2. Malted Editor (DVE). My First Project

Demo Multimedia 2: "My First Project"
Malted Editor has two different management work areas:

A) Frame Management: it is the work area used to create and edit Frames. It has got its own menu and on the left-hand side of the screen the designer can see the image, audio, video and text folders of the Frame we are developing. By double-clicking these folders, the content of each of them is shown, so that the designer can preview the files and change their name.

B) Course Management: it is used to generate a Course once the frames it consists of have been created. It also has its own menu and on the left-hand side of the screen the designer can see the list of all the frames included in the project we are working with. By double-clicking a frame from the list, we run its preview; by selecting a frame from the list and right clicking it the Edit frame option appears and it automatically moves to the Frame Management.

To move between Managements, you can either click the icon or select Management>Course or Management>Frame from the menu .
On the top bar the designer can see the Management in which he is working at any time .

1. When we open Malted Editor (DVE), it is necessary to create a new Project or to open an existing one in order to start working. This can be done from File>New Project or File>Open project.



2. When selecting
File>New project, a window where we must introduce the name of the project opens. Let's try it out and write test. When naming a project, it is essential to take into account that it cannot contain blanks or funny characters. Then, click Accept.




3. Malted Editor opens the Frame Management by default. The next step is to create a New Frame clicking the corresponding icon, or selecting from the menu File>New Frame


4. The opening window shows the templates we can choose on which to base the frame we are going to create, a brief description and the name of the editable frame in a box. The default template is _Blank.template.



5. Let's see an example of a frame based on MCh_1Q_anyTime.template. Select the template.The designer can always preview the template first so as to see if it fits the design necessities and can also change the default name of the frame. Then, click Accept to continue .




6. The selected frame opens, showing all its panels, containers and media objects which are ready to be edited. Further information about the edition of these items included in the frame can be obtained from the next section: 3. Basic items to create a frame.
Select the icon Run Frame to preview the frame and its running, or select
Frame>Run Frame from the menu. When previewing a frame, all the actions are fully functional except for those that link with other course frames. In order to try out the course navigation among frames, we should go to the Course Management, as it is explained in 12 .


7. Let's create a new frame based on a different template to add it to the project. From the menu, select File>New Frame, or click on the New Frame icon and select Dialog_000.template from the popup window. Then click Accept and the Dialog_000.xml frame will open :

 8. Select Windows so as to check that, apart from being able to change between Frame Management and Course Management, the designer can also alternate among the frames being edited, i.e. between Dialog_000.xml and MCh_1Q_anyTime.xml. Select Window>Course to go to the Course Management. On the top bar we are shown that we are developing a project called test and that at the moment we are working in the area called Course Management. On the left-hand side of the screen we can see the frames we have added to the project. The Frame InfoExpl.xml has been added to the project at the same time as MCh_1Q_anyTime.xml since the MCh_1Q_anyTime.template on which our frame is based includes both frames.



9. Click the New Course icon or select
File>New Course. Name the course as test, exactly as the name of the project. It is not compulsory that both project and course have the same name, but it is common practice so as to make the project management easier. Then, click Accept .



10. Check that on the top bar it is shown that we are working with the test project, in the Course Management, and with the test.cxml course .



11. Select the MCh_1Q_anyTime.xml and drag it onto the right-hand side of the screen, the area where frames order in the course is established. Then, do the same with Dialog_000.xml. The frames order in the course includes ascending numbering starting from 0, 1, 2, … If we select any frame from the right-hand side area, we can move it up or down within the linear sequence that the Frames follow by using the Up and Down buttons .



12. In order to check the correct running of the course, we must first click the Save icon or select
File>Save, and once the changes have been saved, we select Course>Run course. Malted RTE opens. RTE is a browser that incorporates edit options, which has been aimed at being used by sample lessons developers .



13. Within RTE we can check the correct running of all the media objects, cards, etc, that have been added. The Verify button checks the selected answers in the current card. If we click the arrow, the next frame that opens should show Dialog_000
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Demo Multimedia 8:"Courselinks"
Demo Multimedia 9:"Complex Projects"


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