The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 24, 2018

A self-paced, hands-on workbook that teaches the core TechSmith Camtasia 2018 skills! Using TechSmith Camtasia, you can quickly create software demonstrations, software simulations, and soft skills eLearning. Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities. Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 7, 2018

For instance, PowerPoint cannot create software simulations or video demos.   Instead of relying on PowerPoint alone for your eLearning content, you’ll need to take your finished presentations into an eLearning development tool such as Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, or TechSmith Camtasia. . 

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mLearning Revolution

JULY 2, 2012

This is precisely where I see TechSmith bringing a lot to the table, especially with the new release of Camtasia Studio 8. I have been a Camtasia fan for a long time, as well as a SnagIt and Jing fan and I’m also very impressed with the work TechSmith is doing on Mobile. Re-Thinking Traditional Software Simulations.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 7, 2018

For instance, PowerPoint cannot create software simulations or video demos.   Instead of relying on PowerPoint alone for your eLearning content, you’ll need to take your finished presentations into an eLearning development tool such as Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, or TechSmith Camtasia. . 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 7, 2018

For instance, PowerPoint cannot create software simulations or video demos.   Instead of relying on PowerPoint alone for your eLearning content, you’ll need to take your finished presentations into an eLearning development tool such as Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, or TechSmith Camtasia. . 

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Tony Karrer

JUNE 9, 2007

I'm never sure what updates people will see, but I wanted to alert people that I've made a small update to my page: Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) The update primarily added some data from the eLearningGuilds Research at the bottom of the page - eLearning Tools Satisfaction.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 7, 2017

When creating software simulations or video demos using Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, or TechSmith Camtasia, you might find yourself needing to capture an event that includes your desktop. Of course, that begs the question: how clean. or messy is your desktop?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 18, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Last week I wrote about how you can use  Reflector to create software simulations and demonstrations  from your mobile device. Continue this process over and over until you have completed all of the processes you wish to simulate on the mobile device.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 27, 2009

Camtasia and Adobe Captivate : Pros: Heard lots of good thing about them. There are quite a few Software Simulation Tools out there. To present a moving demo I need to integrate another product called Viewlet cam. Makes it a bit harder to pull everything together.

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Folio3

MARCH 9, 2023

Sleave Sleave is a SaaS authoring platform for HTML5 content production that focuses on creating excellent content for simulations, games, presentations, and K–12 content. Camtasia You can record a video of what’s on the computer screen with Camtasia. Make interactive content out of PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 18, 2014

All of the top eLearning development tools (Articulate Storyline, Articulate Presenter, Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter, and TechSmith Camtasia Studio) allow you to control the appearance of the playbar. Where is the best place to position the playbar (top, bottom, left, or right of the lesson)? Interested? 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

How about TechSmith's Camtasia?   I have extensive experience using Storyline, Captivate, and Camtasia. If you use Camtasia, your labor will go down a bit (1 hour or perhaps 1.5   If you’re creating a software simulation, you’ll need a step-by-step recording script. Is it Adobe Captivate?

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Paradiso

APRIL 9, 2023

Examples of desktop authoring tools include Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and Camtasia. Adobe Captivate Adobe Captivate is a desktop authoring tool that enables users to create eLearning Content, such as software simulations, scenario-based training, and quizzes.

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Trivantis

JANUARY 27, 2014

Searching for a fresh and innovative solution to yearly training, the team harnessed the power of Lectora and Camtasia to easily create a virtual TV station that hosted short instructive “TV shows” on a training theme. Video footage was edited with Camtasia to create video clips that spoofed popular TV shows to deliver the training content.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 18, 2014

From this position, you can create a new project, record a software simulation/demonstration, or access recent projects.   We offer live, online training on Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Presenter, and TechSmith Camtasia Studio. Sample Projects/Tutorials. Interested?    Contact us for details.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 15, 2014

If you're responsible for creating a software simulation that teaches a learner how to make Word text bold, which of the commands are you going to simulate? While you could simulate multiple options, I'd encourage you to focus on just one (adding multiple options is going to take you too long to produce).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

  When I create video demos with Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, or TechSmith Camtasia Studio, I tend to record my voice at the same time that I'm recording the screen.   So what about interactive software simulations or soft-skills learning?   The answer to when it's best to record audio is.

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CommLab India

AUGUST 1, 2016

This tool gives learners’ the feel of working on the real application by creating a visually interactive and appealing simulated environment. Expert author is an engaging authoring tool to build software simulation courses. This tool serves developers who want to develop courses with rich simulations within less time and cost.

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Spark Your Interest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

You can add animation, audio, video, screen recordings, and software simulations to create many user interactions, such as clicking, dragging, and typing as well as quizzes and assessments. Powerful show me/try me/test me software simulation e-learning capability. Once finished, you then import the course into your LMS.

