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Table 1 summarizes the elements of the tool based o n navigation.

However the development can cause problems if these authoring tools are not properly evaluated and used.

In this work we employed ToolBook to develop several interactive multimedia coursewares and evaluated its usefullness.

The results of the study showed that ToolBook has both strength and weaknesses despite providing good elements for authoring such as navigation, interactivity, features, media support, deployment options and assessments.

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In this w ork we employed ToolBook to develop several interactive multimedia coursewares and evaluated its usefullness.

The results of the study showed that ToolBook has both strength and w eaknesses despite providing good elements for authoring su ch as navigation, interactivity, features, media support, deployment options and assessments.

Keywords authoring too ls; multimedia; interactivity, education, courseware I.

I NTRODUCTION Many institutions are improving the methods of teaching and learning due to technological advancements that is changing from tra ditional to digital materials.

On the other hand academicians today face challeges of preparing their students for this competitive environment.

On e te chnology that has contributed signif icantly to this change is the availabitly of interactive multimedia authoring tools which could be used to develop digita l learning materials.

In addition most of these authoring tools are making the production process of learning materials easier and relatively stra ight forward task for non expert programmers by providing a variety options of objects types f or which propert ies can be set and scripts can be written 1.

Authoring tools such as ToolBook, Authorware, Multimedia Builder, Platypus Multimedia Author, Illuminatus, Flash and Director ca n be us ed to devel op multimedia applications that are engaging, user friendy and easy to use.

However in this work we have employed ToolBook to design several educati onal coursewares an d we discuss ed the strength and weakness es of th is authoring tool.

II. TOOLBOOK COURSEWARES Till date, many coursewares have been developed using ToolBook.

For example a microprocessor tutorial built by 2 for engineering students.

T his courseware was developed to teach advanced concepts in microprocessor based design systems using the Intel 8086 microprocessor and its associated peripheral devices.

The study found that the coursew are helpe d in increasing th e learnin g spee d and improved comprehension o f the students.

At Fairfield University 3 a courseware using computer puzzles to teach critical thinking skills was developed.

It is available in American English, British English and Australian English versions.

It is database driven with interactive exercises, games, voice recording and stu dent tracking, with over 4000 head words arranged by familiar topic, 16000 voice files, 8000 photographic images and hundreds of animations.

III. T OOLBOOK BACKGROU ND AND FEATURES ToolBook was introduced by Asymetrix Inc.

It also claims to make production for non- expert programmers a simple and relatively straight forward task b y providing a wide selection of objects types for which properties can be set and for which scripts can be written.

This sec tion brieftly describes the features and functions of ToolBook.

Figure 1. ToolB ook 10.5 in terface We d id an evaluation of the ToolBook authoring environment and later developed a fe w applications to futher test its strength and weaknesses.

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