QuickDraft is a microcontent management and “rapid assembly” publishing application specifically designed to capture, link and organize chucks of microcontent and speed up the process of content creation. Users drag-and-drop digital microcontent onto a visual workspace, which automatically links the content. This content combined with annotation, quickly generates a “first draft” of the ideas that users want to communicate. The application then allows for editing of the “first draft” before posting it, using its fast one-button publication features.
The main features are:
· Drag and drop functionality – The visual workspace area acts like an information shopping cart. When items of interest are found, the users drag the link, image, file or highlighted piece of text into the workspace for easy identification and reference.
· Visual manipulation – Once items are collected in the workspace, the user can easily rearrange and reorder the captured items in order to “connect the dots” and present the user’s intended meaning.
· Annotation windows – Theuser can add notes and comments to the information that has been assembled. These notes can be made at three levels, attached to an item, linked to a grouping of items or summarized.
· Ability to create a tour – Once assembled, the items can be linked together in a sequence that tells a story and present the information in that sequence. Once a sequence (a “tour”) is created, the sequence of items can be changed almost instantaneously if desired.
