1. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
User-friendly Multimedia
Authoring with Pachyderm

2. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
What is Pachyderm?

3. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm is a user-
friendly, browser-based authoring
tool for producing interactive
multimedia presentations.

4. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm is free, open-source
software.

5. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
What does it look like?
What does it do?
The Walter’s Art Museum

6. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
How does Pachyderm work?

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Login

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Upload/Select Media

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Select Template

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Complete Authoring Screen

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Preview Template

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Publish the presentation

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
View finished presentation

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Administrate Users

15. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Let’s look at the real thing
and give it a try…

16. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Let’s look at some other examples:
- Oregon State University
- Minnesota Digital Library
- University of Minnesota Libraries

17. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm version 2.1
New Features:
• Full Dublin core metadata support
• Standard titles and subtitles
• Standard media slots on all templates
• Embedded FLV/MP4 video support
• HTML support in text fields
• Background image support
• Home button
• Auto image resizing based on layout
• Easier customization

18. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm version 2.1
508 Accessibility Compliance for Presentations:
• Audio toggle
• Screen contrast
• Font size
• Closed caption support (.dxfp)
• Transcript support for audio and video
• Screen reader support
• Alt. text
• Long descriptions

19. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm Training
- Digital Storytelling
- Media prep. and management
- Use of the authoring tool

20. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm Training
- Minnesota Digital Library
- Marcus Foundation
- Oregon State

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm 2.1 Example Projects
- CDL - Elixer: first day of class
- The Walters Art Museum - China

22. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Where do you get Pachyderm?
- Download and install from SourceForge.net
- Obtain a hosted account

23. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Technical Requirements
Operating Systems
- Windows
- Mac OSX
- Linux
Software (all open source0
- Apache Tomcat Web Server
- Java Virtual Machine
- MySQL
- Image Magick

24. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
What kind of support is available?
- PachyForge.org
- Training documentation
- Training videos
- Independent contractors

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Customization

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Who Created Pachyderm?

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
SFMOMA 2000

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm 2.0 IMLS Grant 2003

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Released as open source 2005

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Where is Pachyderm today?

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Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Pachyderm Installations
• Installed servers Universities - 15
• Installed servers Museums - 18
• Pachyderm Institutions -Texas - 39
• Pachyderm Institutions - US - 804
• Pachyderm International - 47 in 13 countries

32. Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
TLC 2010 From Static to Dynamic:
Creating Interactive Online Exhibits
Scott Sayre
Twitter @zbartrout
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