Last time—we talked about authoring tools, and we answered a few common questions about Adobe Captivate 5 and Articulate Studio '09. This week, we'll begin our analysis of Adobe Captivate 5. Second, Adobe Captivate 5 is available as part of Adobe's eLearning Suite 2 ($1799.00 The eLearning Suite combines some of Adobe's best offerings for eLearning (e.g. If you have the budget, consider Adobe eLearning Suite 2. If you have to design and develop eLearning for systems, there's no rapid development tool quite like Captivate. USD (or $299.00 MORE >>

We’ve used Adobe’s E-Learning Suite since it was first [.]. Rapid Authoring Rapid eLearning Training and Tutorials Whats new "Elearning authoring tools" "Screen capture software" Adobe Captivate 6 Adobe eLearning Suite 6 Advanced Actions eLearning Favorite features High Definition screencasts New Features Play Pause Button rapid elearning Smart Shapes video demoGuest Blog by: Sara Carpenter, President and Founder at Qurve Learning. At Qurve Learning, we create e-learning programs that help patients prepare for medical procedures. eLearning Suite How do I. MORE >>

Initially I wasn’t going to post authoring tool rankings beyond the top ten, until July.  20 eLab - The user interface is intriguing and enables anyone to build a course, without having the typical “ooh that looks so lame” with some rapid content authoring tools. No reason, I just love saying that) Mzinga shows up with a true social learning authoring tool. One of the first tools that enabled lip synching (your voice or whomever with the avatar/actor). I’m always amazed at some of the names vendors come up with for authoring tools. MORE >>

I’m always cognizant of what Ellen Wagner (formerly with Adobe) said while writing about web conferencing technologies around the time Blackboard bought Wimba and Elluminate and combined them to create Blackboard Collaborate (for edu-types, I’ll insert the ‘muwhahahaha’ just for you). Adobe in not an elearning company. This might be why you’re likely to see more reviews of Adobe Connect 8 for web conferencing/meetings than for its use as a virtual classroom. Adobe, of course, is no stranger to corporate e-learning. billion by 2014. MORE >>

This is a food-for-thought post on authoring tools. Getting started often means choosing an authoring tool. There are stand-alone tools. There are tools that function as plug-ins. There are screen capture tools. There are cloud based-tools. Newly minted organizational eLearning gurus and neophyte instructional designers are often paralyzed by one-best-way thinking ; with so many tools in the marketplace, where to start? Articulate and Captivate ) the directory includes some fantastic task-specific tools like Jing that can make life a lot easier. MORE >>