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| '''Visual Cue'''
| '''Narration'''

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| Welcome to the spoken tutorial that explains the side-by-side method.

I am Kannan Moudgalya.

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| Learning objectives slide


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| In this tutorial, we will learn the following:


We will learn what is meant by the side-by-side method.

We will find out how the side-by-side method helps learn one command at a time.

We will learn how one can learn slowly or fast using spoken tutorials.

We will learn WHERE the required material for a spoken tutorial is available.

We will learn how NOT to use spoken tutorials.

We also have a message for workshop organisers.

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| Slide: side-by-side method


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| Side-by-side method is a technique that we have developed at IIT Bombay.

To help you learn a software by yourself, 

even if there is no expert to guide you.

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| Slide: side-by-side working


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| How can you do this?

By learning one command at a time from a spoken tutorial.

What is meant by learning?

Is it just watching a spoken tutorial?

A big NO.

Or is it just by listening to a spoken tutorial carefully?

No again.

Learning comes from ...

yes, you got it – by doing, ... by reproducing every command shown in the spoken tutorial.

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| Slide: How?

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| Can anyone reproduce every command shown in the tutorial?

The answer is YES.

What makes me say this?

This is BECAUSE, we make spoken tutorials suitable for self learning.

How do we do this?

It is a long story.

Let me just say that we have developed specific methods, for this purpose, at IIT Bombay.

Spoken Tutorials are created for SELF LEARNING.

And hence, YOU can reproduce every command shown in Spoken Tutorials.

What is the best way to reproduce every command?

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| Demonstrations slide
| Let me demonstrate it.

Let us go to [http://spoken-tutorial.org/ http://spoken-tutorial.org]

Let us locate Scilab Spoken Tutorials 

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| Show Scilab Spoken Tutorial, '''Vector Operations''', advanced to 1min 18sec.
| I will demonstrate with the Spoken Tutorial, called '''Vector Operations'''.

I already located this video.

Should I maximise the video?

Once again, a big NO.

In fact, you may make it smaller.

I have already made it as small as possible.

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| Take the video to left side 


Bring up Scilab



| I will move the browser so as to take the video to one side.

On the other side, let us open the software the video teaches.

In this case, Scilab.

Because Scilab is an open source software, we can do this.

The Spoken Tutorial project does not promote commercial software.

So, you can always download the software that you want to work with, free of cost.

Should we maximise the software window?

NO again.

Instead, make it smaller and take it to the other side, as I have done.

I have now opened the spoken tutorial and the software to learn, SIDE BY SIDE.

What do we do next?

Let us go to the next slide.

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| Slide: one cmd at a time


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| Play the video.

Listen to a command in the spoken tutorial.

Pause the video.

Try out the same command on the software.

If the command works, listen to the next command.

If it does not work, rewind the tutorial. 

Listen again, and try.

Repeat.

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| Bring video and Scilab to front
| Let me demonstrate this using Scilab.

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| Play the Scilab tutorial from 1:18, until results are out


pause it

type the cmd in Scilab
| Let us pause it.

Let me reproduce this command on the Scilab software.

p equals 1 2 3, close bracket.

We get identical results, as in the video.

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| But, hey, this is EXTREMELY boring.

I hate listening to the video, doing nothing.

It is also EXTREMELY slow.

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| No problems.

The spoken tutorial method allows you to practise slowly or fast.

I will now explain how you can learn fast.

You can work on the software, while simultaneously listening to the video.

Let us listen to the next command, and simultaneously, try it out on the software.

Let me press the play button.

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| Press the play button 

Type in parallel silently

Pause the video
| I paused the video.

You saw me typing while listening to the video.

This is ONE WAY to learn faster using spoken tutorials.

Let me repeat.

The spoken tutorial approach allows you to practise slowly or fast.

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| Some times, it may be difficult to separate the software from video.

One can use some overlapping positions, in this case.

Let me show an example of this, in the next slide.

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| Switch to xfig slide

point using the mouse
| This is a figure that I used in a book chapter that I wrote recently.

You see a spoken tutorial on '''xfig''', and also the '''xfig''' software.

Although there is an overlap, you can still see parts of it.

You can also change positions, and change the size, as you proceed.

Anything other than maximising is permissible!

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| Slide: associated files


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| We will now address one other requirement to reproduce all the steps.

What happens if the spoken tutorial says open a file? 

Without that file, learning will be ineffective – won't it?

Don't worry – we make available every file used in a spoken tutorial.

Because, without these, all steps of a spoken tutorial cannot be reproduced.

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| Slide: demo of locating files
| I will now demonstrate this with an example.

For this, let me open a C and C++ tutorial called '''tokens'''.

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| Go where '''tokens.c''' is already present, and at 43s.

Pause after results.
| I have already advanced it to the correct location.

Let me play now.

Let me pause.

The video says, open a file by name, '''tokens.c'''.

Only if this file is made available, can all the steps be reproduced.

Let us see whether this file is available on the web page.

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| Bring browser back fully
| Let us bring the browser back fully, so that we can see all the links.

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| Scroll down to a link called '''code files'''


click the link
| Let us scroll down.

Hey, here is a link called, '''Code files'''.

It seems to have the file, '''tokens.c'''.

Let us check whether we can download it.

Let me click this link.

Lo and behold, the file is ready to be saved.

Let us not save it, however.

I will leave it as an exercise to you.

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| There could be minor differences in the way different operating systems behave.

For example, the zip file may immediately download, without your confirmation.

In any case, be assured that all the required files will be available through such a link.

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| What to do if Internet is not available to you?

Don't worry.

It is possible to create an image file, for offline viewing.

Let me show from where in the spoken tutorial web page you can create this image.

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| Go to the next tab


Show the buttons
| It is in the next tab.

As the browser is made very small, all the links are not visible.

To see all the links, let me make the screen bigger.

It is available at '''Software Training, Downloads,''' '''Create your own disk image'''.

The zip file created through this facility also has all the associated files.

In some rare cases, the required files may be missing. 

If this happens, we need your help to correct the problem.

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| Let me show this on our web page.

Let us make the screen smaller again.

Let us go back to the previous tab.

Let us scroll up.

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| Scroll and locate the link called '''Report missing component'''
| See the link called '''Report missing component'''.

Please click this link and provide the required information.

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| That's all friends.

Let me go to the next slide.

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| Summary slide


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| Let me summarise what we learnt in this tutorial.

We learnt what is meant by the side-by-side method.

We have found out how the side-by-side method helps learn one command at a time.

We explained how one can learn slowly or fast using spoken tutorials.

We learnt WHERE ALL the required material for a spoken tutorial are available.

We also learnt how NOT to use spoken tutorials.

If you just watch a spoken tutorial, you do not get the full benefit.

It is NOT AT ALL a workshop.

If an organiser tells you to watch a spoken tutorial, they are NOT doing their duty.

Please follow the side-by-side method, as explained in this tutorial.

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| Assignment slide


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| I have a small assignment for you.

Reproduce every step shown in this tutorial.

Apply this method to a spoken tutorial on another topic.

Spread the word – that spoken tutorial helps a student learn by doing.

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| About spoken tutorial slide 

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| This video summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.

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| Slide on the Spoken Tutorial Project Team 

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| We conduct workshops using spoken tutorials.

Give certificates.

Please contact us.

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| Show Acknowledgement Slide
| The Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT,MHRD, Government of India 

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| Thanks slide
| Thanks for joining. Goodbye.

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