Macromedia MX eLearning: Advanced Training from the Source

While most Web development and graphics software books assume that the reader is a commercial designer/developer, Macromedia MX eLearning: Advanced Training From the Source explicitly assumes that the reader is developing educational/training applications.

The four projects in this book walk users, step-by-step, through the development of sophisticated, interactive Web sites, using multiple technologies, including CSS, DHTML, Flash, ActionScript, databases, SQL, and ColdFusion. These include a branching application, DHTML quizzes, an interactive video software simulation, and interactive map of Dante's Inferno, as well as a testing/transcript environment, including login as well as Flash-database interaction.

The book is full of graphics and explanations to ensure that readers understand everything that is happening. Key programming concepts, such as events, functions, and branching structures are introduced. Readers also learn the architecture behind database-driven sites, including passing variables between pages and maintaining application state.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

With International Data Corp. projecting e-learning to be an $11.5 billion industry by 2003, the demand for interactive multimedia learning applications is on the rise. And Macromedia's design tools--including Macromedia Flash MX and Macromedia Dreamweaver--provide the ideal solution. However, figuring out how best to combine these products to create the perfect digital active-learning applications for your purposes can be tricky--which is why you need Macromedia eLearning: Advanced Training from the Source.

Using project-based lessons, e-learning specialist and veteran author Jeffrey Bardzell takes you through the paces of these solutions, demonstrating how you can use them to create e-learning applications for both academic and corporate environments. Moving at your own pace, you'll learn by doing through the tutorials and hands-on instructions that have become the hallmark of this popular series. By the time you reach the end of this volume, you will have built four e-learning projects: one in Dreamweaver, three in Flash, and one that combines the two products to create a dynamic, integrated solution. Whether you're a corporate or government trainer or an educator grappling with the challenges of distance learning, you'll find what you need to provide the training your people require in Macromedia eLearning: Advanced Training from the Source.