Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2008

I must confess to being more than a little suspicious of software upgrades, particularly when the software has already evolved to extremely high levels of sophistication (M/S Office, Adobe Creative Suite, for example) - often the new features are highly esoteric and of minimal practical use.

Articulate 40

Articulate Authoring Tools Blended Learning Quizmaker 40

Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Unison is created in Adobe Flex, with an attractive Flash interface. In the meantime, I can't help thinking that this product is going to raise the bar for online authoring tools. The per month figures ramp up so, for say $499/month, you and an unlimited number of colleagues can be working on up to 40 projects at a time.

Unison 40

Unison Authoring Tools Rapid Intake Flash 40

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2006

At the same time, over the past month, I have had to shell out mucho dollars for: Adobe Flash 8 upgrade. Adobe Captivate, for screen capture/demos, rather like Wink. Cubase 4 upgrade, for digital audio production. Articulate, for PowerPoint to Flash, quizzes and interactions. All in all more than £1000 (about $1800).

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Software Wink Google Docs DimDim 40

Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2007

On the other hand you have to purchase a copy for every computer that the package is installed on, manage all your own assets, and upload the finished product when it's done. will invariably have more sophisticated features and are quicker to use (because they don't have to keep sending messages back and forwards to a server).

Big Question 40

Big Question Authoring Tools Qarbon Atlantic Link 40

Clive on Learning

MAY 29, 2009

In an anonymous reply to my posting yesterday on the pirating of PC software, an elearning developer asked "How do real people actually afford/justify purchasing something like the Adobe eLearning Suite?" Before answering that I've decided to take a look at what you get for your money with the new Adobe eLearning Suite (ELS).

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Suite Adobe Authoring Tools Photoshop 49

Clive on Learning

APRIL 11, 2007

The panel consisted of representatives from Adobe Captivate , Articulate and Qarbon , along with Jay Cross (yes, I know, I wondered whether he'd just turned up in the wrong room and, given that he's always got something interesting to say, they just allowed him to join in). They both refer to the authors of this rapid content as being SMEs.

Rapid eLearning 40

Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Qarbon Wiki 40

Clive on Learning

JULY 4, 2007

The next generation of authoring tools included a handful of really serious players, notably Authorware (now with Adobe) and Toolbook (now with SumTotal), both still going although not so strongly. Of course these all came and went as PCs gradually dominated the market for hardware and Windows took hold.

Atlantic Link 40

Atlantic Link Authorware ViewletBuilder RapideL 40

Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2008

I've got the new Adobe Presenter 7 on a month's trial and have spent the past hour giving it a thorough working over. All in all, I'd have to say that I had no trouble at all in using this product and never had to resort to the help files. You can also export in a mobile-friendly format, though I didn't try that.

Adobe Presenter 40

Adobe Presenter Adobe PowerPoint Movie 40

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

A bi-product of creating this e-learning was that it could also be used by other professionals that needed to understand and use the same healthcare systems. With no budget, Julie took out a free 30-day trial of Adobe Connect and cheekily kept extending it. Needless to say, the money for Adobe Connect was soon forthcoming.

Blended Learning 83

Blended Learning SharePoint Virtual Classroom Adobe Connect 83

Clive on Learning

JANUARY 26, 2009

Interestingly, the product has been designed to work at a number of levels: Entry level: simple templates, programmed objects and 3D libraries which enable games to be assembled easily. Enthusiast level: a visual flowcharting tool enables non-programmers to easily create complex gameplay.

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Authoring Games Raptivity Library 40