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Opening (“Setting the Scene”)

ForTeaching staff

One switch “Opening” per presentation: coffee talk, fun fact, question to the audience or short anecdote as a slide of its own, optionally bridges between chapters — suggested, checked and accepted by the author.

Why#

A warm opening picks up the audience before it gets technical — instead of jumping straight into the topic. Whether and how is up to the author.

How it works#

  1. 1In the course under “Content”, open “Opening” at the top and switch on “Use an opening” (default: off).
  2. 2Choose the kind: coffee talk, fun fact, question to the audience or short anecdote; optionally “Bridges between chapters” and the audience.
  3. 3“Generate suggestion”: title, text on the slide and narration appear for editing, plus for each part a note on how a stated fact can be checked.
  4. 4“Accept” inserts the opening slide before the first slide and each bridge before its chapter; “Back” undoes it. “Discard” leaves everything as it was.
  5. 5Switch off: the accepted opening slides are removed again.

Settings and switches#

  • Switchable per tenantDefault: onModule: Kurs-Studio
  • Switchable per tenant, on by default; one switch per presentation, default off.

The four kinds#

  • Coffee talk — a relaxed small-talk opening that picks up the audience.
  • Fun fact — a surprising, true and verifiable fact about the topic.
  • Question to the audience — a question to think about, without anyone having to answer.
  • Short anecdote — a general everyday story, without invented names, figures or quotes.

The suggestion invents no studies, figures or quotes; for every stated fact there is a note for the author on how to check it.

Tips#

  • The opening slide is an ordinary slide: the avatar speaks it like any other, and the player orders its video as usual.

Related features#