Pachyderm is a user-friendly, browser-based authoring tool for creating interactive multimedia presentations. It was created in 2000 by Sandbox Studios and has since been installed at over 800 institutions worldwide. The document outlines the history of Pachyderm, how it works, where it is used today, and how users can access or customize it. Upcoming versions will improve accessibility, integrate with repositories, and offer more customization options.

1. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
User-friendly Multimedia
Authoring with Pachyderm

2. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
What is Pachyderm?

3. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm is a user-friendly,
browser-based authoring tool for
producing interactive multimedia
presentations.

4. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
How does Pachyderm work?

5. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Login

6. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Upload/Select Media

7. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Select Template

8. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Complete Authoring Screen

9. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Preview Template

10. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Publish the presentation

11. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
View finished presentation

12. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Administrate Users

13. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Who Created Pachyderm?

14. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
SFMOMA 2000

15. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm 2.0 IMLS Grant 2003

16. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Released as open source 2005

17. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Where is Pachyderm today?

18. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm Installations
• Installed servers Universities - 15
• Installed servers Museums - 18
• Pachyderm Institutions -Texas - 39
• Pachyderm Institutions - US - 804
• Pachyderm International - 47 in 13 countries

19. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Customization

20. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.

21. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.

22. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.

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Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Minnesota Initiatives
• Minnesota Digital Library
• University of Minnesota
• Minnesota Learning Commons

24. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
MN Learning Commons
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, University
of Minnesota, and Minnesota Department of
Education and public K-12 schools.
• Goals
– Enhancing relationships among the MnLC partners.
– Delivering expanded access to online programs and
services which support the needs of the Minnesota learner.
– Establishing a sustainable organization that increases
access to public Minnesota P-16 education.

25. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
How can I get Pachyderm?

26. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Pachyderm access options
• Pachyderm Services
• SourceForge
• University of Minnesota
• Minnesota Digital Library
• Minnesota Learning Commons (future)
• Pachyderm 2.1 (future)

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Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Coming Soon
Pachyderm 2.1.0
• Installers for all major platforms
• Full federal 508 accessibility compliance
• OKI integration with digital asset repositories
• Ability to save versions
• Easier to customize & create new templates
• Full user and developer documentation
• Dozens of template level improvements
• Much more…

28. User-friendly Multimedia
Scott Sayre
Sandbox Studios
LTC 2009
Q u ick T im e™an d aN o n ed eco m p resso r
aren eed ed to seeth isp ictu re.
Scott Sayre
scott@sandboxstudios.org