Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

We didn’t have specific tools for learning outcomes, and we had to apply generic tools like computer systems and the like. And, specifically for learning, Authorware became a powerful tool. With it came tools that made it easy to take content, add a quiz, and pop it up on a screen.

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Authorware eLearning Guild Emergent Flash 133

E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2013

It seems like every time you blink, another free tool becomes available to help you create online learning resources. Simply open an account and you are provided with the tools you need to structure your curriculum, upload your content, and publish your course to the world. I found it to be a simple yet powerful tool.

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Audacity Authorware Lecture LMS 248

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 1, 2017

The authoring tool industry continues to evolve. I won’t regurgitate everything that appeared and did not for that matter in the authoring tool space as a whole in 2016, but a few have crossed over in a positive light, which is pushing trend. Similar to the one I had for an LMS, here is the Authoring Tool version for 2017.

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Authoring Trends Tools Micro-Learning 60

eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Is PowerPoint the most widely used tool for eLearning development? Most of the new authoring tools either use PPT as their backbone or offer the ability to import slides. I “grew-up&# in eLearning world using Director/Authorware and then moving into Flash/HTML (PPT was “off-limits&# ). Should it be?

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PowerPoint eLearning Tools PPT Tools 114

eLearning Cyclops

JUNE 3, 2010

June's Big Question over at the Learning Circuits blog is regarding tools one should ".learn They provided just enough to make us dangerous with HTML, Flash, Photoshop and Authorware. No, I do not use Authorware now, but it is hard to predict what will be an essential tool 10 years down the road.

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Big Question Flash to HTML5 Conversion DHTML Dreamweaver 100

Litmos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Consider the internet; developments on top of the TCP/IP protocol like SMTP and HTML allowed a variety of tools to work together to bring us email and the world wide web. Initially, when you developed eLearning, you were pretty much dependent on the tool you developed it in. They make working together easier. Learning Standards.

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Standards ADL Authoring Tools xapi 49

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

. __ 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 If you know me, you know I've never been much of a tool user, although I have been called a tool.)

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Brandon Hall Authoring Udutu Tools 100

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 20, 2013

Right now I am doing a survey on authoring tools (more on this at the end of the post) and so far 100% of all respondents state that HTML5 output is required in an authoring tool. I do believe that HTML5 output will continue to grow as an authoring tool feature. I am still stunned that this is slogging away. Not anymore.

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Authoring Market Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 74

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Adobe eLearning Solutions So, Ellen is talking about Authorware and IT's future in eLearning: 6 part plan 1)Business continuity 2)conversion 3)migration 4)enablement 5)develop the next gen leanring content authoring 6)improved communication Tom KIng will be acting as the Liaison for Adobe and the Authorware community to help this transition process.

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Authorware Adobe Eedo Atlantic Link 32

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 28, 2013

Hi, this is the ghost of Richard Dawson bringing you another exciting episode of Authoring Tools Survey. We asked e-learning audiences around the world via the internet, what they were seeking in authoring tools. We asked e-learning audiences around the world via the internet, what they were seeking in authoring tools.

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Survey Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 72

Tony Karrer

MARCH 15, 2007

I was somewhat surprised that my post: Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction didn't generate more interest. This data shows that the Articulate tools, Adobe Captivate and Dreamweaver and Lectora are near the top for elearning course authoring. While tools such as Toolbook and Authorware are down a bit.

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Dreamweaver Lectora eLearning Tools Toolbook 105

Tony Karrer

JUNE 23, 2010

And it was somewhat the inspiration for this month’s Big Question - Tools to Learn. They have different perspectives and taken together they provide a pretty good roadmap of how to think about what tools you should learn. The list of tools that Harold and Holly provide are pretty lengthy. And Jeff suggests both Flash and HTML 5.

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Flash Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authorware HTML 110

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Tools these days come in three flavors. Authoring Tools for developers. The biggest problem facing the industry in the past few years are the lack of course authoring tools for e-learning developers and instructional designers. MLOAT - Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool. Course Authoring Tools for the masses.

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eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

LearningGuild

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Over the last 15 years, eLearning has evolved, from Authorware to PowerPoint to the proprietary tools and interactive, experiential, and social formats that we have today. The good news is that, while tools have come and gone and possibilities have expanded beyond imagining, some things haven’t changed.

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Authorware Lesson Instructional Design Instructional 40

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 20, 2013

A desktop authoring tool that provides a wealth of features and additional software. Templates, themes, debug tool (nice), translation tool (nice too). Includes an assessment tool and can generate certificates. Another super easy authoring tool to start building courses. Translation tool. Fun Features.

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Authoring Tools Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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. List of Tools and Vendors: Keynote - KnowledgePlanet On-Demand. XStream Software Linden Research, Inc.

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Vuepoint Cornerstone OnDemand 100

SweetRush

MARCH 19, 2014

For the past several years, this tool has been one of the most popular software packages for e-learning development. Most developers traditionally consider Captivate to be the default tool for creating software demonstrations and simulations within e-learning, but not an end-all, be-all for all types of learning.

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Adobe Captivate Authoring Tools Captivate Adobe 77

Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

Evolution of authoring tools like Articulate to become better & easier to work with reducing the cost of development. This suggests that LMS systems are evolving to accommodate newer tools and techniques, as they should. Birth of new Authoring Tools. Games (and simulations) will become integral part of workplace learning.

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Learning Technologies Authoring Tools Technology Simulations 271

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2021

The latter included an authoring tool, too. Adobe Captivate – They were not the first authoring tool in the industry; Authorware was the first commercial success, heavily used with CBT, and then even into WBT (web-based). Lectora will note the same, but I never found it to be an RCAT.

