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The topic in question has to do with 3 tools that I use every day in my insertion process and future professional practice: teaching.
Surely you already know them, but I consider it important to present them to those who do not know about them. These programs, in my case, I have found in a search for alternatives to software that was in windows and that slowed my total change towards Linux, but now, it has become my only system. |
First of all, I want to thank the opportunity that as a user you have to share your knowledge about Linux on this page, which, although small, is just as important and enriches our community.
The machine I use is the following:
Toshiba Satellite L835
3GHz Intel core i2367-1,4M
4 Gb of Ram
System: Elementary OS Luna
Well now to the programs in question.
Low Cost Whiteboard Pointer
Since the wii came out, there have been hacks for it, among which is the construction of a digital whiteboard, which is based on having the wiimote and an infrared pointer. Turoriales there are many about this.
To use the wiimote, you need a program called WiimoteWitheboard in windows, which does not have a version for Linux. Well, in search of an option for Linux, that was installable in a simple way (find and use apt-get install at most) I found a program in the Ubuntu Software Center: python-whiteboard. Also within the same Software Center there is another option such as: Whiteboard for Wiimote in GTK, this is how it appears in the Software center)
The interface is similar to the Windows version and works wonderfully, at least on my notebook it doesn't crash and it recognizes the wiimote very quickly.
Low-cost interactive whiteboard
The following program complements the previous one, and is a digital whiteboard software, which is called Open Sankoré.
It is an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB or "Interactive Whiteboard") software compatible with any projector and pointing device. It is based on the UniBoard software, created by the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland, and was later released as Free Software under the LGPL license.
The format used by this program is not a proprietary binary format, but is supported by the W3C standards, which allows the lessons to be published on the web so that they can be accessed through a simple browser, without the need for special plugins. Furthermore, the program is extensible through applications written using the W3C widget standard. This allows software developers to focus on the basic functionality of Open-Sankoré, while the community can easily develop a large number of more specific applications that respond to their own needs.
On its page you can find the .deb package to download it and then install it on our systems (debian, ubuntu and derivatives).
Prezi Desktop.
Well, this option is not open source, but it is one of the most interesting programs for making presentations, leaving a little aside in my opinion the paradigms that we find in PowerPoint and Impress.
Now, searching the web intensively, I only came across version 3 of Prezi Desktop, which is an Adobe Air application. Version 4, if one uses Wine, at least in my case, it would not go beyond the screen where it asks for the email and it would remain in a loop of "obtaining the license".
In my search, I came across this page: http://robert.orzanna.de/. In which, it makes available an air package of version 4, allowing the application to be run as if it were "natively". In my case, the application has not given me any problems and in fact it works in a very fast way.
To install it, that is if we cannot simply download the .air file and install it, since it will tell us that the file is corrupt.
Installation:
1.- Download Adobe Air and its SDK. In my case, inside the / otp folder I had to create the "airapps" folder, the SDK unzipped it and pasted it in / otp as well, renaming the folder as "adobe-air-sdk". Remember that all this must be done as root.
2.- Download the Air file from Prezi Desktop.
3.- Once downloaded, you must unzip it and copy it all to / opt / airapps / prezi-desktop (you may have to create the prezi-desktop folder)
4.- Then to execute it, from a termimal type, you can also create a launcher, copying the command (copy complete)
/ opt / adobe-air-sdk / bin / adl -nodebug /opt/airapps/prezi-desktop/META-INF/AIR/application.xml / opt / airapps / prezi-desktop
After this, you will have something similar to this:
All functions work without errors, including full screen view.
Those who prefer not to install Prezi Desktop and Adobe AIR can use Prezi directly from their website.
Hello, very good contribution, I ask, when I do everything, it returns the following error "Impossible to find the theme engine in the path to the _module:" pixmap ","
Did that happen to anyone else?
Thank you
sergio
I solved the problem from before in part. In console I put
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf
later, with this it returns a new file location error and it is because the path is missing the Resources folder
/ opt / adobe-air-sdk / bin / adl -nodebug /opt/airapps/prezi-desktop/Resources/META-INF/AIR/application.xml / opt / airapps / prezi-desktop
but that returns another error that I am trying to fix and it is:
Initial Content Not Found
regards
SRG
How great about Sozi.
I did not know it and I just saw a small tutorial on YouTube and it seems very simple to use. In addition, what you generate is a .svg that any web browser can view.
I'm going to try to see how.
Thank you very much
you must give it execution permissions with the terminal
what version of adobe air did you download?
It is the last one that is available in linux, for this it is not necessary wine
One question,… / META-INF / AIR / application.xml… is that file inside the .air file? Because I get «application descriptor not found hahaha
Excellent Post About Prezi, But I Would Like More If You Made A Video In Which You Can Better Explain Installing Prezi In Linux
it would be a good idea to specify which files to download from adobe air
Your contribution is great !!!
I always wanted the blackboard to be able to make videos and upload them to YouTube :). And I only knew about prezi on the web, I was not aware that there was a desktop and even less that I could run it on Linux.
Congratulations 🙂
Sozi works with inkscape right?
Excellent tools, I did not know Open Sakoré, Prezi Online is a good alternative but Sozi is better because it does not limit our work, it takes advantage of the power of Inkscape ...
Before Prezi would try Sozi is free and works great, it is an inkscape plugin that generates a moving SVG just like Prezi does.
Very good data! I did not know him.
If we use our desk as a blackboard I recommend ardesia http://code.google.com/p/ardesia/
Yes, the only limit I can find is the insertion of videos or is there a way to do it?
I never tried .. you have to experiment with that ...
I constantly use Prezi, but always with an internet connection, if I don't have I can't use Prezi…. I can't download prezi for Ubuntu…. help…
If I remember correctly, Prezi is used online only. However, it is possible to download the presentation once it is finished to be able to reproduce it anywhere. For this I think you had to download a file, although I don't know if it works on Linux (I do remember seeing it work on Windows).
I hope it is of some help.
Cheers! Paul.
I hope it serves me, I am studying teaching who is now a primary school teacher (elementary school educator). His names are changing at will and form, thank you for taking the job of helping those who know less about these issues.
The link to the Prezi Desktop Air file is broken, someone could upload it again please, a request from my linuxero friend !!!
Hi caly!
It is possible to use prezi directly from your web page: http://prezi.com/
Cheers! Paul.
Good morning dear !!!
As an alternative to prezzi, we have SOZI, a plugin for Inkscape that allows you to create SVG files that can be opened with any internet browser, and makes very similar presentations… it's free!