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Time Narration
00:01 Welcome to the spoken tutorial that explains the side-by-side method.

I am Kannan Moudgalya.

00:07 In this tutorial, we will learn the following.
00:10 We will learn, what is meant by the side-by-side method.
00:14 We will find out, how the side-by-side method helps learn one command at a time.
00:20 We will learn, how one can learn slowly or fast using spoken tutorials.
00:26 We will learn, where the required material for a spoken tutorial is available.
00:32 We will learn, how NOT to use spoken tutorials.
00:36 We also have a message for workshop organizers.
00:41 Side-by-side method is a technique that we have developed at IIT Bombay
00:47 to help you learn a software by yourself, even if there is no expert to guide you.
00:54 How can you do this?
00:56 By learning one command at a time, from a spoken tutorial.
01:01 What is meant by learning?
01:03 Is it just watching a spoken tutorial?
01:08 A big NO. Or is it just by listening to a spoken tutorial carefully?
01:13 NO again. Learning comes from ...
01:16 yes, you got it – by doing, ... by reproducing every command shown in the spoken tutorial.
01:24 Can anyone reproduce every command shown in the tutorial?
01:29 The answer is 'YES'.
01:31 What makes me say this?
01:33 This is because, we make spoken tutorials suitable for self learning.
01:39 How do we do this?
01:41 It is a long story. Let me just say that we have developed specific methods, for this purpose, at IIT Bombay.
01:49 Spoken Tutorials are created for SELF LEARNING.
01:52 And hence, you can reproduce every command shown in Spoken Tutorials.
01:58 What is the best way to reproduce every command?
02:02 Let me demonstrate it.
02:04 Let us go to: http://spoken-tutorial.org
02:08 Let us locate Scilab Spoken Tutorials.
02:14 I will demonstrate with the Spoken Tutorial, called Vector Operations.
02:18 I already located this video.
02:21 Should I maximize the video?
02:23 Once again, a big NO.
02:26 In fact, you may make it smaller.
02:29 I have already made it as small as possible.
02:33 I will move the browser so as to take the video to one side of the screen.
02:43 On the other side, let us open the software the video teaches.
02:49 In this case, 'Scilab'.
02:51 Because Scilab is an open source software, we can do this.
02:56 The Spoken Tutorial project does not promote commercial software.
03:00 So, you can always download the software that you want to work with, free of cost.
03:05 Should we maximize the software window?
03:08 NO again. Instead, make it smaller and take it to the other side as I have done.
03:15 I have now opened the spoken tutorial and the software to learn, SIDE BY SIDE.
03:20 What do we do next?
03:22 Let us go to the next slide.
03:28 Play the video. Listen to a command in the spoken tutorial.
03:32 Pause the video.
03:34 Try out the same command on the software.
03:37 If the command works, listen to the next command.
03:41 If it does not work, rewind the tutorial.
03:44 Listen again, and try.
03:47 Repeat.
03:49 Let me demonstrate this using Scilab.
03:54 Play Audio.
04:11 Let us pause it.
04:15 Let me reproduce this command on the Scilab software.
04:23 p equals 1 2 3, close bracket.
04:32 We get identical results, as in the video.
04:35 But, hey, this is extremely boring.
04:37 I hate listening to the video, doing nothing.
04:40 It is also extremely slow.
04:42 No problems.The spoken tutorial method allows you to practice slowly or fast.
04:48 I will now explain, how you can learn fast.
04:51 You can work on the software while simultaneously listening to the video.
04:57 Let us listen to the next command and simultaneously try it out on the software.
05:03 Let me press the Play button.
05:09 Play Audio.
05:23 I paused the video.
05:32 You just saw me typing while listening to the video.
05:36 This is ONE WAY to learn faster using spoken tutorials.
05:40 Let me repeat. The spoken tutorial approach allows you to practice slowly or fast.
05:45 Some times, it may be difficult to separate the software from video.
05:50 One can use some overlapping positions, in this case.
05:54 Let me show an example of this, in the next slide.
06:03 This is a figure that I used in a book chapter that I wrote recently.
06:09 You see a spoken tutorial on xfig and also the xfig software.
06:15 Although there is an overlap, you can still see parts of it.
06:18 You can also change positions and change the size as you proceed.
06:23 Anything other than maximizing is permissible!
06:27 We will now address one other requirement to produce all the steps.
06:32 What happens if the spoken tutorial says 'open a file'?
06:37 Without that file, learning will be ineffective – won't it?
06:41 Don't worry – we make available every file used in a spoken tutorial.
06:47 Because, without these, all steps of a spoken tutorial cannot be reproduced.
06:55 I will now demonstrate this with an example.
07:00 For this, let me open a C and C++ tutorial called Tokens.
07:11 I have already advanced it to the correct location.
07:15 Let me play it now.
07:20 Play Audio.
07:36 Let me pause.
07:41 The video says, open a file by name tokens.c
07:46 Only if this file is made available, can all the steps be reproduced.
07:50 Let us see whether this file is available on the web page.
07:55 Let us bring the browser back fully, so that we can see all the links.
08:06 Let us scroll down.
08:13 Hey, here is a link called Code files.
08:16 It seems to have the file 'tokens.c'.
08:21 Let us check whether we can download it.
08:24 Let me click this link.
08:27 Learn behold, the file is ready to be saved.
08:31 Let us not save it, however.
08:35 I will leave it as an exercise to you.
08:38 There could be minor differences in the way different operating systems behave.
08:43 For example, the zip file may immediately download without your confirmation.
08:48 In any case, be assured that all the required files will be available through such a link.
08:54 What to do if Internet is not available to you?
08:57 Don't worry.It is possible to create an image file, for offline viewing.
09:02 Let me show, from where in the spoken tutorial web page you can create this image.
09:09 It is in the next tab.
09:12 As the browser is made very small, all the links are not visible.
09:16 To see all the links, let me make the screen bigger.
09:21 It is available at Software Training, Downloads, Create your own disk image.
09:33 The zip file created through this facility also has all the associated files.
09:37 In some rare cases, the required files may be missing.
09:41 If this happens, we need your help to correct the problem.
09:44 Let me show this on our web page.
09:47 Let us make the screen smaller again.
09:51 Let us go back to the previous tab.
09:56 Let us scroll up.
09:59 See the link called Report missing component.
10:03 Please click this link and provide the required information.
10:08 That's all friends.Let me go to the next slide.
10:12 Let me summarize what we learnt in this tutorial.
10:16 We learnt, what is meant by the side-by-side method.
10:20 We have found out how the 'side-by-side method' helps learn one command at a time.
10:25 We explained how one can learn slowly or fast using spoken tutorials.
10:31 We learnt where all the required material for a spoken tutorial are available.
10:36 We also learnt how not to use spoken tutorials.
10:40 If you just watch a spoken tutorial, you do not get the full benefit.
10:45 It is not at all a workshop.
10:47 If an organizer tells you to watch a spoken tutorial, they are not doing their duty.
10:52 Please follow the 'side-by-side method' as explained in this tutorial.
10:58 I have a small assignment for you.
11:01 Reproduce every step shown in this tutorial.
11:05 Apply this method to a spoken tutorial on another topic.
11:08 Spread the word that spoken tutorial helps a student learn by doing.
11:14 This video summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
11:18 If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
11:22 We conduct workshops using spoken tutorials.
11:25 Give certificates. Please contact us.
11:28 The Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
11:34 Thanks for joining. Goodbye.

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