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HyperStudio
Tips
Multimedia
sounds impressive and difficult, but programs like HyperStudio make
the process easy enough for young children. Creating multimedia is fun, inventive,
and enables students to take ownership of knowledge. North
Carolina standards also require multimedia skills as a component
of the curriculum at all grade levels.
- Many
other programs, including PowerPoint, can make multimedia projects. HyperStudio
is more straightforward and easier for kids to use.
- A
multimedia project is called a stack; each page of a stack is called a card
- Holding
down the Ctrl button and pressing M will hide/show the menu bar. You
can’t do much of anything without it.
- From
the Tools menu, you can hold down the mouse button and “tear-off” the
Tools. This way, the Tools window can hover on your screen for easier
access.
- You
can create a button, pictures, text box or hyperlink from the Objects menu.
- After
creating an object (button, picture, text box) clicking outside of it will
allow you to customize (change colors, text, what the object does, etc). You
can edit text from within a text box, but you cannot edit text that is written
directly on the card.
- To
modify an object later, select the corresponding button from the Tools and
click on the object that you wish to modify.
- Buttons
are what HyperStudio is all about. Make sure each page has a button
that allows you to go forward, back, and sometimes home. They can also
make sounds and play movies!
- A
card works very much like a web page. As you click around, you get more
information.
- There
are multitudes of ways to customize your stack. Don’t be afraid
to try new things!
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