Pachyderm Template Sample Uses

Aspects Template

Several views or angles of the same building, statue, animal, plant, etc. with a brief comment about each view.

Several videos or animations showing different aspects of a single topic/phenomenon.
Six sequential images showing growth or change.
Six related items with text commentary on how they are alike and different

Commentary Template

Present a variety of opinions about a single topic, using video interviews or commentaries.

Use as an intermediary screen between a table-of-contents screen (like Phone Dial)and more detailed screens, linked from the four media areas

Engagement Template

Surround a central image of an invention, artwork, object, historical document, or scientific discovery with up to six questions about how it works, important dates or people associated with it, or other topics.

With a photograph of a person in the center, use the six links to bracket a decade (or other important phase) of his/her life; these would lead to screens that explore those periods in detail.

Layers Template

Present a long-term project, such as the construction of a pyramid, broken into phases (of time or of construction) – one phase per layer.

Compare five scientists, including a photograph, a short biography, an animation or video illustrating a key discovery, and a video of each scientist speaking or working (or a video of colleagues or faculty discussing the contributions of each).
Describe an artistic movement and use layers to suggest its many dimensions, e.g., the Architecture, Painting, Typography, Craft Workshops, and Pedagogical Philosophy of the Bauhaus.
Describe a Zeitgeist moment in summary form, e.g., the Sixties, with a layer for Civil Rights, another about the Vietnam War, and others about international student radicalism in 1968, the Counter-culture, and Music.

Media Focus Template

Include a video, a still photo from the video, and a discussion of the contents or a transcript of the video.

Show a flash movie of plant growth and include descriptive text and/or questions.
Display a still image only (no video) and include descriptive text and/or discussion questions.
Use this screen for an "about the author" feature about the person who made the presentation, including a photograph and a short biography.

Phone Dial Template

Table of Contents/Home Screen for a presentation.

Link to detail screens with examples of members of the animal kingdom, plant kingdom, etc.
Illustrate phases of growth or changes over time, with one digit for each phase, linking to a detail screen describing that phase.
Show how up to eleven different people contributed to a discovery or invention.

Series Template

This screen is ideal for showing close-up detail, because of the zoom pages.

Show progression, growth or change with a series of photographs or illustrations.
Show pages of a manuscript or book.
Showcase a series of works by one artist or craftsperson, or show related works in a single style (art deco, early American quilts, Shaker furniture).

Slider Template

The Slider Template can be used in the same ways as the Series Template, but Slider is best when close-up detail is not important. Slider allows the author to include several paragraphs of text with each image.

Show progression, growth or change over time with a chronological or typological series of photographs or illustrations, and describe or ask questions about each one in the text field.
Showcase a series of works by one artist or craftsperson, or show related works in a single style; include text or questions in the text field.

Zoom Template

Image of a particular species of bird and two bird calls (one right and one wrong, or one male and one female, etc).

Diagram of a heart and two heartbeat sounds: one normal and one irregular.
Any image with a high level of detail, such as a scanned manuscript, a large painting or illustration, period clothing, microscopic creatures, etc.

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Suggested Uses for Templates

This section briefly sorts the templates by the kind of work they are useful for in a presentation. Full descriptions are available under "Templates." Templates with multiple uses are repeated.

