Magic Studio » Product Updates http://blog.magicstudio.com All things about Magic Studio Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New SILVER module available http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/04/27/new-silver-module-available/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/04/27/new-silver-module-available/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:41:38 +0000 martynfarrows http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=377 We have made a new SILVER prototype module on Leadership available for testing at: http://prototype3.silver.magicstudio.com/login/signup_finish

Why not give it a try and find out what type of Leader you are!  You can leave feedback about SILVER here:

http://silvereducation.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/user-testing-prototype-3-leadership/

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So its now just a single click to share any Magic resource you like the look of via a Tweet or into Digg and Delicious.

We like to share so we hope you like this new and improved feature as well.

]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/02/03/new-magic-twitter-facebook-and-social-bookmarking-goes-live/feed/ 0 English Heritage channel tops 6500 resources http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/02/02/english-heritage-channel-tops-6500-resources/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/02/02/english-heritage-channel-tops-6500-resources/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:44:47 +0000 martynfarrows http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=364 Our content partners at English Heritage have made over 1000 new resources available to the Magic Studio network through their English Heritage channel.  This brings the total number of resources from EH to over 6500.

The content comes via a live SOAP feed from the Heritage Explorer website, meaning that Magic Studio users also benefit from the contextual and metadata information authored by the English Heritage education team in Swindon.

The new content comes from counties all over England, with images from Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Shropshire.

All of the material is licenced for use free of charge with the Magic Studio network, with links to related resources from other content providers and users.

]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/02/02/english-heritage-channel-tops-6500-resources/feed/ 1 New Magic Release goes live http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/01/27/new-magic-release-goes-live/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/01/27/new-magic-release-goes-live/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:10:20 +0000 martynfarrows http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=361 Yesterday evening a new release of Magic Studio went live – this release includes a number of enhancements, including:

  • new home page design
  • new object view page
  • navigation moved to the top of the page (from the right)
  • a new ‘Full Screen’ button is incorporated in the top right corner of all interactives

We hope you enjoy the new changes!

]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2010/01/27/new-magic-release-goes-live/feed/ 1 Magic Studio launches the Content Exchange http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/09/28/magic-studio-launches-the-content-exchange/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/09/28/magic-studio-launches-the-content-exchange/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:18:43 +0000 markfarnell http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=342 Exciting news for us today as our Content Exchange goes live!  Sitting alongside the free content, the Content Exchange also provides our users with a “pay for use” model, allowing you to take advantage of the increasing number of new commercial content providers in the Magic Studio Network.

How does it work?  Just use a credit card to create a Magic Studio account with a minimum payment of £2 – your account will immediately be credited with Magic Studio Credits to the value of 10p each, so £2 will buy you 20 Magic Studio Credits.  These credits can then be used to buy commercially available content from publishers in our network, allowing you to decide how much or how little you buy based on your own needs.

There are already over 337,000 items available in the Content Exchange and we’ll be adding more over the coming weeks.

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]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/09/24/new-flash-player-10-plugin/feed/ 1 English Heritage channel now with over 4000 resources http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/08/18/english-heritage-channel-now-with-over-4000-resources/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/08/18/english-heritage-channel-now-with-over-4000-resources/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:34:49 +0000 martynfarrows http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=321 We are delighted to announce that our content partners at English Heritage have now made over 4300 resources available to the Magic Studio network through their English Heritage channel.

The content comes via a live feed from the Heritage Explorer website, meaning that Magic Studio users also benefit from the contextual and metadata information authored by the English Heritage education team in Swindon.

The collection consists of a rich and varied set of imagery – from aerial photography, through to iconic buildings and war records.  All of the material is licenced for use free of charge with the Magic Studio network, with links to related resources from other content providers and users.

]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/08/18/english-heritage-channel-now-with-over-4000-resources/feed/ 1 Magic Studio now with Common Cartridge support plus … http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/22/magic-studio-now-with-common-cartridge-support-plus/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/22/magic-studio-now-with-common-cartridge-support-plus/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 09:56:26 +0000 martynfarrows http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=268 We have made a number of new enhancements to Magic Studio this week:

  • As well as being able to export completed interactives as SCORM packages, you can now also export as Common Cartridge packages
  • SCORM packages can now be uploaded and shared
  • Larger sizes for videos are now supported, up to 500 pixels wide – this means that videos uploaded can be used in their native size and are resized automatically for use where appropriate in interactives (e.g. when projected onto IWBs)
  • For Gateway users, we have introduced a new home page and user interface

In addition, video and audio players now show a new ‘progress’ bar.

]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/22/magic-studio-now-with-common-cartridge-support-plus/feed/ 0 Multiple Labels in Drag ‘n’ Drop http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/14/multiple-labels-in-drag-n-drop/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/14/multiple-labels-in-drag-n-drop/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 07:52:54 +0000 markfarnell http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=255 As mentioned in an earlier blog, users in Magic Studio can now add multiple labels to single hotspots.  This is particularly useful where the drag and drop uses the “same answer” for a series of different questions.  In this example, there are a number of different ways to get to the answers 2, 4, 6 and 8:

This interactive requires Macromedia Flash Player 8 or above.
This is available (free) to download fromhttp://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer.

]]> http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/14/multiple-labels-in-drag-n-drop/feed/ 0 Using Audio Response in Drag ‘n’ Drop http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/13/using-audio-response-in-drag-n-drop/ http://blog.magicstudio.com/2009/05/13/using-audio-response-in-drag-n-drop/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 14:47:22 +0000 markfarnell http://blog.magicstudio.com/?p=248 You can now add audio responses to drag ‘n’ drop feedback – all you need is an audio file of the response you want to use. Any .mp3 you have the rights to use can be added, and your own recordings can be made with Audacity (free, open source, sound recorder and editor) before uploading them to Magic Studio. Here’s an example – when you get the label on the right colour, you can also hear, as well as see, feedback.

This interactive requires Macromedia Flash Player 8 or above.
This is available (free) to download fromhttp://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer.

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