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NextSlidePlease: Authoring and delivering agile multimedia presentations

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Aisling Kelliher,

Hari SundaramAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM), Volume 8, Issue 4

Article No.: 53, Pages 1 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/2379790.2379795

Published: 30 November 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Presentation support tools, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, pose challenges both in terms of creating linear presentations from complex data and fluidly navigating such linear structures when presenting to diverse audiences. NextSlidePlease is a slideware application that addresses these challenges using a directed graph structure approach for authoring and delivering multimedia presentations. The application combines novel approaches for searching and analyzing presentation datasets, composing meaningfully structured presentations, and efficiently delivering material under a variety of time constraints. We introduce and evaluate a presentation analysis algorithm intended to simplify the process of authoring dynamic presentations, and a time management and path selection algorithm that assists users in prioritizing content during the presentation process. Results from two comparative user studies indicate that the directed graph approach promotes the creation of hyperlinks, the consideration of connections between content items, and a richer understanding of the time management consequences of including and selecting presentation material.

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Index Terms

NextSlidePlease: Authoring and delivering agile multimedia presentations
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Multi / mixed media creation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
      2. Hypertext / hypermedia

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November 2012

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DOI:10.1145/2379790

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Published: 30 November 2012

Accepted: 01 December 2011

Revised: 01 August 2011

Received: 01 December 2010

Published in TOMM Volume 8, Issue 4

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