This guide discusses how to plan and build an online package that contains two or more Soundslides audio slideshows. It requires the uses of Flash. It’s pretty much a technical guide and does not discuss storytelling strategies (in the interest of keeping it brief).

a) Start-up Steps
1. Have two or more completed Soundslides on your hard drive. Know where the project folder for each one is.
2. Know the size (in pixels, width and height) of each one of your Soundslides. One way to find out is to use the free MeasureIt extension in the Firefox Web browser: http://www.kevinfreitas.net/extensions/measureit/
3. Draw sketches of each different “page” or screen in the package. This planning stage is very important. Make sure to include:
a. Width and height of the Soundslides within the full design (including the title and the controller, each SS in this tutorial is 600 pixels wide x 463 pixels high)
b. Title(s)
c. Blocks of text, showing location and how much space they require
d. Buttons—make sure people can get back to anything they already viewed
e. Space or margins around each element in each design
4. Make a list of the assets you will need. For example:
a. Three Soundslides
b. Map of SE Asia (largest display size = 800 x 530)
c. Buttons: Begin, Back and Credits
d. Map buttons: Shapes of Bali, Malaysia and Thailand (each one is a separate button)
e. Three small photos, one for each country button (size about 200 x 200)
5. Prepare any assets you do not already have in their final format and size. For example, do you have the map saved, as a PNG or GIF file, at the exact size you need? You can’t import a PDF file! And also, you do not want it to be smaller or larger than what your design requires.

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