Minimum system requirements/Instructions

These presentations are developed in Flash and are designed to be presented over an intranet. They require the following operating system/browser/Flash Player plug-in configurations:

PC:

Processor: Pentium III (or equivalent) or above, 450 MHz or higher
Memory Requirements: at least 128 MB of available RAM
Monitor capable of 800 x 600 display
Sound card/speakers
Network access or CD drive

Windows® 98 Second Edition
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0.2800, Netscape® 7.x, Firefox 1.x
Flash Player: 6.079 or later

Windows ME
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0.2800, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x,
Flash Player: 6.079 or later

Windows 2000 service pack 4 or higher
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.5-6.0.2800, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x
Flash Player 6.079 or later

Windows XP service pack 2 or higher
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 6.0.2800, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x
Flash Player 6.079 or later

Macintosh®:

Processor: PowerPC G3 or above, 300 MHz or higher
Memory Requirements: at least 128 MB of available RAM
Monitor capable of 800 x 600 display
Sound card/speakers
Network access or CD drive

Mac OS® 9.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.1-5.2.1, Netscape 7.x
Flash Player 6.079 or later

Mac OS 10.1.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.2.1-5.2.3, Netscape 7.x
Flash Player 6.079 or later

Mac OS 10.2.x-10.3.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.2.1-5.2.3, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x, and Safari 1.3 or later
Flash Player 6.079 or later

Mac OS 10.4.x
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer 5.2.3, Netscape 7.x, Firefox 1.x, and Safari 1.3 or later
Flash Player 6.079 or later

About Flash Player

Flash Player must be installed on the presenting computer before these presentations can be viewed. If your computer lacks Flash Player, it can be downloaded from the following sites:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
or
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Note: Web pages and addresses change periodically. Visit the Adobe home page at
http://www.adobe.com if the addresses listed above are no longer the most current.

Flash Player security:

Flash Player 8 introduced new security rules that may cause a security error when you view these presentations. Do the following to prevent this error message from displaying in the future:

1. Click the Settings button to launch the Flash Player Settings Manager.
2. Select "Always allow".
3. Close all browser windows and re-launch your presentation.

PDF files and Adobe® Reader

The Leader's Guide file and Activities Handouts file are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader. A copy of the latest Adobe Reader software may be downloaded at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
or
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Note: Web pages and addresses change periodically. Visit the Adobe home page at
http://www.adobe.com if the addresses listed above are no longer the most current.

Loading the software onto a server

Load the CD into your server's drive, and drag the entire folder named AlaPanFluEPK to where it is to ultimately reside on your server.

All files required for these presentations and their ancillary files are in the AlaPanFluEPK folder. Do NOT change the folder names or change the relative positions of the files and folders within the AlaPanFluEPK folder, as doing so will prevent the presentations from working properly or at all, and/or will prevent access to the ancillary files.

All presentation and ancillary files may be accessed via the main interface page (index.html). When the AlaPanFluEPK folder is installed on your server, the location of this interface page will be <Intranet server address and path to the folder>/AlaPanFluEPK/index.html

Using these presentations

We recommend changing your monitor's screen resolution to 800 x 600 pixels before making presentations with this software, so the presentations will fill the screen.

We also recommend closing out of any other applications running on the presenting computer before accessing the main interface page, other than the web browser that will be used for these presentations.

Because firewall software installed on the presenting computer can interfere with playing the presentations, we recommend that any firewall software be disabled (and the computer restarted if necessary) before accessing these presentations.

Before presenting, we recommend you test the presentations on your present hardware/operating system/browser/Flash Player configuration. If you experience problems during the testing of the presentations, we recommend upgrading your Flash Player at one of the sites listed above in the "About Flash Player" section.

Main interface page:

On this page are:

• The links to the three presentations, in 60-, 45- and 30-minute lengths. Determine the length of presentation you need to use, and click the link for that length.
• Links to:
  • this Read Me document (HTML file),
  • the End User License Agreement (PDF file),
  • the Leader's Guide (PDF file),
  • the Handouts (PDF file).

The Read Me document is an HTML page that will appear in your browser. The End User License Agreement, Leader's Guide and Activities Handouts sheets are PDF files that will launch Adobe Reader when the links are clicked. The Leader's Guide may be printed out for the presenter's use, and the Activities Handouts sheets given out for audience members to use.

Presentation pages:

Clicking a presentation link on the main interface page will bring you to a presentation page. On these pages you will be able to launch each section of that presentation. The 60- and 45-minute presentations have three sections each; the 30-minute version has two sections.

Clicking on the link to a section will automatically launch the presentation for that section.

Using the presentations:

Each presentation will launch automatically. Bulleted talking points and animations on each slide will appear in synchronization with the narration. At the end of each narrated slide the narration will stop, allowing the presenter to field questions or amplify on that slide's content.

At the end of a presentation section, there will be an instruction to close the presentation window to go back to the presentation screen's main menu to go to the next presentation via the appropriate link.

Forward/pause button:

At the bottom of each screen in the center is a large round "forward/pause" button. This button may be actuated during a presentation to pause the narration/slide animations. Clicking the button again restarts the narration where you left off. When a slide's narration ends, this button will be glowing, making it easier to spot and click. Clicking the forward/pause button at the end of a slide will advance the presentation to the next narrated slide, and that slide's narration will begin automatically.

Volume control:

To the left of progress bar is the volume control. The volume of the presentation may be adjusted on the presentation interface by clicking on the speaker symbol and adjusting the slider control that pops up. Note: this control on the presentation interface may be superseded by the host computer's volume control.

Leader's Guide:

You can view or print a copy of the Leader's Guide by clicking on the link to the Leader's Guide on the main index page. With the Leader's Guide you'll have key information at your fingertips. For example, it allows you to view the full narration for each slide, in addition to a miniature image of the actual slide. It enables you to use such interactive features as the Follow-Up Questions, Background Information and Notes sections, as well as the various presenter prompts (see pages 8-9 of the Leader's Guide for more information). You can also reference the Key Sources used to support slide content (see page 9 of the Leader's Guide).

Handout sheets:

You can print a copy of the Handouts by clicking on the link to the Handouts on the main index page. There are five in total: two surveys and 3 informational sheets. If you plan to distribute them to audience members during your presentation, be sure to have enough copies.

You may want to give people a copy of Survey #1 as they arrive. Ask them to fill it out. You can use these surveys in one of 2 ways:

• Have people fill them out individually or in groups, and keep them (to compare with Survey #2, given at the end of the presentation). This allows participants to assess their own learning.
• Have people fill them out individually, then collect them. At the end of the presentation, do the same for Survey #2. Then "score" both surveys to assess their learning yourself.

The other Handouts (#1, #2 and #3) may be distributed at the end of the presentation. They can help audience members prepare for pandemic flu at home by applying the presentation's main points.

Using the CD for presentations

In presentation situations where there is no ability to make a connection to a school's intranet, the CD itself may be used to give the presentation.

1. Insert the CD into the presenting computer's CD drive.
2. Double-click on the AlaPanFluEPK folder.
3. Double click on the index.html file to launch the main interface page.
4. On the main interface page, click the appropriate link for the length of presentation required.
5. On the presentation page, click the link of the section you want to present.

Refer to the "Using these presentations" above for how to use this software.

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