Friday, November 21, 2008

Updating Resource Docs in ANGEL Presenter Instances

I'm an editor for an ANGEL Group that features a number of Adobe Presenter files. I was asked to update a DOC file that was consequently used in a number of presentations. I tried to re-publish ZIP files of those presentations, but realized that when I uploaded the updated ZIP the docs were the old files. I didn't even bother to try to figure it out since I'd have to go back into Parallels. So, I went into ANGEL's "Group File Manager" in the "Manage" Tab and began to manually add the updated versions of the documents directly into the "resources" directory of each presentation.

At one point, I had an empty directory in the Group File Manager and realized that the only way to delete it was to convert it into a ZIP and then delete the ZIP file. Kind of silly, but it works.

Monday, November 10, 2008

MKTG 301 Presentation w/ Video Preparation

These are the steps I need to take with Darren's presentations:
  1. Create PDF Notes for the presentation
  2. Copy the PPT to Parallels
  3. Put PPT into a new directory
  4. Put Notes PDF into the new directory
  5. Duplicate title slide 4 times
  6. Paste "Presentation Instructions" on each of the four new slides
  7. Import video through Adobe Presenter using High Quality (700 kbps)
  8. Adobe Presenter: Slide Manager:
    1. Presented By: None
    2. Navigation Name: [name for each slide]
    3. Advance by User: Yes
  9. Adobe Presenter: Presentation Settings
    1. Choose the charcoal-colored theme
    2. Deselect Auto play
    3. Duration: 0.0 sec.
    4. Attach handouts
    5. Include Slide Numbers in Outline
  10. Publish
  11. Check which images didn't survive
  12. Save as picture... for each image
  13. Re-publish presentation