title, show, hide, move and resize objects on a page, submit test or form information and more. These actions enable your users to interact with your published title. Select an object, such as an image, to which you want to apply an action. Then, click the Action icon on the Insert ribbon and use the contextual Action Properties ribbon to specify the action s trigger, result and target as Your TitleIf you used the Design Wizard or a template, most of your design is likely complete. Use the Design ribbon within Lectora to make global changes to the overall design of your title. Designate your title as a SCORM or AICC-compliant course via the Title Options, choose a Page Size appropriate for the intended viewing device and apply a Theme to apply an overall design and interface to your Tests and QuestionsUse the Test & Survey ribbon to add a Test to your title and place Questions on the pages inside of your test. A test is a special chapter that tells Lectora to grade the questions inside the test and include the results in a final test score.

3 Add questions such as True/False, Matching, Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank to test your viewers knowledge. When you add a question to your title, the Question Creator provides options for defining the Question, Feedback and the Structure of Your TitleClick the Chapter, Section and Page icons on the Home ribbon or from the left-hand pane to build your title structure. Your title is structured like a book. Use chapters and sections to organize the pages your viewers will see. The left-hand pane of the Lectora Inspire interface provides a Thumbnail View for you to see the individual pages in your title, as well as a Title Explorer so you can view the structure of your content and the objects it and Test Your TitleLectora has three basic modes: Edit, Run and Preview. These modes enable you to edit your title (add images, reposition objects and access object properties, for example) and immediately preview its functionality. Your title is in Edit Mode by default. To test functionality and interactivity in your title, click the Run Mode or Preview Mode icons on the View ribbon or on the ever-present status bar at the bottom of the application.

4 Run Mode enables you to preview your content while still keeping the Lectora interface and your left-hand pane in view, while Preview Mode enables you to preview your content outside the Lectora application. To exit Preview Mode, hit your ESC TextAdd text to your title by clicking the Text Block icon on the Insert ribbon. An empty text block is added to your page. Additional smart-text objects such as Page Title and Breadcrumb enable you to easily add dynamic text elements to your title. Double-click within any text block to insert or edit existing text. You can also copy text directly from an existing document and paste it in your title. Format text using the text formatting icons on the Home ribbon just as you would with a standard word to ReviewLink ReviewLink is a free hosting service that enables you to publish your content for testing and review purposes. Using ReviewLink, external reviewers and subject-matter experts can access your published title and provide their feedback by submitting comments and attachments for content revisions and modifications.

5 Select ReviewLink from the Publish options on the Home ribbon in Lectora and follow the on-screen instructions to publish your title and make it accessible to external reviewers via ReviewLink. Insert Media, Navigation and MoreDrag-and-drop any of the supported media types for images, audio, video, animations and documents from your desktop or file system into your Lectora Inspire title. Find additional objects on the Insert ribbon and click the icon to insert into your course. You can also create your own media using the integrated Lectora Inspire tools: Camtasia , Snagit and Flypaper . Create sophisticated screen recordings with Camtasia, illustrative screen captures with Snagit and develop Flash animations using and Distribute Your TitlePublish your title to HTML, CD-ROM, a SCORM or AICC learning management system such as CourseMill, or even a Tin Can learning record store. Choose the appropriate publishing option from the Publish options on the Home ribbon. When the publishing process completes, preview your output.

6 Published content is created within the same location as the .awt title file by default. To make your course available to your users, FTP the published content to a web server, upload it to your learning management system, place it on a network or burn it to a ShortcutsKeyboard ShortcutsFunctionUndoRedoCopyCutPastePas te Unformatted DeleteFindFind NextReplaceCtrl+ZCtrl+YCtrl+CCtrl+XCtrl+ VCtrl+Shift+VDelCtrl+FF3 Ctrl+HRemoves the most recent, unsaved change made to your title. You can undo up to 20 the previous Undo command. Use this if you unintentionally undo some the selected object or text to your clipboard. Use this with the Paste shortcut to place the copied object or text the selected object or text from your content and places it on your clipboard. Use this with the Pasteshortcut to then place the cut object or text copied or cut objects or text that exist on the clipboard to the selected location within your copied or cut text into your title, removing any text formatting such as bold or the selected object or text from your a window enabling you to search for a word or phrase within the title s contents, notes and object for the next instance of the word or phrase for which you are a window enabling you to search for a word or phrase and replace 2013 Trivantis Corporation.

