WBT Dev Part 12 - Finishing Touches

Nothing ends at 11. It's a really odd number. So this is my last post in this series, an even dozen. You can check out the initial post for links to the 11 others as well.

After you render you will see a group of files like this:

Notice, this is a 16 minute video and only 7 and a half megabytes, that is outstanding. Camtasia can't make it pretty for you. You'll notice that in my Module 1 I have a banner and navigation that will bounce you from one module to the next. Camtasia can't build that for you. You have to custom code that.

It isn't difficult, in fact, I just used Notepad to code this one. I copied some framework code and then customized it in Notepad. This was a little tedious because I had to code, then save then browse to get the colors just right, whereas if I was using an HTML editor I would have had a color picker in the WYSIWYG editor, but getting the editor installed for this limited use project would have proven to be more trouble than it is worth.

Anyway, once you put in the HTML wrapper you send it up to the website and let it go. It couldn't be easier.

This was a fun project to work on. It took more effort than I planned, but I think the finished product is of very high quality. I did this project, not because I long to be a developer again, but rather because I needed to prove to my agency that we can develop high quality Web-Based Training (WBT) using the stuff at a regular workstation. The Camtasia software isn't part of the standard image. It is about $180. The microphone and headset are fairly common, but cost no more than $60. So for an initial investment of no more than $240 anyone can create WBT like this. The hardest part is knowing what to do, and hopefully this series has taken away some of the fog around that. Good Luck.