engage - transforming teaching and learning through technology
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The Engage program partners with UW Madison faculty and academic staff to apply innovative uses of technology for teaching and learning.

Case ScenarioBuilder

Case ScenarioBuilder will be available in September 2008

Summary
QuizImage logoscreenshot of case scenario builder outputThe Case ScenarioBuilder is a tool educators can use to present instructional content on the web in the form of cases, scenarios or simulations of real-world situations.  Learners can interact and explore content, make decisions and get feedback.  The case scenario builder tool provides a template for placing content and making it come alive with interactivity.  You can add text, images, video and audio as well as interactive questions with answers.

The authoring tool to create case scenarios is currently under construction and well be available in September 2008.


Technical
Case ScenarioBuilder is an open-source desktop authoring tool that publishes html based learning objects.  It will be available for both PC and Mac platforms.  The published case scenarios are generally accessed by users from web pages in the form of a pop-up or embedded object.  A variety of media types can be incorporated into a case scenario including videos, audio files, Flash objects, images as well as hyperlinks to pdf documents and web sites.  All that is needed for authoring and accessing published case scenarios is a current internet browser.