I just read that Adobe Captivate 3 has won a 2009 CODIE award in the Best Corporate E-Learning Solution category. Captivate 4 wasn't eligible for the award as it was only launched in 2009, but it is the latest version of Captivate enabling the rapid authoring of eLearning content with interactivity, software and scenario simulations simulations and quizzes Captivate is doing well on the 2009 Top Tools for Learning Professionals At the time of writing this posting it is in joint 24th place Captivate 4 [For over 90 other course authoring tools, take a look in the Learning Tools Directory ] ...Tags:

Rapid eLearning Tools Satisfaction from the eLearningGuild Research reported Feb 2007 - Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction See also Software Simulation Tools . Page update Mar 2008. When the above graphic was taken, it shows the overall satisfaction reported by eLearningGuild members about various tools. I was reminded of the various Brandon Hall shoot-outs. For example, in 2007 PowerPoint to eLearning Shootout they compared: Articulate www.articulate.com Atlantic Link www.atlantic-link.co.uk PointeCast

Question from a reader, hoping you can provide your thoughts: I am in the process of selecting an elearning tool that is easy to use, quick to create the demos and does not bloat the file size much. have SCORM tracking. I have been looking into various tools. To present a moving demo I need to integrate another product called Viewlet cam. Makes it a bit harder I want to create some online videos that will be a total of about 6-7 hours and upload them on my site.

I am working on developing eLearning technical training courses for an ERP software application being implemented within a division of the company I work for using Adobe Captivate 3. If you are familiar with Adobe Captivate then you are familiar with "Assesment Simulations." Captivate and the assessment simulations are a life saver for me because I can train them on the software without them actually having access to it. I love assessment simulations because they require the learner to do the clicking rather than just viewing a screen recording of the process.

I didn’t get to attend the Adobe Summit or DevLearn 2008 this week in San Jose, CA, and I’m totally jealous of everyone who got a sneak peek of Adobe Captivate 4.   Captivate 4 will be part of the new Adobe eLearning Suite .  For anyone who is not familiar with Adobe Captivate , it is an eLearning development tool that “enables Thankfully, Philip Hutchison posted an excellent overview of all the new features on his pipwerks blog .  You must check out Philip’s review.

In this post I was going to focus on other types of content creation tools that can be used for building courseware, assessments, interactive content and games. However, there is no point in re-inventing the wheel, and recently some great blog posts have been written about content creation or eLearning authoring tools. The diagram maps out the most popular authoring tools on the market and then the pros/cons I wrote a post back in July about the most popular screenrecorders on the market, which are very useful for turning dull PowerPoint Presentations in to a more exciting visual/audio experience and for creating cool demo videos.

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. 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. List of Tools and Vendors: Keynote - KnowledgePlanet

Update June 2008 - added one free flash quiz tool based on a question I received. This tool is listed at the bottom. I suggested a couple of tools, but then wondered if I had given them the best list of tools. Here's guild member satisfaction ratings for tools in the test / quiz category. A client wanted to create online quizzes that would live inside of a larger site. They didn't really need tracking of user responses, instead they wanted them to be fun.

Is there a rapid elearning or screencasting production tool for the Mac? Tags: viewletbuilder SWFtools articulate Mac Jing screenflow rapid elearning authoring tools Apple Macintosh adobe captivate Camtasi A contributor to my post Capture that E-Learning Demo: Update, asked me: We We

During my presentation last Thursday that was an introduction to eLearning 2.0 as part of an online event for the eLearningGuild, I mentioned a few common ways that I've seen eLearning 2.0 approaches used in corporate learning settings: Alongside Formal Learning Blog as writing tool Wiki as a collaborative learning tool Editable reference materials (Wiki) Internal / External Product information Process information Sales scenarios Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) / support information approaches. In the past, I've only had a few people respond, but