StreamAuthor Introduction

CyberLink StreamAuthor 4 offers a powerful set of tools for creating compelling media-rich presentations using video, audio, PowerPoint slides, and other training materials. With an easy-to-use interface designed for non-professionals, users can quickly produce cost-effective yet high-quality e-learning content. It also offers three convenient work modes for creating professional e-learning content - Easy Presentation Mode, Full-Screen Presentation Mode, and Studio Mode.

StreamAuthor lets presenters such as teachers, trainers, or sales people create informative, persuasive and stylish presentations quickly. It enables presenters of all experience levels to create e-learning materials that they can deliver via e-mail, the Web or Intranet. Presenters can combine both training and testing content and then publish online for use by multiple students at multiple locations. Version 4.0 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Some StreamAuthor features:

• Easy Presentation Mode ?Record live PowerPoint presentations in 3 easy steps
  
  
• Smart PDF Converter ?Split PDF documents across slides for better readability
  
  
• High-def Video ?Import from HD camcorders to create high-quality learning content
  
  
• Video Captions ?Add captions to video and audio to emphasize points
  
  
• Merging of Multiple Presentations ?Create a single presentation from multiple sources
  
  
• Extensive support for video input devices
  
  
• Broad support for importing data files
  
  
• Image converter
  
  
• PowerPoint animation
  
  
• Full screen mode
  
  
• Timeline interface for media integration
  
  
• Flexible recording and editing
  
  
• Pen tools: drawing and highlighting
  
  
• Assessment Tools
  
  
• Flexible publishing destinations ?The entire content maybe be exported as a single file, or multiple files according to individual chapters.
  
  
• Portable Project Archive ?Users can export and import entire projects as a portable project archive, allowing the editing of StreamAuthor projects between different PCs and multiple authors.
  
  
• Support for Multiple SCO from SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 ?SCORM is an internationally recognized eLearning standard renowned for its durability and interoperability of learning content. StreamAuthor supports the production of SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 conformant content so that corporations are able to create web-based learning content that can be easily integrated, delivered and tracked with other Learning Management Systems or Learning Content Management Systems.
  
  
• Portable EXE files ?With encrypted EXE files learners can play training content on their PC without leaving editable presentation files on their hard drive.
  
  
• Secure content ?StreamAuthor provides several ways to protect content from unauthorized access during distribution: encryption, password protection and date expiration. This protection provides greater security for files being distributed via a server. Trainers can set an expiration date on executable files (EXE) to increase the security of their content. The time can be set to 10, 30, or any number of days from the first viewing of the file.
  
  
• and much much more...

• Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000
• 256 MB RAM
• Pentium III 700 MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz or above
• 100 MB hard disk space
• Sound card/chip
• Microphone
• Speakers
• VGA card/chip with 8 MB video RAM or above
• PC Camera, Capture card, TV Tuner card, DV camcorder for capturing video
• PowerPoint 97 or Office 2000/XP/2003/2007 for creating slides
• Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003 for creating tests