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Summer Course Authoring Tool Rankings – Top Ten

eLearning 24-7

With all this fun summer stuff, comes my summer course authoring tool rankings. For those who are in my top ten course authoring tool rankings. #10 Assessment tool including randomization. Assessment tool and question bank. Curatr’s product is one of the new hybrid authoring systems to hit the market.

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How to Prepare for the End of the Flash

Magic EdTech

These organizations have been developing Flash content for education since Macromedia offered Flash 1.0 In a former life as a product of FutureWave Software, Flash was known as SmartSketch, graphics editor pen computing on the Mac. In 1996, Macromedia bought FutureSplash and renamed it Flash. What exactly is Flash?

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

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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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

While designing a learning experience, mlearning designers have to consider smaller screen sizes, processing power, device compatibility and availability of bandwidth among other issues. For example, having learners practice in a software “sandbox” instead of using the actual software.

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Using Silverlight/Expression Blend for eLearning Development

Upside Learning

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). Installation Our experience started with the installation of Silverlight and associated tools.

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Using Silverlight/Expression Blend for eLearning Development

Upside Learning

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). Installation Our experience started with the installation of Silverlight and associated tools.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

As the evolution of e-learning continues, the rapid content authoring tools (RCAT) market follows suit. While the assumption would be that all the products are alike, or that fee based tools are superior to their free counterparts, nothing could be farther than the truth. Macromedia Authorware and similar products.