Presentation given at Education Thursday, December, 2014 Related publications: PaperPoint: https://www.academia.edu/175439/ MindXpres: https://www.academia.edu/7719770/

1. 2 December 2005
From PaperPoint to MindXpres
Towards Enhanced Presentation Tools
Prof. Beat Signer
http://www.beatsigner.com
Web & Information Systems Engineering Lab
Department of Computer Science
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
WEB & INFORMATION
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

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What is Wrong with Slideware?
 Simulation of physical slides
 limited space due to the slide concept
 linear navigation from slide to slide
 difficult to reuse content and embed rich media types
 MindXpres addresses these issues
 unlimited canvas with zoomable user interface
 non-linear navigation and associative linking
 content-based approach with automatic visualisation

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PaperPoint Presentation Tool
 Mobile PowerPoint
presentation Tool
 interactive PowerPoint paper
handouts
 Support for non-linear
presentations
 refer back to previous slides
 dynamically integrate slides
 skip slides
B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, PaperPoint: A Paper-
based Presentation and Interactive Paper Proto-
typing Tool, Proceedings of TEI 2007, Baton Rouge,
USA, February 2007
Global Information Systems Group, ETH Zurich

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PaperPoint Features
 Enhanced mobility during presentations
 Improved presentation overview for the presenter
 see content of current and nearby slides (orientation)
 Support for non-linear presentations
 refer back to previous slides
 dynamically integrate optional (backup) slides at runtime
 skip slides (e.g. if running out of time)
 Annotation of static slide content
 highlighting of content
 dynamic creation of new content at presentation time
E.I. Reuss, B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, PowerPoint Multimedia Presentations in Computer Science
Education: What do Users Need?, Proceedings of USAB 2008, Graz, Austria, November 2008

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PaperPoint Features ...
 Annotation of static slide content …
 brings back functionality of blackboard or overhead projector
 potential recording and playback of annotations and presentations
 handwritten notes that are not visible to the audience
- reminders about specific things to be mentioned
- slides to be shown in non-linear order
- comments and questions from the audience
 Improved control of embedded media (e.g. video)
 Digital whiteboard
 Multi-pen support
 collaborative presentations
 brainstorming

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Navigation, Context and Annotation
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Flexible Handout Layouts

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Video Controls

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Digital Whiteboard

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PaperPoint Architecture

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MindXpres Presentation Tool
 Extensible prototyping
platform for novel presen-
tation concepts
 content-based approach
- separation of content and pre-
sentation (automatic visualisation)
 cross-media content reuse
 non-linear navigation via
zoomable user interface
 connectivity and interactivity
R. Roels and B. Signer, MindXpres: An Extensible
Content-driven Cross-Media Presentation Platform,
Proceedings of WISE 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece,
October, 2014

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MindXpres Platform
 MindXpres presentations are currently represented in the
XML-based MindXpres document format
 Compiler (node.js application) translates XML to HTML
 Presentation engine based on HTML5 and related APIs
 e.g. WebSockets for connectivity

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MindXpres Presentation Tool ...
Reinout Roels

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Example Slide

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Vannevar Bush

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MindXpres Plug-in Architecture
 Avoid hardcoded functionality via three types of plug-ins
 components
- image, source code, graph, video, ...
 containers
- slide, image gallery, ...
 structures
- grid, clustered, graph, ...

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MindXpres Communication Platform
R. Roels, C. Vermeylen and B. Signer, A Unified Communication Platform for Enriching and Enhancing
Presentations with Active Learning Components, Proceedings of ICALT 2014, Athens, Greece, July 2014

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Navigation Mirroring Plug-in

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Polls and Quizzes Plug-in

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Content Discussion Plug-in

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Interactive Source Code Plug-in
Paul Mestereaga

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Interactive Data Visualisation

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Interactive Data Visualisation ...

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Enhanced Video Player Plug-in

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Conclusions
 PaperPoint offers more flexible and dynamic ways of
delivering PowerPoint presentations
 future directions
- interactive handouts for the audience with annotation recording and sharing
 MindXpres is an extensible prototyping platform for
investigating innovative presentation concepts
 extensible architecture based on HTML5 and related technologies
 content-driven approach with content reuse (transclusion)
 future directions
- central content repository and visual authoring tool
- rich media plug-ins
- collaborative annotations and information sharing
- new forms of multimodal interaction (e.g. integration of PaperPoint concepts)

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Acknowledgements
 PaperPoint has originally been developed in the Global
Information Systems group at ETH Zurich in collabo-
ration and with direct or indirect contributions from the
following individuals
 Prof. Moira C. Norrie
 Prof. Nadir Weibel
 Dr. Adriana Ispas
 Dr. Elke I. Reuss

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References
 B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, PaperPoint: A Paper-
based Presentation and Interactive Paper Prototyping
Tool, Proceedings of the First International Conference
on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI 2007),
Baton Rouge, USA, February 2007
 http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_TEI2007.pdf
 B. Signer, Fundamental Concepts for
Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Information
Spaces, ISBN 978-3-8370-2713-6, May 2008

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References ...
 E.I. Reuss, B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, PowerPoint
Multimedia Presentations in Computer Science
Education: What do Users Need?, Proceedings of USAB
2008, 4th Symposium on Usability & HCI for Education
and Work, Graz, Austria, November 2008
 http://beatsigner.com/publications/reuss_USAB2008.pdf
 R. Roels and B. Signer, MindXpres: An Extensible
Content-driven Cross-Media Presentation Platform,
Proceedings of WISE 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece,
October, 2014
 http://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_WISE2014.pdf

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References ...
 R. Roels, C. Vermeylen and B. Signer, A Unified
Communication Platform for Enriching and Enhancing
Presentations with Active Learning Components,
Proceedings of ICALT 2014, Athens, Greece, July 2014
 http://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_ICALT2014.pdf
 R. Roels, P. Mestereaga and B. Signer, An Interactive
Source Code Visualisation Plug-in for the MindXpres
Presentation Platform, Communications in Computer and
Information Science (CCIS), 583, 2016
 http://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_CCIS2016.pdf

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References ...
 R. Roels, Y. Baeten and B. Signer, An Interactive
Data Visualisation Approach for Next Generation
Presentation Tools: Towards Rich Presentation-based
Data Exploration and Storytelling, Proceedings of
CSEDU 2016, Rome, Italy, April, 2016
 http://beatsigner.com/publications/roels_CSEDU2016.pdf
 PaperPoint
 http://www.beatsigner.com/paperPoint.html
 MindXpres
 http://mindxpres.com