 | Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld
Buy used from: $0.01 Though written for IA on the web, it is applicable for CD-ROM and DVD architectures as well. Excellent content cover to cover. I bought it as required reading 5 yrs ago and still reference it today.
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 | Interactivity By Design by Ray Kristof
Buy used from: $0.01 Read this book to get ideas on interactivity possibilities and best practices for kiosks, CDs and web sites.
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 | The ASTD e-Learning Handbook : Best Practices, Strategies, and Case Studies for an Emerging Field by Allison Rossett
Buy used from: $19.99 Articles written by industry leaders on such topics as the state of eLearning today, instructional design, managing eLearning. Has an extensive list of web resources at the back.
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 | Multimedia-Based Instructional Design : Computer-Based Training, Web-Based Training, and Distance Learning by William W. Lee
Buy used from: $0.45 Pretty good overview of the assessment, design and development process. Contains some handy checklists.
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 | The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $0.50 Extremely useful priciples to follow to help you produce a good layout of text and graphics. It will make your products more attractive and more easily understood.
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 | Adobe Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $1.93 The graphic design bit is my favorite part! I use PS to create the user interface, optimize stills and create illustrations. I've used lots of PS books and the Classroom book is the best for starting.
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 | Photoshop 7 Bible, Professional Edition by Deke McClelland
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $5.00 Once you've been through the Classroom in a Book lessons, you need this excellent reference book by your workstation for the in-depth info and for inspiration.
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 | Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX by Gary Rosenzweig
Buy new: $37.53 / Used from: $7.38 Director is still my tool of choice for any multimedia product containing video.
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 | Macromedia MX eLearning: Advanced Training from the Source by Jeffrey Bardzell
Buy used from: $1.33 Takes the reader through the creation of several different types of learning activities. Good for learning basic Action Script and seeing programming examples of learning interactions and quizes.
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 | eLearning with Dreamweaver MX: Building Online Learning Applications by Betsy Bruce
Buy used from: $2.61 From project planning to uploading, this covers a lot of ground. Some too briefly, but the Dreamweaver stuff is solid. CSS, templates, library items, Coursebuilder, incorporating rich media, behaviors
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 | Advanced Lingo for Games by Gary Rosenzweig
Buy used from: $1.10 If you are going to use Director and you're going to get into Lingo scripting, the interactivities described in this book are great for use in multimedia training programs.
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 | Managing Multimedia: Project Management for Interactive Media (2nd Edition) by Elaine England
Buy used from: $2.29 And the boring bit, managing all this stuff. Again, this book was required reading in my multimedia certification course. Useful forms, checklists and organizational strategies.
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