... more online rapid e-learning authoring environments come onto the market and the reason I claimed that this prediction was on target was because of the announcements by established authoring tool vendors of two very promising new online products, Unison from Rapid Intake and RapideL-i . I suppose it was only to be expected that other tools were on the market ... if you look at the eLearning Guild's recent survey of authoring tools, but they're certainly not so novel an idea. I ... then in designing content using this tool that made me a convert to online authoring. The latest tools ...

Guild's latest research report on authoring and development tools proves otherwise. Just look at these results, showing ... Presenter (26%) Courseware authoring, i.e. more serious tools: #1 Captivate (60%); #2 Flash (47%); #3 Dreamweaver (43 ... , returning to the theme of my last few posts on online authoring tools, One prediction already on target followed by Online authoring tools not so novel , here is the quandary: with the desktop tools that Adobe and others like Articulate ... , like Authorware, it is discontinued by the vendor. With an online authoring tool, on the other hand, your data is on ...

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... you'll want to integrate the activity into a larger piece of work you are creating in another authoring tool - they provide ... Rapid development tools are by definition going to adopt a position towards the 'easy-to-use' end of the scale, even ... Tony Lowe at the ALT-C conference in Leeds, he told me about a tool he'd created called Dragster. Now I've finally had a chance to try it out, I can see how this might just fill the gap. Dragster is a versatile online tool for creating ... customised if you wish. The tool outputs the activity as a zip containing an HTML file, an XML file, a Flash movie ...

Two situations recently have got me thinking about e-learning authoring tools. Firstly, I've been doing some more work ... authoring tool. Have you ? Why on earth not? I do remember when the situation was a little simpler. First (back in the ... generation of authoring tools included a handful of really serious players, notably Authorware (now with Adobe) and ... opposed to whatever the others are called ( Authorware , Lectora , etc.). Of course, all authoring tools have always ... you bringing in the really hot stuff from elsewhere (as with most built-in LMS/LCMS authoring modules). Tools ...

Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning ... eLearning Authoring Tools : eLearning Technology Authoring Tools Several questions came up recently around Authoring Tools and I wanted to point people to some past posts on authoring tools that I think serve as good foundation. eLearning Course Authoring Tools Satisfaction - More Articulate, Captivate, and Lectora Tops in Authoring Tool Satisfaction Course Authoring Tools and Rapid Authoring ...

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Authoring Tools Several questions came up recently around Authoring Tools and I wanted to point people to some past posts on authoring tools that I think serve as good foundation. eLearning Course Authoring Tools Satisfaction - More Articulate, Captivate, and Lectora Tops in Authoring Tool Satisfaction Course Authoring Tools and Rapid Authoring Tools Satisfaction Use of Wikis as Compared to Authoring Tools Rapid Authoring Tools Shift in Authoring Tool Use from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids What is Rapid eLearning? and Rapid Authoring Tools?

I had an online demo of Rapid Intake's new online authoring tool Unison , and I must admit I was impressed. Unison has the flavour of a web 2.0 tool which, although not free, is pretty close. For as little as $49 a month you can work ... build their own templates using Flash and XML and share them with the authoring community. The tool also includes a ... can't help thinking that this product is going to raise the bar for online authoring tools. ... project at a time and you can dispense with the reviewers, the tool really is free). The per month figures ramp up so, ...

Looking back at my post about eLearning Authoring Tools - and particularly whether custom or off-the-shelf is the way ... course developers. Paraphrasing reasons to use an off-the-shelf eLearning Authoring Tool approach: Finished projects built with custom eLearning Authoring Tools become almost impossible for the clients to modify and update. An eLearning authoring tool will provide consistent sustainability for courseware output. You'll be more likely to find someone with training/elearning expertise who knows the elearning authoring tools. Looking at other posts and comments suggest ...

... trying to create something that is realistic. 2. Download a free trial of one of the more common authoring tools. My ... experiences. However, I'm going to guess based on the list of tools that you are really talking about creating self ... second tool out of these and try creating similar things with that tool. In this case, I might recommend ...

... some eyebrows. These products will provide further competition for two online rapid e-learning authoring tools which ... On January 3rd I laid out my e-learning predictions for 2008 . One of these was: "We'll see more online rapid e-learning authoring environments come on the market, perhaps even open source." I was either inspired or ... sneak preview of a new tool called Unison from Rapid Intake , the makers of Flashform. Full details of this product ... providing the most essential benefits of online authoring, not least easy collaboration amongst those working on ...

I don't know where this appeared from or why but it seems that Microsoft has a rapid e-learning development tool. It's ... this is a tool used by Microsoft itself or by one of its contracted developers, and someone suggested making it more widely available. It's a desktop tool, it's easy to use fairly versatile as long as you are prepared to work within very strict templates. Its versatility is limited because it doesn't have any sort of screen layout tool and doesn't allow ... material to play in Moodle). I'm not sure I'd recommend this tool until Microsoft decides whether this is something ...

