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The slideshow module was a pragmatic development in response to requests from teachers who wanted to display sets of digital photographs in our VLE but (quite reasonably IMO) were unable or unwilling to learn “image processing for the web”. In fact it now works with gif’s and png’s as well as jpg’s. It isn’t intended to offer sophisticated image management or manipulation, just simplicity and ease of use | The slideshow module was a pragmatic development in response to requests from teachers who wanted to display sets of digital photographs in our VLE but (quite reasonably IMO) were unable or unwilling to learn “image processing for the web”. In fact it now works with gif’s and png’s as well as jpg’s. It isn’t intended to offer sophisticated image management or manipulation, just simplicity and ease of use. | ||
Click on the thumbnails to navigate between the images, or on the main picture to progress through the images one by one | The module generates thumbnails and will resize images that exceed size limits, which are configurable site-wide by admin in the usual way ( admin > modules > slideshow settings ). Optional captions are stored with the thumbnails in XML format. Click on the thumbnails to navigate between the images, or on the main picture to progress through the images one by one. | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 25 May 2006
The slideshow module was a pragmatic development in response to requests from teachers who wanted to display sets of digital photographs in our VLE but (quite reasonably IMO) were unable or unwilling to learn “image processing for the web”. In fact it now works with gif’s and png’s as well as jpg’s. It isn’t intended to offer sophisticated image management or manipulation, just simplicity and ease of use.
The module generates thumbnails and will resize images that exceed size limits, which are configurable site-wide by admin in the usual way ( admin > modules > slideshow settings ). Optional captions are stored with the thumbnails in XML format. Click on the thumbnails to navigate between the images, or on the main picture to progress through the images one by one.
