The Legacy Content Conversion
Shootout was not designed as an exercise in instructional
design. Rather, the intent was to see how well systems handled
or converted miscellaneous content items created using standard
content creation tools like Word, PowerPoint, Flash, and Dreamweaver
(the most commonly used tools in training). The goal of the
Shootout was simply to convert the legacy content into an
e-learning course as quickly as possible. The audience could
see a digital clock running throughout the event. The finish
time was posted for each team at the end of each round. The
Shootout in Vegas was the second event pitting teams against
each other to convert legacy content. The first occurred in
May 2002 in Singapore.
The second occurred in Las
Vegas in June 2002.
We changed the scoring from previous versions of the Shootout
in Las Vegas and Singapore. Although we ran a clock and gave
a special award to the team that finished first, we completely
removed time from the score. Here is a breakdown of how the
points were awarded:
| 10 points |
Ease of use (average score from audience evaluation) |
| 10 points |
Content conversion capabilities (average score from
audience evaluation) |
| 10 points |
Content conversion capabilities (average score from
audience evaluation) |
| 10 points |
Compulsory score: One point awarded for each piece
of legacy content converted correctly. One point was
deducted for content that didn't run the first time.
One-half point was deducted for other errors such as
the audio file not playing or the labels being misaligned
in the click-and-label exercise.
|
| 40 points |
Total |
Each team was given a CD-ROM containing 10 folders, each
containing a piece of legacy content, as follows:
| Folder/Type |
Content |
| #1 Flash |
Title screen |
#2 Word document |
List of objectives for the e-learning course
(words and graphics only) |
| #3 PowerPoint |
PowerPoint slide (with text and graphics
only) |
| #4 Word document |
Comparison page (document includes a table
to see how systems handle formatted Word documents) |
| #5 PowerPoint and audio |
Block diagram (created from PowerPoint drawing
objects) and narration (embedded in the PowerPoint in
.wav format) |
| #6 Dreamweaver (CourseBuilder template) |
Click-and-label exercise (used to determine
how well the system addresses a complex interaction requiring
multiple files beyond a simple HTML file) |
| # 7 Word document |
Unformatted multiple-choice question (was
cut and pasted from an instructor-led lesson plan) |
| #8 Word document |
Unformatted short answer question |
| #9 Word document |
Unformatted matching question |
| #10 Flash |
Conclusion screen |
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