7 All rights reserved. Lectora and CourseMill are registered trademarks of Trivantis Corporation, Camtasia and Snagit are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. February 11, 2013 Lectora Ribbon KeyThe Home ribbon contains common and popular commands for accessing clipboard functions, building your title s structure, editing text, arranging objects and Design ribbon contains commands and options for configuring your title s global setup and appearance. The Insert ribbon contains commands and options for adding a variety of different objects, media, navigation elements and more to your Test & Survey ribbon contains commands and options for adding questions, tests, surveys and forms to your title. Submit test and survey results to learning management systems, custom databases and even Google Tools ribbon contains commands and options for selecting tools that create new objects, manage resources and enhance the review View ribbon contains commands and options for switching between modes, configuring grids and guides, adjusting the content display and viewing Home RibbonThe Design RibbonThe Insert RibbonThe Test & Survey RibbonThe Tools RibbonThe View Ribbon 2013 Trivantis Corporation.

8 All rights reserved. Lectora and CourseMill are registered trademarks of Trivantis Corporation, Camtasia and Snagit are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. February 11, 2013 2013 Trivantis Corporation. All rights reserved. Lectora and CourseMill are registered trademarks of Trivantis Corporation, Camtasia and Snagit are registered trademarks of TechSmith Corporation. February 11, 2013 Installation InstructionsSystem RequirementsDownload Lectora from the Lectora website at: When the download has completed, double-click the downloaded file to begin the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the sure you meet the following minimum system requirements before installing Lectora : Intel or AMD class processor 500MB RAM free hard disk space for the application Microsoft .NET Framework SP1 (required to install Camtasia Studio & Flypaper ) Lectora runs on the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 Internet courses produced by Lectora require Internet Explorer or newer or any Version of Mozilla Firefox , Google Chrome or Apple Safari.

9 CD-ROM courses produced by Lectora require one of the following operating systems and a CD-ROM drive: Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 Supported Media TypesHTML ExtensionsAnimationsAudioImagesVideoStre aming VideoStreaming AudioDocuments GIF (.gif) Flash files (.swf, .spl) AIFF (.aiff, aif) AU Format (.au) M4A (.m3a) MIDI (.mid, .midi, .mi) MP3 (.mp3) RealAudio (.ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm) Wave (.wav) Windows Media Audio (.wma) Advanced Streaming Format (.asf) Flash Video (.flv) Window BMP (.bmp) Graphic Interchange Format (.gif) JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) Portable Network Graphics (.png) TIFF (.tif ) Window Media Format (.wmf ) Enhanced Media Format (.emf ) Windows Video (.avi) Quicktime Movie (.mov) MPEG (.mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .m4v) Real Video (.ram, .rm) Windows Media Video (.wmv) Advanced Streaming Format (.asf ) Flash Video (.flv, .f4v) YouTube Video Standard Streaming Video (.mp4.)

10 M4v, .f4v, .flv) Windows Media Services Standard Streaming Audio (.mp3, .m4a, .flv) Windows Media Services Rich Text (.rtf) Text (.txt)In addition to the supported media types, Lectora enables you to extend the functionality of your title by adding HTML Extension objects. With the use of HTML Extensions, you can further add: Meta Tags Top of File Scripting PHP Scripts Cascading Style Sheets ColdFusion ASP .NET (.aspx) Java Applets Header Scripting (JavaScript) Shockwave Movies Custom HTML ASP Scripts JSP Scripts