Xtrain.exe

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Xtrain.exe

• Program created by
• Dr. Xiangen Hu
• Advanced Learning Technologies laboratory
• University of Memphis

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General information

• Integration of Multimedia (Craig et al, 1999)
• Microsoft agents
• Text
• graphic files (.GIF .BMP)
• HTML
• Macromedia flash
• Macromedia Director
• Audio files (.wav)
• Movie files (.avi .mpg)

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System requirments

• Minimum has not been set
• recommended
• 200mhz Pentium
• 32 mb of RAM (The more the better)
• Video Card with at least 2 mb video memory
• 10 mb free disk space

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More general information

• PC only!!!
• Great Technical Support
• Must have Microsoft agent
• Free download from Microsoft
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/imedia/agent/de
  fault.asp
• preinstalled in Windows2000

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About Agents

• Several agents come free with Agent program
• more available
• Microsoft Agent web ring - http//www.msagentring.
  org/
• Tutoring Research Group - Sizzle
• Microsoft Character editor

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The Program

• Open program, open new document
• Top left buttons - Brother, Child
• Brother
• get first frame
• get frame at same level as current frame
• Child
• get frame at lower lever than current frame

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Frame properties

• Self paced box
• self paced
• give duration for frame
• Frame property- what type of frame
• Frame Type - normal or test
• Number of times return to frame

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Text Display

• Click on text area
• Type in what you want it to say
• click update
• Change style of text

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Multimedia

• Select Audio files
• .wav
• Enhanced Linguistic files
• Movie files
• avi
• mpg
• wallpaper background
• BMP

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Picture

• Beside select a picture click Browse to fine
  your picture
• All pictures much be in xtrain directory
• place picture on page
• Hotspots in picture

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Shockwave I

• Flash Movies tab
• Configure Shock wave flash button
• Select browse button and find file
• Must be in directory
• click file and select apply from menu

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Shockwave II

• Shockwave Movies tab
• Configure Shock wave button
• Select browse button and find file
• Must be in directory
• click file and select apply from menu

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Test

• Types of test
• Multiple choice
• choose correct answer
• choose number of choices
• Essay
• gives box for essay answer to be typed into
  program
• Interaction
• Keyword box can trigger agent to respond

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Frame summary

• Frame Property
• Agents active in frame
• Type of Frame
• Timing
• Frame type

• Frame response
• information after viewing
• times visited
• times stayed
• If passed (correct response)
• If it was skipped

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HTML

• Click open
• Select HTML page to be displayed on screen

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Agent Property I

• Three agent actions per frame
• agent1, agent2, or agent3
• can select different agent for each
• click agent arrow for list of agents
• click Agent enabled box
• slect agent action - action over frame

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Agent Property II

• Three agent tabs
• Movement and Gesture
• Gesture location at click a bullet
• Give fixed location
• Agent waiting
• object reffered to
• none
• Change agent location on screen
• Click change location before/after box
• Change size of agent
• Number of pixels not

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Agent Property III

• Three agent tabs
• Speak and play
• Middle text box used for what agent is going to
  say.
• Give actions to perform
• before Speaking box
• after Speaking box
• select from drop down list or type yourself

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Agent Property IV

• Three agent tabs Speak and play
• Tags
• Settings Tags - Pitch, Speed, Pause, Volume
• Set level
• Double click on number
• Click insert tag
• Navigation Tags - Dropdown menus
• Show frame - select frame to go to
• Go To Frame of Flash Movie
• Insert special action
• control movie
• exit program

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Agent Property V

• Three agent tabs
• Balloon Setup
• Ignore this one
• Links for more information
• http//gpt.psyc.memphis.edu/scip99/xtrain.htm
• http//gpt.psyc.memphis.edu/agentproc/