JClic author is the JClic programme which allows you to create new activities in a simple, visual and intuitive way.

In the JClic author work area you can find the menu bar and the 4 tabs where the different programme tools are kept.

These tabs are:

• Project: here is where the general data of the project is introduced or modified. This appears on the screen when the programme is opened
• Media Library: images and other multimedia resources used in the project are managed from the media library. The tab Media Library must be activated in order to add, erase or visualise the multimedia resources in the project and their properties.
•  Activities: here is where the project activities are created or modified. This tab contains four sections (tabs)   three of which are the same for all types of activities ( Options, Window and Messages ) and one which varies depending on the activity which is being created or modified, the tab Panel.

• Sequences: Under the final tab in JClic author are the tools to create and modify the sequences in the activity. From here, the order in which the activities are presented and the use of the buttons in the activity  are  decided.

From the Tool Menu the options for configurating the  programme , the tools which allow you to create Web pages  and the programme installers are found.

There will be more details on this in Module 5.