June 10, 2010
Dear Everyone:
Still on the subject of the
Computer Based Training
(CBT) for the
document management system.
Last Friday, I put what I thought were the "final
touches" on the draft of the Module 5 Lab simulation.
This is where we create a simulation that takes the user through
the steps to create a new document from within the document management
system. We also show the
user how to import an already existing document into the system.
I was pretty well pleased with most of it.
There was a small group of slides in the middle that I still
wasn't quite happy with, but I was ready to begin the voiceover, also
known as narration.
I broke the whole thing down to individual slides,
there were about 115 of them, typing up what to say for each slide.
The first few had whole paragraphs such as:
"In this simulation, we will see how to create a document within
the system..." Others were
very simple and straight-forward:
"Click the document name."
By Friday afternoon, I was ready to begin
recording, so I began to look for the recording equipment.
And look. And look...
The "box" was not in the Director's office.
It might be in the Manager's office, but I didn't have access to
that room. Eventually, I
found it in the office of another co-worker who, thankfully, does not
lock her door.
So I was able to record over 100 snippets of voice,
each numbered to coincide with the appropriate slide.
However, one part didn't "flow" well, so I redid it.
Which requires new voiceovers to be recorded.
But first I had to renumber half the slides, then make sure the
voiceovers were renumbered appropriately.
As of this afternoon, Module 5 Lab simulation is comprised of 113
slides. Six have to be
rerecorded, with two new ones.
I'm hoping to start recording first thing tomorrow
morning, before that co-worker gets into her office and discovers that
the "box" is not on the floor where it should be.
I had hoped to ask some people where the other "box" is kept, but
they were all behind closed doors this afternoon.
Nevertheless, I expect to have Module 5 completed and uploaded
for testing by the end of business tomorrow.
Then it's on to Module 6:
How to Modify existing documents and let's talk about those
Optional Properties.
In other news…
Our youngest sister, “Alice”, is coming for a
visit. She is set to arrive
this Saturday. “Jeannie”
will either meet her at the airport or pick her up at one of the
BART
stations. (Bay Area Rapid
Transit, for non-Bay Area folks.)
I plan to join them at “Jeannie’s” place on Sunday, when we’ll go
somewhere for lunch, or do some shopping, or who knows?
“Alice” will be here for a week, leaving the
following Saturday, June 19th, which happens to be the next
time “Jeannie” and I get our hair cut.
So we should have lots of fun next week.
Love, as always,
Pete
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