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	what it is The "clicker" is a small application that will allow you to easily assemble and create a slide show presentation in a web browser. It's flexibility allows: playback from a web server or from a local, non networked computer multiple sets of captions (e.g. multilingual or dual content) audio narration via streaming Shockwave Audio or linked AIF / WAV audio files easy modification of functionality via editing of one HTML file instant jumps to any slide complete custom design of slide pages for any web content (i.e. links to local image files or ones stored at remote URLs).
	what it requires The clicker needs: a frames capable web browser such as NetScape Navigator (2.0 or newer) or Microsoft Internet Explorer (3.0 or newer) the Shockwave Plug-in or ActiveX controller which is available from the friendly folks at Macromedia. The clicker application itself weighs in at only 7k, not much more than the image above used it represent it!
	using the clicker It's pretty darn easy: Press forward and back buttons to move around in a slide show To jump to any other slide, click once on the clicker, type a number on your keyboard and press RETURN Click once on the clicker and press RETURN to go back to the opening title slide. If there are two sets of captions, you can toggle between them with radio buttons. If there is a sound button, click it to hear an audio narration. The clicker can also be configured to play the caption automatically when a new slide or caption is loaded.
	some examples We've created several examples using some of my photographs of the Grand Canyon. Due to my weak to non-existent foreign language skills, the Spanish audio was generated by using Apple's Spanish Text to Speech Utility and using the AltaVista Babelfish site for translating from English to Spanish text. Spanish and English captions, Streaming Shockwave Audio, AutoPlay Sounds Spanish and English captions, AIFF Audio, Manual Play Sounds Spanish and English captions, no audio English captions, Streaming Shockwave Audio, AutoPlay Sounds Spanish captions, WAV Audio, AutoPlay Sounds No captions, Streaming Shockwave Audio, Manual Play Sounds No captions, No Audio The full version of the Grand Canyon trip in 14 miles and 26 images (English captions and streaming audio) Imágenes de Ecuador (Images of Ecuador) by Gail Shay, GateWay Community College (Spanish and English captions, audio)
	how to guide Here we show you how to set up your own slide shows using the clicker and provide some templates that you can download. You will have to edit one text file that contains the formatting for the clicker. It does not require that you learn HTML, but it would really help! (if you want to, we have an excellent tutorial called Writing HTML). Planning your show A bit about frames Setting up your files Creating your caption files Creating your slide image files Adding audio Configuring the clicker Download a template
	legalese The clicker costs $0.00! All that we ask is that you provide credit to our organization and link back to this page, i.e. This slide show was created with the clicker, developed by Alan Levine at the Maricopa Community Colleges <http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/alan/nojava/clicker/> We want people to use and experiment with the clicker. It's new and open to improvement. If you have developed a show you are most proud of, contact us and we'll list you among the examples above.