Kahootz
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 Kahootz 2.0 for Windows XP |
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| Developed by | Australian Children's Television Foundation |
| Latest release | 2.0.5 / March, 2006 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | 3D computer graphics software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.kahootz.com |
Kahootz is an education multimedia construction toolset created by the Australian Children's Television Foundation. Using this program, one can make 3D animations using the pre-made objects and backgrounds. It is used by many schools to teach not only making movies with the program but co-operation between the students.
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[edit] Description
Kahootz was designed for children. It makes use of many colours, characters, movements and pictures. Many Australian schools have access to this program. In fact, the Victorian Government has bought the program for every school in Victoria.
[edit] Features
Kahootz starts up with a New Scene. A "world" is then chosen and characters and objects can be added in the same way as 3D Movie Maker. It is possible to zoom in and out and change the camera angle, as Kahootz is 3D, so it is as if you are in a real world.
Animating the object is similar to motion tweening in Macromedia Flash. A keyframe is created with the object in the desired position. A second keyframe is then created and the object is moved to the new desired position. One can then preview this with the convenient Preview button.
Many scenes can be put into a collection called an xpression. These small files can then be converted in QuickTime and AVI movies for viewing.
[edit] Community
A community has appeared online. Teachers and students can post their work online for others to view.
[edit] Plug-ins
[edit] Kahootz Movie Maker
Kahootz Movie Maker is a plug-in to the program. It is used to convert into AVI (for Windows) and QuickTime (for the Mac).
[edit] Pattern Manager
This plug-in allows the user to edit the patterns pre-loaded into the program. Support was added for this plug-in in the 2.0.4 update.
[edit] Kahootz version history
The latest version of Kahootz is 2.0.5, released on March, 2006. This update includes bug fixes and program refinements as well as improvements to image import functions.
- 2.0.5 - March, 2006
- Fixed a bug where xpressions created by older versions were didn't load.
- Altered image compression settings.
- 2.0.4 - September, 2005
- Added support for the Pattern Manager plug-in.
- Added support for "KTR" file extension.
