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History of the LMS

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CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. CBT was the “new” and exciting way to learn. ILT (Instructor Led Training – Workplace, even EdTech – K-12 and Higher Education).

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User Friendly or Hype?

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Another vendor has it so you can make changes on the front end, (via your administrator side) but to do so, you need to know HTML, since you will be physically changing it. One vendor follows this approach, if you want to change the menu labels on the front end, at a latter point with your system. Authoring Tools (Rapid E-Learning).

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

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If a RCAT vendor tells you they have been in business for over 10 years, they are somewhat misleading, since WBT courses really didn’t start to hit the mark until 2000 and then you have limited choices on how to build. Macromedia Authorware and similar products. While some could argue that Authorware was a RCAT, I disagree.