eLearning Cyclops

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Adobe Flash - An essential tool for creating highly interactive elements, including animation, games, immersive learning simulations, and almost anything else you want if you can manage writing or finding the actionscript. Adobe Fireworks - It is my choice for editing graphics because it is user-friendly to non-graphic artists like me.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A product called Macromedia Flash (being used with web sites) became a go to for course development. Macromedia Dreamweaver came out with templates. There were other offerings, such as Adobe Presenter, but Studio was the preferred tool for corporate – internally speaking (not out sourced). I used DazzlerMax. Not so much.

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Back when I first started developing e-learning courses, I used Macromedia's Authorware. And from Adobe, Creating e-Learning Content , which includes configuring learning interactions and tracking to a SCORM or AICC compliant LMS. For more interactive elements, I used Flash and imported the SWFs into Authorware.

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SHIFT eLearning

APRIL 24, 2014

The Macintosh, with its free HyperCard program, also helped a generation of tech-savvy teachers make their own software and tutorials for students. Commercial software companies were quick to develop computer-based educational materials and learning games as well. In 2005, Adobe bought Macromedia and transformed it into Adobe Flash.

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OpenSesame

AUGUST 13, 2012

For example, having learners practice in a software “sandbox” instead of using the actual software. Flash : Flash is a technology platform originally developed by Macromedia and later acquired and developed by Adobe systems. This format was originally designed by a company called FutureWave Software.

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Steve Howard

JUNE 24, 2012

It has been a few years since Adobe/Macromedia’s software releases have generated such a buzz in the Community. The new subscription model has the potential to be both disruptive and stimulating for software users in all sorts of industries. Camtasia for Mac.

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mLearning Revolution

MAY 2, 2012

I have been a fan of Articulate for a long time even as I worked for Adobe on the Captivate and eLearning Suite products. Articulate in my experience builds software that is not only aesthetically pleasing but also intuitive and easy to use. However if there’s a company that can do it, that is certainly Articulate.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

JULY 30, 2007

DevLearn and the Adobe Learning Summit! And that's an industry leading software company focusing a major effort on the eLearning industry and the many elearning developers that have been using their tools to improve the learning process for so many. beta when Intel partnered with Macromedia to get 3D into Director.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 1, 2012

He founded the computer-based course authoring tool Authorware in 1984 and later formed Macromedia through a merger which was then bought by Adobe Systems. Our SMEs loved it so much more than ADDIE because they could see the learning developing much faster.”. KK: 6) Thanks, that’s a great example.

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Coassemble

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This is because, unlike other software industries, eLearning only got recognized for its potential recently, unlike website development or general content creation. . Other shifts in software that helped evolved eLearning. eHelp was acquired by Macromedia in 2003, and then in 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia.

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Coassemble

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This is because, unlike other software industries, eLearning only got recognized for its potential recently, unlike website development or general content creation. . Other shifts in software that helped evolved eLearning. eHelp was acquired by Macromedia in 2003, and then in 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Screen recording is built right in, which makes this a promising tool for software training. Michael was, of course, the creator of Authorware, a highly powerful tool from the CD-ROM era, which Adobe eventually gave up on after they inherited it from Macromedia.

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eLearning Development

OCTOBER 17, 2008

It looks like it’s time to open up the wallet and start purchasing software upgrades. In the past couple of weeks two important eLearning software upgrades have hit the virtual streets: Adobe CS4 came out this week. They’ve also changed the bundles - thank you Adobe. Adobe Bridge CS4. Illustrator CS4.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

Elearning development tools: only Adobe? Over the last ten years or so, major elearning developers have preferred to use tools like Flash, Authorware and Director from Adobe (earlier Macromedia). No product is perfect, we’ve seen that Adobe Flash has its own drawbacks; ones that have persisted from its earliest versions.

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Blended Learning eLearning Developer Blended Compliance Training 178

Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

Elearning development tools: only Adobe? Over the last ten years or so, major elearning developers have preferred to use tools like Flash, Authorware and Director from Adobe (earlier Macromedia). No product is perfect, we’ve seen that Adobe Flash has its own drawbacks; ones that have persisted from its earliest versions.

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 9, 2013

A year ago I wrote a post entitled An Honest Assessment of Adobe Captivate 6 [First Impressions] , which garnered 81 ReTweets and 62 comments, and to this day is the most read post here on my blog. It’s not even this particular version that disappoints me; it’s the overall lack of vision that Adobe has clearly shown in this release.

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mLearning Revolution

AUGUST 21, 2015

Back in 2012 you would have been hard-pressed to find anything exciting in version 6 of Adobe Captivate, in fact most of the cool stuff at the time was coming from Adobe’s competitors, namely Articulate with their new Storyline software and their latest iteration of Articulate Studio. Adobe Captivate Draft for iPad.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 15, 2009

Elearning development tools: only Adobe? Over the last ten years or so, major elearning developers have preferred to use tools like Flash, Authorware and Director from Adobe (earlier Macromedia). No product is perfect, we’ve seen that Adobe Flash has its own drawbacks; ones that have persisted from its earliest versions.

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Blended Learning eLearning Developer Blended Authoring Tools 100

Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

What is the 2017 release of Adobe Captivate? The 2017 release of Adobe Captivate empowers you to leap ahead with a smart eLearning design platform that does the heavy lifting of creating responsive eLearning content. Transform* legacy Adobe Captivate non-mobile courses into fully responsive mLearning content.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 19, 2010

Macromedia Authorware and similar products. Macromedia Director. The Macromedia set typically would toss in Director, which created an equally impressive array of course capabilities, but a deep learning curve. Eventually, Macromedia Dreamweaver came into the picture. Adobe Captivate. HTML and Javascript.

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CommLab India

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Adobe Captivate was first introduced to be a screen capture tool under the name Flashcam. Not too long after that, Macromedia acquired eHelp and released the software under the name Captivate which was later acquired by Adobe Systems. Software Application Training. Pharmacokinetics Training.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 2, 2023

We were just starting to use computers in the workplace and people were still trying to figure out how to click a mouse and display a drop-down list on a software screen. At some point, we started using Macromedia Director and that was a huge shift. In person was just the way it was done.

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