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[Lar edit] will post a reply below to simplify the question.

I have some idea of Opus from earlier version but want to get some help with starting "approach" on a project. Along the way I need to decide whether I will need Pro / scripting versions.

Here's what I want to do: Broadcast a presentation (webinar?) and have the students give text answers along the way. I want the main window to be "live" and timing based on presenter control/pause, not student control. Students may interact with main presentation illustrations.

I want the main presentation in a window and the answer box in a separate synch'd window, I think.

How to do this?
- is it possible to display 2 windows so that text block answers are in synch with main show?
- or, use frames or document windows (1 opus window). Just keep the display space for text answers off to side?
- use frames and layers... bring text block to front when time to answer?

Sanity check:
Can the presentation run be in made to seem "live", not in viewer's control? How? (sometimes students will be in same classroom, sometimes will be at different remote locations.)
Will I need Scripting for any of this?
Anyone done something like this?

Maybe the solution is Opus panels feature. Ideas?

I want users to view a Main presentation and respond to questions as Text Answers. The "main" material is Opus Web Publication I will run as a scheduled Webcast. (will have conference phone session for discussion).

If anyone joins late, they miss the beginning... only see current live info.
Possible?

I need to have the Question and Answers "keep pace" with the main presentation. And the Text Answers sent somewhere. (don't care if Ans. sent to Web DB when typed or sent at the end. Text file from each person is okay too if technically possible)

Could this be as simple as main presentation in DocView/Browser? Panels?

just an idea.
If you running the publication from the same shared drive in your users network and each has access to same (to write session/response information), then you can via file management (users session files, response files) have the main publication checking on updates to these files and update accordingly to all active sessions.
Also you can have the session data managed via a database that the users and the publication have access to....

The main item hence is a "listener" in the main publication that picks up the data as it changes either in the files or the database.

Let us know how you get on with this...

Thanks, eomc40.



Here I presume you mean have some background processing for users response status and/or data inputs. And use results as parameter or variable in the main publication.

That's a good idea... may have some use for me. I'll have to think more on implementation details as I get into creating the training.

The other situation I want to handle is a Webcast. Users in various locations and on conference call. I will "push" the main presentation. When a "late arrival" joins, pub will jump him to current page we are on. Probably will have to use web database to get their answer data. And hope to use Opus to allow interaction with main illustrations. (which I thought I run on a long timeline. but now realize I'll want to have it also checking for whether I decide to pause at runtime... for more discussion or such).

All hints and tips appreciated.