FLASH: RE:Authorware and Flash

[Judy Miller]

>I would also like to add that Authorware seems to be quite a bit easier to

>use than Director.  Also, it has a lot of custom features useful when

>creating training, such as built-in CMI functionality.  However, you can

not

>do (or it is very difficult to do) some of what you can do in Director

>and/or Flash with respect to interactivity and animation.  That's based on

>the strengths of those products.


Hi Lara,

Authorware may be easy to use on one level. On the other hand, my husband

has been using it since version 2 very extensively and has pushed it way

beyond where it wants to go. He has built complete system engines with it,

that all people need to do is plug data into a database to create complex

CBT. We are using it with Acadia University to create virtual learning

environments. We did one (I do the interfaces) where marketing students work

for Quaker Oats to determine which 3 new products to launch. We built one

that teaches team building habits that have replaced on site training, and

have just built one for Nortel Networks that trains people on the ASP

servers. These have been built to react in different ways depending on the

way the user works through them.

He has also built simulation programs for the military that the navy uses

for refresher courses. They built one that simulates the entire running on a

navy vessel that every detail is covered, down to the t. Really, the uses

for Authorware are different altogether than the uses for Flash and

Director. I also know that he does a lot of scripting in it, although I am

not sure if it is an internal language or if it understands C or whatnot.


>Also, Authorware and Flash can work together very well.  For example, a

>Flash animation can easily be imported into Authorware to add a quality

>animation to the Authorware program.  In addition, Authorware and Flash can

>communicate, although I have never tried this...


Authorware imports Flash 5 fine, except (and this is the horrible part), it

doesn't understand Load Movie, which is a bloody nightmare!!!!


Judy




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