Creating HTML Presentations

1. Creating HTML Presentations
   • a discussion of some issues
   • by Dr Lawrie Brown, ADFA
2. Lectures, Slide-Shows and the Web
   • want to have lecture notes available on web
   • want to have one master copy
   • with multiple views for differing uses
   • with minimum workload possible
   • some personal history
3. MS Word OH Master
   • original approach was to master overheads in MS Word
   • printed directly for use in lectures
   • translated using rtftohtml from RTF Save As for web
   • issues:
     • care needed with styles
     • had to customise to suit those used
     • problems with transferring images
     • basically did most by hand
   • used for CS1(E), ISComms3, CSC/CCS3
4. MS Powerpoint SS Master
   • next tried Powerpoint to master slide-show presentation
   • nice tool for presenting, worked quite well
   • but much harder to translate to web
   • rtftohtml with "special" trans from RTF outline
   • issues:
     • only got outline, no graphics or other text
     • single file with nested list structure (good for notes)
     • relatively strightforward translation process
   • used for DC2
5. HTML Notes Master
   • "take three" was to master notes in HTML as nested lists
   • focus on content & structure not look
   • includes inline graphics and other text as desired
   • then use perl script to translate into slide-show HTML
   • optimised for presenting using Netscape
   • over-riding principle - KISS (esp wrt HTML used)
   • will trial use with new CSCA2
6. HTOL2SS Issues
   • can author with any text/HTML editor
   • master has just enough markup to provide content & structure
   • very simple process to create slide-shows
   • so does it work?
   • You tell me - you're looking at it ....
   • original file
7. The Gruesome Details
   • authoring process quite straightforward (ease depends on tools used)
   • translation to slide-show form uses the htol2ss PERL script, which:
     • slurps in entire original file
     • splits it up at start of every HTML tag
     • groks each tag, hacking as needed