{"id":6820,"date":"2016-06-24T09:49:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:27:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:27:54","slug":"instructional-uses-of-spark-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2016\/06\/24\/instructional-uses-of-spark-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional Uses of "Spark""},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\"HomepageSome of you may have heard of “Adobe Voice”, a super-easy way to create a digital story with graphics and perhaps some background music. Some of our faculty and students have already been using it. Adobe also had a tool called Adobe Slate that you can use to create media-rich pages. \u00a0In the past we had to use these\u00a0separate apps on mobile devices, which may discourage use. \u00a0What if you have some content on your computer, and some on your iPad. \u00a0A fluid user experience is key. \u00a0Check my article on “fluid learning” <\/a>here if interested.
\nAdobe has merged its Adobe Voice and Adobe Slate into “Adobe Spark”, a cloud-based application for you to create graphics, pages, or videos. I have been using it since the change, and I really love it. Here are three things I especially love about it:<\/p>\n

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  1. The best feature, after the merging of several products, is the ability to sync content between devices. You can start a project on your computer, and then you realize you have some graphic on your iPad, you can access the same project on the iPad, and pick it up on your computer.<\/li>\n
  2. Another of my favorite feature is the ability for you to search for graphics (icons or photos) you may not have on your own. Spark will automatically cite it for you on the acknowledgement page.<\/li>\n
  3. A third feature that seems to be new is the ability for you to update your content without having to change the link (but you have to update the link to have the content refreshed where you link to\u00a0it). This allows you to use the same link in your instruction without having to re-generate codes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some possible instructional uses:<\/p>\n