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Learning System System Metrics Learn.com 105

Clive on Learning

JANUARY 24, 2008

I had thought that, with my extravagant purchases, I was maintaining the Adobe share price all on my own, but the eLearning Guild's latest research report on authoring and development tools proves otherwise. Simulation tools: #1 Captivate (79%); #2 Flash (45%). Although that may well be an Adobe tool also!

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Authoring Tools Adobe Authorware Tools 40

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Instead they just build everything from inside their authoring tool. A lot of this changed when we shifted from custom development in Flash and Authorware to Articulate Studio and PowerPoint. It’s just in the authoring tool and not a separate document. Which makes sense, because the tools are so much easier to use.

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Storyboard Course Articulate Authorware 61

eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

The RCAT (rapid content authoring tool) market continues to be healthy with nothing to slow it down – uh, except maybe one thing (more on that later). Yeah, I know we have just jumped into January, but in a review of the past several months, authoring tools continue to follow a similar path amongst themselves with certain feature sets.

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Authoring Tools Authoring Market Tools 76

Aptara

JUNE 10, 2019

Over the last five years, we’ve seen that change because of efficient and effective rapid authoring tools. A large library of content developed using tools on the verge of expiry and delivered on platforms facing obsolescence will be a significant challenge for learning and development teams in large organizations for years to come.

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Conversation CD-ROM Flash to HTML5 Conversion Content 45

dVinci Interactive

MARCH 23, 2012

Other technological improvements followed rapidly – Windows 95 was a game-changer, as was the introduction of the PC authoring system Toolbook along with cross-platform tools like Director and Authorware. CD ROMs became easy to author, but they were soon supplanted by the ubiquity of the internet.

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CD-ROM Lesson Instructional Design Toolbook 160

Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Here at DevLearn 2011 in Las Vegas I've got authoring tools on my mind. Because I have been able to take a look at two new tools today, which I'm sure are going to have a major impact. Screen recording is built right in, which makes this a promising tool for software training. Animation tools includes. So what's special?

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Authoring Tools CD-ROM Authorware Macromedia 73

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Should I write that authoring tools themselves are pricing in many cases, out of the range to businesses, or entities entering the space for the first time, or causing a line item that requires a budget change, and potential impact to other learning technology initiatives?

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White Label vendor Authorware Budget 83

Janet Clarey

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I’ve used a bunch of desktop authoring tools – Lectora, Dreamweaver, Authorware, Captivate, and Articulate to name a few. I haven’t really used a lot of web-based authoring tools though. I had used the tool once a couple of years ago for a class and watched a demo of their Facebook integration over a year ago.

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Udutu Authoring Brandon Hall Authorware 36

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 2, 2020

PowerPoint is not E-Learning and shouldn’t be used as your course tool/development – For whatever reason, there are people who have been around online learning for years, who still see PPT as a means for the creation of content – i.e. courses. Will they spur visceral responses? Who knows. I mean what is visceral anyway?

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PPT Cornerstone OnDemand PowerPoint Instructional Design 67

CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

After getting a bachelor’s in communication and an MBA, I joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), learned Authorware (an early e-learning authoring tool) and how to write training guides … then was never staffed on a project where that was my role.

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Authoring Tools Authorware LMS Analytics 55

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 1, 2012

He founded the computer-based course authoring tool Authorware in 1984 and later formed Macromedia through a merger which was then bought by Adobe Systems. Rapid development tools and their promoters are, in my opinion, much at fault here. Proficiency in it took a long time to develop, often a couple of years or more.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Authoring Tools Conversation 254

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. I was using DazzlerMax and Authorware, which are superior offerings for creating courses. At the time, I hated it.

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Ideas Learn.com SumTotal SkillSoft 84

Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2007

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for July is 'how should e-learning developers choose their authoring tools given the proliferation of tools on the market?' Well, I posted on this subject just last week (see Confused of Brighton ) and even listed my own top ten tools , authoring or otherwise, in a subsequent post.

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Big Question Authoring Tools Qarbon Atlantic Link 40

eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 2, 2010

This is in reference the immense and rapidly expanding technology tools. It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. Not only am I often made aware of new tools, but also get opinions, tips, and examples of their use. So, I browsed "Tools" by keyword on eLearningLearning.

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Big Question WebPod Studio Social Networks ePodcast Creator 100

Challenge to Learn

MARCH 21, 2015

ZebraZaps is a tool that will enable you to create all kind of interactive elements for your eLearning, and it is one of the truly innovative tools out there. He fights against boring and bad eLearning and does that in a very constructive way. There is nothing like it. But that is not all.

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Instructional Design Authoring Tools eLearning xapi 100

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

Q: We use WebEx as our web conferencing tool. The problem with the web conferencing tools that currently exist (as a whole) is that none of them are 100% perfect. Q: I loved Authorware, but today I can’t find an authoring tool that can match it or even get close to it. Is there anything better out there?

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SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2018

I came into rapid e-learning from the world of Authorware and Flash where building courses took a lot of time and cost a lot more money. So I’d say the authoring tools that were maligned ten years ago are now the tools of choice. The tools are just tools and how they’re used is determined by the author.

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Compliance Training e-learning vendor 44

TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 31, 2013

He was an avid Authorware (Macromedia) developer and has continued on over the years to create many different sources of educational materials including Interactive PDF’s, iBooks, and eBooks. Do you have a must-have screencasting tool that you’d like to recommend? Screencasting is at the heart of this training.

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Authoring Tools SnagIt Screencast Mac 76