... 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 ... anyone's products, authoring or otherwise. I can only comment on those products that I happen to encounter for one ... reminded me that an online rapid e-learning authoring environment was an idea that "... would have been revolutionary a ... if you look at the eLearning Guild's recent survey of authoring tools, but they're certainly not so novel an idea.

... you'll want to integrate the activity into a larger piece of work you are creating in another authoring tool - they ...

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 ... format. As the authors of the report point out, these figures are a little misleading, because although a high ... , 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 ...

Two situations recently have got me thinking about e-learning authoring tools. Firstly, I've been doing some more work ... for a client of mine that has an LMS with some authoring capabilities, trying to compare what they have to offer with ... 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 ...

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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 ...

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 ... project. I intend to try authoring for real with Unison to see whether it lives up to its claims. In the meantime, I can't help thinking that this product is going to raise the bar for online authoring tools.

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?

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 lucky (you choose) because since then a beta of RapideL-i was announced and then earlier this week I was treated to a ... some eyebrows. These products will provide further competition for two online rapid e-learning authoring tools which ... 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 available for free download and there don't seem to be any strings attached. I'm not completely convinced because there's very little information about this product and it certainly isn't being marketed heavily. My best guess is that 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 ...

In my Ten Predictions for eLearning for 2008 , I said - Wiki + SCORM + Add-ins will become more common for easy authoring. Not sure if he saw my post, but I was just reminded by Tim Seager from Xerceo about their Prescribe tool that provides: Full Wiki, RSS functionality that is SCORM conformant for tracking and managing competencies. He also pointed ... that I see in using a Wiki for authoring... A Wiki should make course authoring extremely easy and even easier to make ... : Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups .

Looking back at my post about eLearning Authoring Tools - and particularly whether custom or off-the-shelf is the way to go, I've been interested in seeing the varied response. Paraphrasing justifications for custom eLearning Authoring ... 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 ...

... trying to create something that is realistic. 2. Download a free trial of one of the more common authoring tools.

I'm going to quote Christy Tucker's comment on one of my DevLearn post because she brings up a good point. That and I'm ridiculously flattered. Not often I get my name mentioned with Stephen Downes in the same sentence. For those not familiar with Christy's blog , she has been blogging almost as long as I have and finds the greatest stuff in her daily bookmarks. By the way, my lack of comment on any post from anyone is more a reflection of my continued struggle with trackbacks and reporting. If you send me a comment with a link, if I haven't found it already, I will check it out.

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 ... manipulated, and the freedom they allow for authors to work offline. I would have no hesitation for reaching for one of these ... . I'd recommend anyone looking for an online authoring tool to check this one out once it's fully up and running.

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

One authoring tool is: Forio Broadcast Another is straight Excel. Do people know of other great authoring tools?

Rabid Authoring - eel-learning Is Rapid Authoring simply the dropping of ADDIE in favour of quickly reiterated prototypes or indeed of making it up off the top of your head and getting it out there same day? If that's the case why are we saying it needs instructional design? Worker Satisfaction Is Overrated - eWeek It's amazing how engagement has come out of nowhere to become one of the biggest buzzwords in the HR industry. Foundations of Interaction Design - boxes and arrows Somehow, products, services, and systems need to respond to stimuli created by human ...

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?

One well-understood simulation genre is branching stories . In branching stories, students make multiple-choice decisions along an ongoing sequence of events around what to say to another person in a given situation. The decisions impact the evolution of the story, ultimately terminating in either successful or unsuccessful outcomes. Their ease of use, ease of deployment, and content style make them highly appropriate for entry-level salespeople, call center representatives, freshmen, customer-facing retail positions, and entry-level managers. Any high-turnover position should be trained, ...

Someone posted a comment in my previous post on Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction asking whether I had used RapideL. The answer is that I've only seen it demoed. But when I looked back at my post, I realized that I 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 ... satisfaction on rapid eLearning authoring tools.

... with David Williamson Shaffer. Author of How Computer Games Help Children Learn . And yes! This does have something ...

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. Unfortunately, my blog is not wide enough for these images, so click on the image to go to a page with the full size image. Courseware Authoring Tool Satisfaction - Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction - I'm only showing tools ... SumTotal Systems Inc. Lists of Course Authoring Tools and Vendors: Articulate Rapid E-Learning S.. Raptivity ...

... all educational simulation designers will need to understand in the near future. Some authoring environments include: ...

My Adobe creative suite and Captivate arrived and I have already dove into a project in Captivate. While I was waiting for the software to arrive, I designed and storyboarded a soft skill scenario simulation for management training courses that I am working on. Now I am knee deep in developing it in Captivate and I am kicking myself for not pushing harder for this purchase a year ago. Now I would love to go back and re do several of the eLearning courses I developed using Power Point and a Flash converter. Unfortunately I have too many projects on my to do list to spend the time ...

Jackpot! Finally got the buy in from the boss to spend some money on Adobe software, mainly for developing eLearning and printed training materials. Thanks to the good ol' educational discount I can really make the most out of a $1000 budget. Obviously, I need the Creative Suite 3 but that's where things get sticky. I am looking at 2 different packages and the only difference between the 2 packages is that one includes InDesign and the other includes Fireworks. I have never used either of these products and I'm not sure which I could use more. Fireworks appears to be very similar to ...

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 ...

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 ...