Penn State Multimedia Teaching Objects

Virtual Piano Keyboard
Instructions

Description

This Flash file is a virtual keyboard with the notes for the keys labeled. Users can click on the keys to hear each note play. Flash Player 7 or higher is required.

File Format

This folder contains these additional files.

The HTML file index.html contains the code needed to display the Flash animation.
The Flash animation movie file keyboardMTO.swf. Requires Flash Player 7 or higher.
The .zip file ANGEL.zip to upload into the Penn State ANGEL Course Managment System.
The source file keyboardMTO.fla.

Original Course Information

Original Course: MUSIC 7 - Evolution of Jazz

Original Instructor: Stephen Hopkins, School of Music

Year: 2004

Other Uses: These modules could be used in other music courses, and possibly in some acoustic courses.

License

This MTO item can be used royalty-free under the following conditions. See the Penn State Multimedia Teaching Objects
Open Source License for complete terms.

The item is distributed AS IS with no implied or stated warranties.
The item is restricted to educational or personal use only. Commercial use is not permitted.
Copies may be distributed, but only for educational or personal use. This item cannot be sold for profit.
You have permission to modify the item, but the derivative work must remain open source and cannot be marketed for porift.
Copyright of the original item is held by Penn State.

Instructions

Instructions for Posting on a Web Page

Open the Index File with the Animation in any browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer, go to the View menu then View Source.
Copy the HTML tags beginning with <object> and stopping at </object>.
Paste this code into any HTML Web page file where you want to display this animation.
Post the Web page and all the Flash (.swf) files are in the same directory.
The web page should display the animation.

Instructions for Posting in the ANGEL Managment System

These instructions are written for the ANGEL Course Management System used at Penn State. For other systems like WebCT or Blackboard, please refer to their documentation for instructions on uploading multiple files.

Log in to the course management system and navigate to the tool for uploading files into your course.
Go to the Lessons tab, then click Add Content in the toolbar.
Select Add a File, then upload "ANGEL.zip."
Click the Extract button to expand the contents of the file.
Select "index.html" as the default page.
Students who click on the link for that file should see the animation.
If you see a message to download a .zip file, you need to re-upload the file and click Extract.

Modifying the Animation

Open keyboardMTO.fla in Flash MX 2004. You must purchase Flash from Macromedia in order to modify the file.