• Introduction
• Tutorial Features
• Tutorial Help
• Important Note

Introduction

HyperStudio is multimedia authoring program that allows the incorporation of sound, video, animations, and graphics into a stack which is made of cards. Each card is like a page in a book. You can create lessons, presentations, and quizzes can also be used with your students to create projects, presentations, and e-portfolios to showcase their skills and knowledge.

The tutorial is made up of four units.

Unit 1 Getting Started, helps you to become more familiar with HyperStudio. This lesson explains the toolbar menu functions and navigation options within HyperStudio. You are also introduced to the "HyperStudo lingo" or terminology that you need to know as well as how to make a "card" and save your stack.

Unit 2, HyperStudio Basics, gets you rolling on the essentials in creating a stack. Lessons include how to create a stack, import background, use paint tools, adding graphics/text/sound/video, and using hyperlinks.

Unit 3, New Button Actions, introduces you to the new button action feature in HyperStudio. The lessons include 5 of the most popular new button actions. For instance, Blabbermouth is a new button action that adds a voice to the supplied text. Ghost writer can type in text like a "ghost" is writing on your page.

 

Unit 4 , Using HyperStudio, concludes the tutorial by showing example stacks according to subject areas for lessons, student projects, and other ways you can use HyperStudio for educational purposes. There is an "assignment" which is completed and can be submitted to be evaluated your progress in the completion of the skills learned in the tutorial.

 

Tutorial Features

Unit quizzes will give you an end of the unit evalution of your progress as you complete the unit. You can access the unit quizzes by clicking on the Quizzes button. There is a "Back" button at the bottom of each Unit Quiz to come back to the Quizzes page, then you can navigate to the next lesson or unit.

Tutorial Help

The RESOURCES link will send you to a collection of sources that were created for and by teachers or teacher-related organizations where you can find more help and support to further the integration of technology rich teaching practices. There are also links to favorite teacher-related sites with software to help you create materials for lessons and other projects or other technology-related help.

Important Note:

You can navigate within this tutorial by using the navigational menu provided throughout the tutorial. The side menu will take you to the introductory page for each unit and the first page of each lesson within that unit. There are various links throughout the tutorial to lesson materials, videos, and practice sessions.

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