Introductory Material or Overviews
These templates allow for numerous links and one central image and function best as an overview rather than a detailed account of one idea.
- Exploration Entry Template
  This allows 6 text-based links that are related to a single image. The image can also be linked to another screen for more detail. There is no significant space for text.
- Phone Dial Template
  Allows 2 text-based links and up to 10 image-based links. Each one may be linked to a different screen or URL, allowing for more depth of exploration. Mousing over the images changes the display. There is space for brief accompanying text.
Images
These templates allow the viewer to look at part of an image in more detail.
- Aspects Template
  This gives the viewer 6 thumbnail images, each with a small portion of associated text. When the thumbnail is selected, an enlarged image appears in the center of the screen. There is room for brief text. No further screen links are possible.
- Enlargement Template and Media Focus Template
  These two screens both provide a large image and space for a significant amount of text. The main difference between them is that the Media Focus Template can accommodate video as well as still images; the Enlargement Screen holds a larger image.
- Layers Template
  Allows for one large image and two thumbnail sized images, each of which can be linked to something else. There is also a space for text, and the capacity to add up to four more screens with identical format. The text on each layer scrolls, and each thumbnail can be linked to an Enlargement screen, allowing ample room for text. This screen is ideal for suggesting the multiple dimensions of a single topic.
- Series Template
- This screen gives the viewer a central image and a series of thumbnail images, each of which links to a zoom-screen image and the possibility of short associated text content. These screens are ideal for reproducing original books, documents, maps, or image sequences that need to be viewed in detail.
- Slider Template
  Allows user to move quickly through a series of images, like a text and slide show. It is similar to the Series Screen but allows significantly more accompanying text and links to other screens or URLs. These screens are ideal for quick comparisons between images or ideas.
- Zoom Template
  The viewer can pan and zoom in on one part of an image and enlarge it. The only associated text is the name of the image. No links are possible to other screens. Audio links can be attached to supplement the image.
Multiple Images, Minimal Text
- Aspects Template
  This gives the viewer 6 thumbnail images, each with a small portion of associated text. When the thumbnail is selected, an enlarged image appears in the center of the screen. There is room for brief text. No further screen links are possible. Ideal for showing multiple videos on a single topic.
- Layers Template
  Allows for one large image and two thumbnail sized images, each of which can be linked to something else. There is also a space for text, and the capacity to add up to four more screens with identical format. The text on each layer scrolls, and each thumbnail can be linked to an Enlargement screen, allowing ample room for text. This screen is ideal for suggesting the multiple dimensions of a single topic.
- Series Template
  This screen gives the viewer a central image and a series of thumbnail images, each of which links to a zoom-screen image with the possibility of short associated text content. These screens are ideal for reproducing original books, documents, maps, or image sequences that need to be viewed in detail.
Explanatory Material with Extensive Text
- Commentary Template
  This screen has a large image on the left, three thumbnail links on the right, and space for scrollable text in the center.
- Enlargement Template and Media Focus Template
  These two screens both provide a large image and space for a significant amount of text. The main difference between them is that the Media Focus Template can accommodate video as well as still images; the Enlargement Template holds a larger image.
- Slider Template
  This screen has a movie or link, space for links to multiple other screens, and a large area for scrollable text.
Audio and Video
- Aspects Template
  This screen supports video in the main media area.
- Commentary Template
  This screen supports video in the main media area, and/or launched from the three thumbnail areas, if these are not linked to another screen or URL.
- Layers Template
  This screen supports video in the main media area and/or launched from the two thumbnail areas for all layers, if these are not linked to another screen or URL.
- Media Focus Template
  This screen supports video in the main media area.
- Slider Template
  This screen supports video in the main media area, if the main media item is not linked toanother screen or URL.
- Zoom Template
  The viewer can pan and zoom in on one part of a still image and enlarge it. Two audio links can be attached to supplement the image for commentary, archival audio, or music.

Quick Reference for Linking

Templates that allow multiple links to other screens or URLS

Commentary — 4 image links

Exploration Entry — 6 text links

Layers— 3 image links for each layer, to a maximum of 5 layers (15 links)

Phone Dial— 12 (10 image links, 2 text links)

Slider— 1 main image link, plus one for each slider item
Templates which do not have links to other screens
- Aspects
- Enlargement
- Media Focus Series (has built-in links to zoom-like screens which it creates)Zoom

Some templates work better for large, involved presentations and others are ideal for smaller work. Authors can finish any of the "terminal" screens, which do not have links to other screens, as soon as they have all their media uploaded onto the server. Terminal screens cannot, however, serve as home screens for a multi-screen presentation. All screens except the Home Screen must have a link to them from another screen to be viewed in the published presentation.

Text taken from the Pachyderm User Manual 2.0