Rethink the lecture with eTEACH 4.0
eTEACH allows instructors to create dynamic and engaging course presentations using PowerPoint combined with audio and/or video. eTEACH is a cross-platform, Open Source, time-based media aggregator created at the University of Wisconsin. eTEACH is accessible to persons with disabilities including those persons using screen readers such as JAWS.
Working with eTEACH
At its core eTEACH is an assembler of media. eTEACH presents media to your students and users in a timed fashion. As the author of an eTEACH presentation you have control over when elements appear and disappear. For a good example of this, please visit a few of the eTEACH examples located to the left.
The media that you can bring to eTEACH can be PowerPoint presentations, JPG images, MP4 Video Files, FLV Video Files, and/or MP3 audio files. You can bring these items in in any order and rearrange them as you see fit. You can also attach resources to aid in instruction. Resources can be any kind of file on your computer or a webpage. The student or user of your eTEACH presentation can control all of this via an automatically generated table of contents or a media bar interface which is common in most online video players.
Moving from eTEACH 3.0 to eTEACH 4.0
The change from eTEACH 3.0 to eTEACH 4.0 moves you from an online authoring environment to a desktop application for authoring. You no longer need an account to log in to a space online. Now, all you need to do is download and install eTEACH on your Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows XP computer. Please download your copy today by following the links at the top of this page.
Another change in eTEACH is a move from timeline-based editing to list-based editing. For more information on this please see the eTEACH 4.0 Manual.
