Jim Hayes Portfolio : English Adventure
Introduction :
Completed for Pearson Education, this was my first actionscript 2 project, comprising of a series of 7 CD's for the foreign education market. Each CD comprised of a series of learning exercises from 8 different templates. I used an xml data file for each CD to define the media used for content. Once the initial CD was completed, the rest required only the xml and asset files to be produced.
The final CDs were required to run as both an audio CD, and a data CD on windows, mac and linux(!), just achievable with clever use of the linux utilities mkisofs and cdrecord.
URLs :
Since this was a CD project, there was little need to preload content or reduce file size.
In spite of that, it will work quite nicely online in a web browser (given a broadband connection).
Main screen:
The entry point to the application containing links to all the sections.
Learning Unit sub menu
Learning unit sub menus point to a themed selection of e-learning exercises.
"Word Race"
The "Word Race" exercise is a race against time to find and highlight words in the letter grid.
The user may listen to each word, and a pictorial representation of the current word is displayed.
"Memory Match"
A classic memory match learning experience/game. Clicking on any of the elements causes an audio recording of the word to play, reinforcing the english learning.
"Label The Picture"
A drag and drop learning exercise with audio.
"Listen And Write"
A collection of exercises where the user clicks to listen to the word, a picture of that word is displayed, and the user must type the letters of that word to complete the exercise.
"Listen and complete"
Click one of the letters at the bottom to fill in the missing letter and complete the spoken word.
"Order the Letters"
Click the letters at the bottom in the correct order to spell the spoken word.
"Listen and Choose"
Multiple choice : Clicking the word that matches the audio/picture.
"Listen and Repeat"
Just a spoken word exercise - The user should speak the word after pressing the listen button to hear the recording.
