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A Video element is a link to a movie file (.avi) stored on your hard drive.

Modifying a Video element

Modifying a Video element

To modify a Video element, you have to fill out a number of tab sheets. To access these, you select the Video Explanation in the Application window, click right and choose Edit from the menu that appears. A new window will pop-up with several tab sheets. The things you can or must fill out on these tab sheets are explained below.

General

1.	Select the General tab sheet.

2.	In the Name box, you can specify a name for the Video Explanation which the learner will see in the learner view. As the author, you will still see the original name in the Application window.

3.	In the Description box, type a short description of the Video Explanation. The learner will see this description in the learner environment when he or she selects the Video Explanation, but does not (yet) start it.

4.	Under Language, the language for this element.

5.	Click Apply.

Control On

In the Control On tab sheet you can make the Video Explanation perform certain actions with regard to other elements in the application. You can for instance change the settings in such a way that once a particular Video Explanation is closed, another one will open. This chapter will help you smoothly control elements in your simulation.

First, set the Start-up state of the Video Explanation:

1.	Select the Control On tab sheet.

2.	Select the Start-up state using the radio buttons on top of the tab-sheet:

Activated: the Video Explanation will open when the simulation is opened in the learner view.

Enabled: the Video Explanation is visible to the learner in the learner view.

Disabled: the learner can see the explanation, but not (yet) activate it.

Invisible: the learner cannot see nor activate this Video Explanation.

To set the control structure of an Video Explanation, follow these steps:

1.	Decide WHEN you want something to happen. Select one of the elements from the first list.

Activated: the elements below will be activated, enabled, aborted, disabled, or hidden when the Video Element is started.

Exited: the elements below will be activated, enabled, aborted, disabled, or hidden when the Video element is closed.

2.	Select a command for the simulation:

No command to: the simulation stays as it is

Compute: the simulation calculates the output value for the given input. Only when Recompute output variables every time a value changes is not selected in Simulation Properties.

Compute and Record: the model runs with the current input values and the results are displayed.

Record Value: only for static models: the most recently computed value is recorded on screen. By default, this happens automatically, but you can change it under Simulation Properties.

Reset: all variables in the simulation will be reset to their initial value.

3.	Decide and select WHAT you want to happen.

Activate: The elements that you dragged into the box below will be started/opened.

Enable: The elements below will be presented in the learner view but not started. The learner has to start them.

Abort: The elements below will be closed.

Disable: The elements below will be presented in the learner view but the learner cannot start them.

Hide: The elements below will not be visible in the learner view.

Please note! The element itself is automatically added to the Exited-Enable page. Therefore, after the Video Explanation is closed, it will be visible in the Learner Environment.

Control Overview

You can use the Control Overview tab sheet to check the controls you set in the Control On tab sheet. You can quickly see what will happen if you activate or exit the Video Explanation.

1.	Select the Control Overview tab sheet.

2.	Click Activated, Succeeded, Enabled, Failed, or Exited

3.	Look at the controls you specified in each category.

Explanation

When you use a Video element, you make an element that is basically a link to a file on your hard drive. The video files must be of the format *.avi. Proceed as follows:

1.	Select the Explanation tab sheet.

2.	Click Select video

3.	Select the file of your choice and click OK.

4.	Click Apply.