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| Fair Use | allows others to use copyrighted material without infringing on the rights of the owner |
| Copyright Law | ensures that the author's right over created material is protected |
| Multimedia | using different types of media including text, video, sound, graphics and animations |
| Build effect | an effect applied to text that makes it appear in increments |
| Hyperlinks | "hot spots" or "jumps" to locate another file or page |
| Menus | a list of options that link to other parts of the presentation |
| Navigation buttons | allows the user to interact with a multimedia presentation. |
| Slide transition | the visual effect of a slide as it moves on and off the screen during a slide show |
| Asymmetrical balance | distribution achieved by arranging non-identical elements on both sides of an imaginary center line |
| Balance | the distribution of optical weight in the layout |
| Interactivity | the ability of the user to interact with an application |
| Inter-screen unity | the design that users encounter as they navigate from one screen to another |
| Intra-screen unity | how the various elements relate to one another on the same screen |
| Linear presentation | author of the presentation controls the flow of information in the application |
| No balance | a design that has elements arranged on the screen without regard to the optical weight of elements |
| Non-linear presentation | allows the user to interact with a presentation and control how the information is viewed |
| Optical Center | a point slightly above and to the right of the mathematical center of the screen. |
| Optical Weight | the ability of an element such as a graphic, text, headline, or subheading to attract the user’s eye. |
| Rollover | function performed as the mouse pointer rolls over and points to an object. |
| Sequential Navigational Scheme | takes the user through a controlled, linear process. |
| Symmetrical Balance | distribution achieved by arranging elements as horizontal or vertical mirrored images on both sides of an imaginary center line of a screen. |
| Treatment | how a presentation will be offered to the user; that is, the look and feel of the presentation. |
| Authoring Program | programs used to create multimedia presentations, such as simulations and tutorials; most have some point-and-click features, but may require some knowledge of programming language concepts; i.e., Microsoft Visual Basic, Adobe Director. |
| Adobe Director | authoring program that uses a movie metaphor with the user as the "director" of the movie. It has a scripting language called Lingo which has made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs and standalone kiosks and web content. It supports both 2D and 3D multimedia projects. |
| Adobe Flash | an animation program for developing 2-D animations delivered on the Web. |
| Players | are programs that allow users to run multimedia applications on their computers. |
| Shockwave | program that allows an Internet user to play applications created with Adobe Director. |
| Toolbook | a multimedia authoring software program. |
| Multimedia Presentation | a computer based, interactive experience that incorporates text, graphics, sound and video. |
