The Presentation Window

The presentation window displays any lecture slides, audio/video segments,animation,or interactive graphics selected by your professor to teach the fundamental principles of your specific course. To open the presentation window, click on "View A Presentation" from the application menu, or click on the "Presentation" button. Once the window is open, you will see the following:

Presentation Control Buttons

There are several important buttons located in the presentation window.

• Forward/Backward button: These buttons advance the presentation to the next slide,or returns the presentation to the previous slide.
  
  
• Topic/Slide Display: Displays the current topic and slide number of the presentation.
  
  

The following special control buttons provide additional features for a presentation slide.These buttons will be highlighted when they are available and shaded when they are not available.You will only be able to click on these buttons when they are available (highlighted)

• Film: Selecting this button will open film clips that accompany the current slide.
  
  
• Auto play: Selecting this button will advance through the entire slide presentation,one slide at a time. Each slide will be displayed for a set amount of time.
  
  
• Sound Control: This button controls the volume of any sound associated with the slide.The volume can be raised and lowered by moving the slide button up or down.
  
  
• Play: The play button begins any film or audio available for a selected slide. Most film and audio clips have a sliding controller that allows users to advance or reverse the clip.A time display for the length of the film or audio clip will also appear.
  
  

Menu Bar Operation

An important part of the presentation window is the topic menu. The topic menu allows users to select any presentation topic or slide located on the disk. You can also use the topic menu to switch between presentation disks. To open and close the menu, simply click on the grey bar labeled "Menu" located in the top left corner of the presentation window.

Selecting Presentation Topics and Presentation Slides:

To view all of the lecture topics on a presentation disk, open the topic menu and click the active disk. The available topics will be displayed. To view all of the slides of a specific topic, click the topic you wish to view. The available slides will then be displayed. To begin viewing the slides of a specific topic simply click the desired slide. The slide will then be opened in the presentation window. You can close the topic menu by clicking the "Menu" button.

Presentation Slide Navigation:

There are many ways to advance the presentation to a new topic or a new slide.

To advance to a new topic, you can use the topic menu,or you can use the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your computer keyboard. The UP arrow key advances the presentation to the first slide of next topic, the DOWN key arrow returns the presentation to the first slide of the previous topic.

To advance to a new slide, you can use the forward/backward buttons (described above), the topic menu, or you can use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys on your keyboard. The RIGHT arrow key advances the presentation to the next slide of the current topic, the LEFT arrow key returns the presentation to the previous slide of the current topic.

Additional Information

Our goal is to help you develop a deep and practical understanding of the material and to assist you in your study.

As a result, some presentation slides may contain links to additional material, definitions or questions. To access this material, simply place your mouse cursor over the underlined text and click the mouse.

If you reach the last slide of a topic and try to advance to the next slide by using the forward/backward buttons or keyboard arrow keys, the first slide of the next/previous topic will automatically appear.

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