So the 60 minute challenge was game on, in the bag, job done, until I tried to add a few icons, to one same section, on different layers, of the same page. Do you catch my drift? No?
With 10 minutes still remaining I wanted to add some icons below each social media title (click image). I grouped the section successfully, but made a mess of regrouping the right text boxes and icons, to right layer. This is not ROME’s fault but mine.
To cut a boring story short, I ended up in a bit of a tangle and decided enough was enough. So I decided to "save" and exited the package. Admit defeat in my personal challenge and try again tomorrow. After all, if you a successful in all your personal challenges, you are not an accomplish goal-setter, right.
In exiting the package, I some how managed to not save the erroneous project correctly. If I did, I couldn’t find the .anh file. Frustrated, at failing the challenge and my own incompetence, I got back to it.
The long and short of it, second time round, a four page splash, interactive PDF took me 44 minutes, this time, without the icons. ROME did deliver a fairly decent looking, interactive document PDF. I learnt a few new tricks and have a new tool in my tool box and well, what do you think?
I gave it a try this morning in their web-based app but couldn’t get it to successfully export .swf with the appropriate/working index files to initiate the flash. Any success there? It seems to be a more flexible ppt at minimum, but potentially game changer for publishing educational content in flash-based formats at it’s best.
I’m also curious what integration to Moodle they have setup as advertised on the site. Keep up the great posts!
I used the desktop version and only exported to PDF. As for enquiries on the forum. The first question was focused on the life expectancy of the free version and potential cost.
“I appreciate a final answer is not possible, however pricing will always be a focus for education and ‘affordable’ lacks clarity. We are happy to share our documents and investigations but if we are to invest staff time are you able to give a timeframe as to the paid product release date so we can schedule ‘Schemes of Work’ and staff training. It would be deflating for staff or students to be mid way ithrough a project only for it not to be completed.
The second query was about Moodle. No response yet to either forum post.