Pachyderm is a user-friendly, browser-based authoring tool for creating interactive multimedia presentations. It was created in 2000 by Sandbox Studios and has since been installed at over 800 institutions worldwide. The document outlines the history of Pachyderm, how it works, where it is used today, and how users can access or customize it. Upcoming versions will improve accessibility, integrate with repositories, and offer more customization options.
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User-friendly Multimedia Authoring with Pachyderm
1. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
User-friendly Multimedia
Authoring with Pachyderm
3. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm is a user-friendly,
browser-based authoring tool for
producing interactive multimedia
presentations.
18. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm Installations
• Installed servers Universities - 15
• Installed servers Museums - 18
• Pachyderm Institutions -Texas - 39
• Pachyderm Institutions - US - 804
• Pachyderm International - 47 in 13 countries
23. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Minnesota Initiatives
• Minnesota Digital Library
• University of Minnesota
• Minnesota Learning Commons
24. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
MN Learning Commons
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University
of Minnesota, and Minnesota Department of
Education and public K-12 schools.
• Goals
– Enhancing relationships among the MnLC partners.
– Delivering expanded access to online programs and
services which support the needs of the Minnesota learner.
– Establishing a sustainable organization that increases
access to public Minnesota P-16 education.
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Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm access options
• Pachyderm Services
• SourceForge
• University of Minnesota
• Minnesota Digital Library
• Minnesota Learning Commons (future)
• Pachyderm 2.1 (future)
27. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Coming Soon
Pachyderm 2.1.0
• Installers for all major platforms
• Full federal 508 accessibility compliance
• OKI integration with digital asset repositories
• Ability to save versions
• Easier to customize & create new templates
• Full user and developer documentation
• Dozens of template level improvements
• Much more…
28. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Scott Sayre
scott@sandboxstudios.org