Research

Interactive Authoring
Interactive Authoring is used in many different industries. It consists of sound,animation,text, education etc.. Web developers use it for sound and animation and attempt to make a largely interactive website to keep users entertained. Magazines include software tutorials and beta test which include authoring by developers. Authoring is also used to educate with sites such as my maths. Authoring is a important part of mainly web sites and magazines because without it these would be not user friendly and made very helpful for the readers.  In games Authoring is used to help make better sounds and animations and help include more text. Educational games use it to make better interactivity or to put it on a CD. Most websites use Adobe Flash for their authoring tool to import sound and make interactivity this is the simplest software to use for websites as it gives the right resources to use.




Examples of Interactive Authoring.
Sound and motion in web pages.

 These websites have interactivity that gives the audience a more fun experience. These types of websites usually get more views because of the more enjoyment you can have than others. This website on the right is about economics which can be a boring subject but because of the animations, sound and interactivity it becomes a better experience for the user.The target audience for this site would be.
http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/landing_page

This website is from the company Zune they have made an individual website purely for interactivity, sound and animation made on flash, this in web pages makes it more interesting. The target audience for this type of website would be younger people because of the simplicity and generation directed to.
http://www.zunejourney.net/








Animation for output to video tape or streaming web movies.

These websites are home to the most seen videos on the internet they provide the software to upload videos and share them with people around the world. The image on the left is of the most famous video stream website YouTube. It is this famous because of its sponsorships and famous viral videos and vbloggers. This website has authoring such as a category system and able browse through parts of videos.
http://www.youtube.com/

This website is called Vimeo it concentrates more on art related work. Famous digital artist use this site because Vimeo is more of a art community than YouTube and is said to have better quality. And gives people a better chance of getting an input to their work because there isn't many viral videos for distractions. This also has a browse system.
http://vimeo.com/

Single-user games/quizzes for interactive learning and testing materials over the web or on CD.

These websites give the user education, fun and games. This website my maths is used by schools all over the country to help kids learn maths and give teachers homework to set there students. There is a lot of interactivity and a wide range of educational games set into categories which makes it user friendly. The authoring here is that the site allows you to navigate well.
http://www.mymaths.co.uk/

This website is called Nature Detectives it's also an educational website giving the user some educational online games and a variety of quizzes and puzzles for a target audience of age 5-10. This website contains good interactivity and does help kids to learn get involved. The authoring here is that the website gives you a list of things to do within a subject and also a sidebar to help navigate.
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/

Software Product Tutorials

These types are websites are simply made to help other progress in the software they are using and help them produce work better.Escape studios is a company made for teaching visual effects to inspiring digital artist. The website includes free tutorials for mainly 3d software and you able to sign up and purchase yearly courses for a certain software of your choice or you can even attend an online mentor course, self directed course and classroom courses for all a set price.
http://www.escapestudios.co.uk/

This website is called Photoshop Tutorials it allows people to upload their own tutorials if there tutorials good enough to be shown on the website. The site is always updated and always has a descriptive text for each tutorial and many step by step pictures to help you along and maybe even a video. The site categorises well and gives you a variety of choices between which type of tutorial wanted. The authoring on the site has good text and images with also a good software for videos.
http://photoshoptutorials.ws/

Presentations,Training materials or interactive touch screen kiosks for instant information.

Kiosks are used in every city to help people find information quickly and efficiently. They are also used to help job seekers in unemployment. People can also use them to go on the internet and find thing they need. Also there is telekiosks which allows you to use sms,fax and email. The authoring on these kiosks are made to be very user friendly and easy to navigate because of the touch screen can become tricky. There are also kiosks in cinemas to buy tickets and find out what is on. Shops also have them to promote their store frequently to passing people. The animation and text used on these and usually colour and effective sounds to keep the user interested.

This is a website with a variety of training materials to help in people future lives. The website is made to help you choose and training course for a certain price which will benefit you in you jobs such as body language training. The site has good navigation and a side bar to help. They have an information page and how to get started page. The authoring is good by giving you good text and images to help follow the site.

http://www.trainerbubble.com/