Macromedia Breeze is a new software solution that allows faculty to leverage on their Microsoft PowerPoint knowledge and expertise to create rich engaging and interactive contents from their desktop. From PowerPoint, faculty can re-purpose and upgrade their PowerPoint slides into interactive multimedia contents, incorporating audio narration, Flash animation and surveys. Easy editing features that allow faculty to do post-production, cut and change slides are also available.
If you are thinking of embarking on updating your PowerPoint slides or creating new content for the coming semester, why not try Macromedia Breeze.
Below two faculty give their comments on Breeze:
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By Associate Professor Gary Ong Khim Chye, Department of Civil Engineering
"Breeze provided me an opportunity to make available portions of my presentation which the students can access on-line at their own convenience. Some of the part timers could easily have missed some parts of my lectures due to their being unable to attend one or more of the lectures or being unable to come on time.
To make use of Breeze I used slides from a keynote address I delivered at an International Conference held in Bali in March 2002. Just some minor editing to meet copyright obligations and reorganization of the PowerPoint slides that are relevant to CE5610 was all that was needed. It took me about four days to record the narration.
Feedback from students was that it was very good. They could go to the relevant parts that they were interested in and could pick and choose the order of presentation of the three case studies presented."
Giving an Oral Presentation
By Dr Carissa Young, Centre for English Language Communication
"Overall, I found Breeze easy to use. It allowed me to deliver my presentation over the internet at low bandwidth, making it easier for my students to access the presentation. Breeze also enabled me to add interactive questions in order to engage and capture my students' attention."
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