The AIMS user community is made up of primarily three
different groups; Content Users, Content Developers, and Technology Developers.
These groups are not mutually exclusive as it is likely that, for example,
an organization that is a Technology Developer may also be a Content Developer.
All developers of instructional prompting content and all technology system
developers have Content Users as the ultimate user of their work. They
are the individuals for which all prompting content and devices are created.
They may be individuals with or without disabilities using prompting instructions
at home for independent living tasks, family home care providers providing
health care support to a family member, or new employees learning the
tasks necessary for a new job in their native language. Together, the
three types of user groups work in concert to create, use, and advance
the use of instructional media for enhancing independence.
If
you are a Content Developer then you are either developing commercial
content for resale or you are developing content for individuals, students,
a family member, or someone else you're helping to care for. In any case,
you will need an application to create, control and place each media and
task element so that the player can present the instructional media correctly.
AIMS Task Builder has been created to make it easy to create instructional content that can be used in any "AIMS Ready" technology device. To go to the Content developer's page and learn more
Click Here.
If
you are a Technology Developer you need to be able to develop content
but also have an intimate knowledge of the XML structure and how things
work on a technical level. In becoming an AIMS Technology Developer
AbleLink provides access to the full AIMS technical specification documentation.
The documentation is available at no charge to registered developers.
To go to the Technology Developer's page and learn more
Click
Here.
If
you are a Content User you might be a teacher, a parent, a healthcare
professional, or some other type of caregiver interested in utilizing
instructional media to provide for the needs of an individual in your
life. Content Users are welcome to download any instructional media
from the online instructional media library as it becomes available. To go to the Content User's
page and learn more
Click Here.