Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference

Ninth Annual
Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference
Teaching, Learning, & Technology
Transforming the Learning Environment
April 4-6, 2004

Using Impatica to Enhance Online Instruction With WebCT

Joel Hausler, Professor Middle Tennessee State University
John Sanders, Associate Professor, Middle Tennessee State
Kathy Patten, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
Address P. O. Box 236 MTSU
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132
Phone 615-904-8272 or 898-2996
Fax 615-898-2859
jhausler@mtsu.edu
jsanders@mtsu.edu
kpatten@mtsu.edu
Track 1 - Effective Technology-Based Learning Resources
Session Type - Lecture/Presentation

Abstract

We will demonstrate the use of Impactica to enhance online presentations
(PowerPoint) as a means of delivering WebCT instruction. Demonstrations of use
and effectiveness of Impatica will be included in the presentation.

Description

One of the problems teaching online is that you have students with many different
types of computers and access speeds. When using PowerPoint as a media, it is
often hard for students to download the presentations at a speed that is timely
and efficient. Then there is the problem of explaining what you meant on the
slides. Even if you use PowerPoint audio to narrate the slideshow, you still have a
transmission problem. Impatica, allows you to send both as a streaming file. A
viewer is included in the file and the user is able to access the transmission at an
optimal speed for their connection and browser.

Our presentation will an introductory, narrated, slideshow, detailing using WebCT
4.0 as a departmental training film for those students taking online classes in
Educational Leadership. The presentation will include steps in using Impatica to
enhance PowerPoint slides, include narration, and the delivery of this training
slideshow as a streaming file.