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Three Secrets to Memorable eLearning Experiences

eLearning Brothers

I’ve used everything from Authorware to PowerPoint to create materials. I remember a couple years ago a co-worker asked me what software program converted content to eLearning. I’m not proud of it, but early in my career, I created programs in the aforementioned format. What is eLearning, really?

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PowerPoint – The King of eLearning Tools?

eLearning Brothers

I “grew-up&# in eLearning world using Director/Authorware and then moving into Flash/HTML (PPT was “off-limits&# ). Classroom training is often converted to an online format. Interface creation, navigation buttons, LMS tracking, and testing abilities are then typically added to the PPT functionality.

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Three Takeaways Today

eLearning 24-7

In the early days of e-learning course creation, you could either use your in-house instructional designer(s), self-teach yourself Authorware, DazzlerMax, and similar tools – or have your in-house ID person do it for you, outsource development to a 3rd party aka custom development for your proprietary course.

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E-learning Tools: A Developer’s Review of Adobe Captivate 7

SweetRush

In this article we dig deeper into the capabilities of Adobe Captivate 7 as we help you evaluate e-learning tools for your own use by answering some questions about e-learning authorware. Using Captivate, developers can convert PowerPoint files into more advanced web-ready digital formats with added interactive and tracking functionality.

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Authoring Tool Trends for 2017

eLearning 24-7

Click the format you choose for publish. The world of authoring tools started at the advanced level, Authorware, Toolbook and to an extent DazzlerMax. It was and still is a PowerPoint converter with feature sets. Time consuming. Publish or Perish. Click publish. Goes right into the LMS. dominKnow Claro – #1.

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How to select the right authoring tool

eLearning 24-7

In the authoring tool world: PowerPoint focused authoring tool, Basically you know PPT, love it and want the ability to build within it and then convert your PPT to a Course. Nor would I select a tool that is really a PowerPoint converter. In the housing world that would be whether you want a townhouse, apt., condo, house, etc.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

Is it PowerPoint converted to Flash? Microsoft Word converted to Flash? Macromedia Authorware and similar products. While some could argue that Authorware was a RCAT, I disagree. PowerPoint or Word converted to Flash, instant, virtually no add-ons, i.e. additional learning objects. Macromedia Director.