Sophie Documentation & Tutorials for the Ross School

Latest version of Sophie

Click here to download the latest stable version of Sophie Author (.zip, 37.3 Mb).
Click here to download the latest stable version of Sophie Reader (.zip, 34.2 Mb).

This is version 1.0 - updated Monday 17 March 2008.

Documentation

Click here to download Sophie documentation (.pdf, 2.3 Mb).

Tutorials

New tutorials will be added as they are ready. Tutorials need to be opened in Sophie Author, not Sophie Reader.

• Getting Started (.zip, 23.5 Mb). This tutorial, a good place to start, covers the basics of the Sophie interface, importing resources, and making a simple book. Open the file Getting Started.sophie to start the tutorial.
• Using Text (.zip, 4.3 Mb). This tutorial covers the basics of using text in Sophie. Open the file Using Text.sophie to start the tutorial.
• Using Frames (.zip, 10 Mb). This tutorial covers using frames in Sophie. Open the file Using Frames.sophie to start the tutorial.
• Using Flow Frames (.zip, 7 Mb). This tutorial covers using flow frames in Sophie. Open the file Using Flow Frames.sophie to start the tutorial.
• Using Links (.zip, 26 Mb). This tutorial covers making links in Sophie. Open the file UsingLinksPub.sophie to start the tutorial.
• Using Audio/Video (.zip, 33.2 Mb). This tutorial covers using audio and video files in Sophie, as well as audio annotations. Open the file Using Audio_Video.sophie to start the tutorial.

How-To Movies

These movies demonstrate how to do simple things in Sophie. If you'd like to see a demonstration of anything else, please ask! All of these are in Quicktime .mov format.

1. Setting a Sophie book up for typing or importing text files (1.9 Mb)
2. Importing assets into a Sophie book (770 kb)
3. An easy way to import video to a page and then set it to play (1.0 Mb)
4. An easy way to import audio to a page and then set it to play (477 kb)
5. Playing a movie from a timeline (2.0 Mb)
6. Playing audio from a timeline (2.0 Mb)
7. Making a link to an internet page (URL) (536 kb)
8. Making a jump from one page to another (515 kb)
9. Changing the appearance of text using the character and paragraph HUDs (1.9 Mb)
10. Setting and applying page templates (4.4 Mb)
11. Inserting a blank page (849 kb)
12. Toggling frames open and closed (2.5 Mb)
13. Making a template with caption frames (2.3 Mb)
14. Doing limited animation (1.6 Mb)
15. Using Sophie's spellcheker (4.7 Mb)
16. Using non-flow frames on a template to make a header (1.7 Mb)

You can also watch these online at our Blip.tv page.