Another gem from Donald Clark .  I was not aware of ThinkingWorlds until today and now I can't wait to try it out.   Thinking Worldsâ„¢ educational game is an easy to use authoring engine that enables gamers and learners to create, edit, play and share their own 3D learning based games, that teach and entertain. Ever since I started developing Interactive 3D simulations, some 10+ years ago, I've wondered how long it would be before someone created the MUVE (multi user virtual environment) equivalent of Authorware or Director .  Secondlife is a ...

I was just asked a question and was a bit at a loss for a response. This organization predominantly has Macs and would like to use something like Articulate or Captivate to: "convert our existing Powerpoint trainings, include quizes, track responding, track time spent enaged, insert Quicktime movies and deploy via the web." For so long, Adobe has had products on both Mac and PC, I assumed that Captivate had a Mac version - but I didn't find one. Any suggestions?

I've been taking a look at an early version of RapideL's new online e-learning authoring tool, which they are calling RapideL-i . I've previously experimented with their desktop tool, RapideL Enhance, which works with Microsoft Word to generate Flash-based courses, but this is a big step forward. There's no doubt that desktop tools such as Articulate ... . I'd recommend anyone looking for an online authoring tool to check this one out once it's fully up and running. ... manipulated, and the freedom they allow for authors to work offline. I would have no hesitation for reaching for one of ...

... around with a free authoring tool called Course Lab . So far I have been very impressed with Course Lab especially ...

Someone posted a comment in my previous post on Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction asking whether ... had cut off quite a few authoring tools because I had only included reports where the number of evaluations was 15 or ... course authoring tools Raptivity , Elicitus , Knowledge Presenter , KnowledgePlanet On-Demand join the ranks of the Articulate tools, Adobe's Captivate and Dreamweaver and Trivantis Lectora . I have more direct experience with ... satisfaction on rapid eLearning authoring tools.

Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning ... eLearning Course Authoring Tool Satisfaction - More : eLearning Technology Someone posted a comment in my previous post on Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool ... my post, I realized that I had cut off quite a few authoring tools because I had only included reports where the number ... /ToolSatisfaction Some notes: On course authoring tools Raptivity , Elicitus , Knowledge Presenter , KnowledgePlanet ...

I don't know if I've seen this reported by the eLearningGuild , but their reports showed some interesting information about satisfaction levels reported by members on course authoring and rapid eLearning tool satisfaction levels ... . Courseware Authoring Tool Satisfaction - Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction - I'm only showing tools with 15 or more evaluations. List of Tools and Vendors: Keynote - KnowledgePlanet On-Demand.. Articulate Rapid e ... SumTotal Systems Inc. Lists of Course Authoring Tools and Vendors: Articulate Rapid E-Learning S.. Raptivity ...

Just as I was looking into purchasing Camtasia Studio by Tech Smith I came across a blog posting on Tony Karrer's eLearning Technology blog just in the nick of time. Tony posted links to free downloads of Snag It and Camtasia. I have been a long time user of Snag It and love it for screen shots. It is very handy for creating software training materials. I recently used the demo version of Camtasia to complete a software simulation project and it worked out great. I just installed Camtasia and can't wait to put it to use on a larger scale project. Post about free Snag It and Camtasia ...

Frank Nguyen is leading the Authoring and Development Tools Symposium in 3 weeks.  He will also be joined by Paul ... about every authoring tool on the market when we worked together at Intel, but when he couldn't find one to suit the ... authoring and development tool...in just ONE day!  You can't beat that! Register for DevLearn08 & add Pre ... and discover the tool(s) that actually will be the best tool for your needs?  As you will hear in the podcast, Frank is ... data to bring back to your team to convince them that they are using the WRONG tool.  You can get all that you need ...

... authoring. Not sure if he saw my post, but I was just reminded by Tim Seager from Xerceo about their Prescribe tool that ... me to a video that shows the tool in action. However, this video may be the worst video I've ever seen in terms of ... that I see in using a Wiki for authoring... A Wiki should make course authoring extremely easy and even easier to make ... complicated. My guess is that it's not that bad and would make a lot more sense if I knew the tool. Tim, you may want to get help on better presenting your tool. The other thing that they aren't currently talking about is using ...

... images from their background in Photoshop. I've been stoked about work now that I have all of these cool tools to ...

Photoshop with some extra features that will come in handy for web development. InDesign looks like a great tool ...

I am in the process of implementing Moodle and my first time using an eLearning tutorial developed with Captivate did not go well. I ran a little test with a small group of people who are accessing Moodle through a Citrix connection. The tutorial froze up on about %50 of the end users and worked great for the other half. There are a variety of things that could have caused the Captivate tutorial freeze up and I am hoping I can find a solution. My first thought is that the organization is currently going through a network upgrade which has caused a variety of system issues. I am hoping ...

... tools do make the playing field more even, and they give us access to people at the top. But the reverse is also true ... at conferences, not engaging people with these tools. When in the company of rock stars I respect, and eLearning is ...

... training. We thought "we know ISD and we can use this authoring tool, therefore we can make good e-learning" ... ? Clipmarks : I'm starting to feel the outlines of this class of tools that includes Zotero , Evernote and Clipmarks ... talk to more enterprise people about 2.0 tools, delicious is one that they consistently seem to be able to ...

UMapper is the first universal web-based map authoring application. With UMapper you can create interactive flash maps and display them on your website or social network ...