[Year 12 IT Apps] Multimedia User docs

[Colin SUTTON]

Hi All

My students struggled to complete the Prac SAC in the given time. They used
Dreamweaver for User Docs.

I'm telling them they can use simpler software than Dreamweaver. It seems
overkill to me for a simple website that is just USER DOCS, with little time
to make it.

I'm showing them WINK (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/) (Freeware) and
HelpNDoc (http://www.helpndoc.com/) ("Completely free for personal use").

WINK, I think, may take longer than HelpNDoc to create user docs (they are
animated screen captures) but could be hyperlinked from the spreadsheet
solution to easily provide the help. You then add buttons to move through
the movie and also place objects on the capture to explain steps.

WINK has 2 "in-built" tutorials - just click Help - select  Tutorial 1 or 2
[then render].

However, I've struggled to find a good guide to HelpNDoc. So I made one!
(Can't guarantee it's "good"!)

It's attached. I made the instructions in less than an hour before tea
(including screen grabs) and tidied it a bit late last night with some
"tips" (15.235 minutes). I couldn't build a Dreamweaver site in an hour!

HelpNDoc can produce HTML as well as CHM Help files, "Reports" and pdfs (the
latter untried by me). You just tell it what you want to "Generate".

I think HTML HelpNDoc lends itself to a very simple planning document
(attached).

How did others fare with their Prac SAC?

Regards

COLIN SUTTON

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