I’ve been slicing and dicing our Authoring Tool KnowledgeBase and doing some online research in response to a question about collaborative rapid authoring tools that developers in multiple locations can use. After looking at the Authoring Tool KnowledgeBase I went to my LinkedIn and Twitter network. Rapid = Tool designed for SME with no page Thought I’d share what I found for three reasons - (1) hopefully to provide some valuable information, (2) to see who I may have missed so I can add them and/or get them added to our KnowledgeBase (3) to let you know about the type of client-driven research we do at Brandon Hall Research.

I am working on a presentation in a few weeks about eLearning authoring tools. Tags: authoring tool A high level overview for learning and development types who don't actually use the tools, but want to know what's out there, when you might use it, and some of the pros and cons. Now, I'm not much of a tool user myself.

Authoring Tools Several questions came up recently around Authoring Tools and I wanted to point people to some past posts on authoring tools that I think serve as good foundation. eLearning Course Authoring Tools Satisfaction - More Articulate, Captivate, and Lectora Tops in Authoring Tool Satisfaction Course Authoring Tools and Rapid Authoring Tools Satisfaction Use of Wikis as Compared to Authoring Tools Rapid Authoring Tools Shift in Authoring Tool Use from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids What is Rapid eLearning?

E-Learning authoring tools are part of a larger organizational infrastructure and learning ecosystem which typically includes hardware, software, content delivery mechanisms, and processes that support the delivery and management of learning programs. This includes everything from hardware such as servers and workers’ desktop computers, software such as learning management systems (LMSs) and authoring applications, delivery mechanisms such as routers and network wiring, and services and processes such as systems administration and the help desk. Broadly speaking, an authoring tool

It's definitely the time of year for authoring tool releases, with Adobe announcing their eLearning Suite and a version 4 of Captivate , an extensive upgrade to the 200+ interactions in the Raptivity library, and now Caspian Learning's Thinking Worlds , the first tool that I know of to support the rapid creation of immersive, single-player 3D worlds for learning. I know the guys at Caspian well and I've had a little bit of influence on the design of this tool, so I'm delighted that they've been able to move mountains and get it to market so quickly. Tags: authoring tools 3D wo

I’ve used a bunch of desktop authoring tools – Lectora, Dreamweaver, Authorware, Captivate, and Articulate to name a few. haven’t really used a lot of web-based authoring tools though. spent an hour or so with Roger from Udutu looking at their authoring tool and have to say I’m really kind of blown away as to its capabilities. I I

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 On-Demand..

I've been asked several times a similar question so I thought I would throw it out to see what readers here will recommend for doing basic video-based elearning authoring. May outsource some of the production work, but the tool must be an off-the-shelf, known authoring tool - no proprietary tools (see eLearning Course Development for rationale on that) Their only experience is with Camtasia. No The situation is that they have five, two-hour training videos (10 hours total). It's currently used as a watch and then answer these questions experience.

as well as connect with some new folks in the Boston e-learning community. Special thanks to Jean Marrapodi for inviting me to present. ___________ My topic: e-Learning Authoring Tools Crash Course: Deciding What Authoring Tools to Use and When In preparation for the session, I had to take a crash course in authoring tools myself. (If you know me, you know I've never been much of a tool user, although I have been called a tool.) Here are some of the resources I promised to post. My Sources Since I'm not a tool user, I needed to mine the collective brain

Download a free trial of one of the more common authoring tools. I received a question: I am an educator in Arizona about to graduate with my Masters in Instructional Design. I wish to apply my experience designing courses for online learning; however I've searched and don't know where to begin to actually learn how to use the LMS and course design software available. I