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 24, 2013

Software simulations: I tried to stay away from ties, but here I just can’t pick one over the other. Storyline and Captivate are both excellent choices for software simulations (either sit-back-and-watch demonstrations or try-it-yourself practices). If you buy the more expensive Inspire package, you get Camtasia.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 28, 2014

After selecting  New , you'll find the usual suspects including Software Simulation, Video Demo, and From PowerPoint.   We offer live, online training on Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Presenter, and TechSmith Camtasia Studio.We There are two tabs,  Recent  and  New. Interested? 

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If it is online, development software like Camtasia , Captivate , ZebraZapps (cloud based)or Storyline 2 seem appropriate. Three Steps for Teaching Software. For New Software Training: Spend a Full Class on the Help System. Also, I do address software simulations and development in a portion of my book below: Design'

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CommLab India

DECEMBER 26, 2016

The new online course development software has a PowerPoint-like interface, making it simple to use. Some of the major features of this rapid authoring software include the: Ability to develop responsive online courses. Capability to create screencasts and software simulations seamlessly. SnagIt and Camtasia.

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DigitalChalk eLearning

JULY 24, 2014

With Articulate, you can create interactivity to a presentation by adding slide layers, drag-and-drop interactions, quizzing, screen recording, and software simulation. Camtasia creates a simple process to capture and edit what you record. Articulate. Screencast-O-Matic is free for Windows or Mac users.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 28, 2015

If you need software simulations: Captivate.  And if you'd like to learn more Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter, TechSmith Camtasia, Articulate Studio, or Articulate Storyline, we've got a  great collection of live, online classes for you.   So which should you use for what?

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CommLab India

MAY 2, 2017

We saw that Storyline 360 can be used to develop good software simulations and online assessments. You can also include Captivate movies and Camtasia screencasts. In the first four blogs, we saw the features of Storyline 360 that facilitate the easy authoring of web-based courses.

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Articulate Authoring Tools Quizmaker Flash to HTML5 Conversion 76

E-learning Uncovered

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Software Simulations. However, a little birdy told me that 508-compliancy will be available in a free upgrade in the near future. In the meantime, Lectora has furthered its lead in this category. upgrade that came out a few weeks ago complies with the (WCAG) 2.0 – Level AA.

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Authoring Tools Comparison Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion 91

Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006

Rapid eLearning Tools Satisfaction from the eLearningGuild Research reported Feb 2007 - Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction See also Software Simulation Tools. Page update Mar 2008. When the above graphic was taken, it shows the overall satisfaction reported by eLearningGuild members about various tools.

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eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Just as I was looking into purchasing Camtasia Studio by Tech Smith I came across a blog posting on Tony Karrer's eLearning Technology blog just in the nick of time. Tony posted links to free downloads of Snag It and Camtasia. It is very handy for creating software training materials.

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Adobe Captivate

MAY 6, 2019

Camtasia (probably the best tool for this goal) and Snagit are also alternatives, but there are a lot more available. Workflow 3: Software simulations. To my amazement, software sims with that scoring feature were largely appreciated by my former college students as self-assessments.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 24, 2016

So, last Thursday I led a webinar in which I went over how to create software simulation training in Storyline 2. In it’s function, it’s more like TechSmith’s Camtasia rather than Adobe’s Captivate product. There were also several questions about Captivate vs Storyline in regards to Software Simulation creation.

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CommLab India

APRIL 20, 2017

We saw that the Articulate 360 component enables the development of high quality software simulations and e-learning assessments. Add SWF files, Captivate movies, and Camtasia screencasts to your course. We also examined Storyline 360’s features that facilitate responsive and accessible online learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 16, 2013

I don’t find developing software simulations to be particularly rewarding, for example, because there often isn’t a ton of creativity. Q: I learn technology easily, but I have no experience creating with Captivate, Camtasia, Articulate, Flash or any of the authoring tools I have read are most valued in new hires.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 20, 2009

When you look at the keywords on the left you see things like: Social Learning (356) Social Media (411) Twitter (725) Google Wave (22) Camtasia (76) Adobe Captivate (71) Social Network (460) Now, the content set in this case are highly skewed towards innovators as compared to the topic sets being used by my past analysis (training conferences).

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learnWorlds

JULY 14, 2022

Does your training include software simulations? It integrates with Camtasia and Snagit. Different requirements set from your client or for compliance purposes might require a different set of tools. How important is tracking, grades, and reporting? All these will affect your choice of tool based on the features you’ll need.

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mLearning Revolution

MAY 2, 2012

Storyline approaches making software simulations in a whole new ways as compared to Adobe Captivate. For one thing there’s a feature for zooming and panning, similar to Camtasia, and something Captivate users have asked for a long time. Next Generation of Screen Recording. But that’s just the beginning. But wait, there’s more.

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Elucidat

AUGUST 1, 2018

Reasonably powerful test software simulation. Lectora is great for: Screen recording or image editing (you can integrate with Camtasia and Snagit). Good flexibility and control in terms of content output. A commonly-used tool, so designers tend to have experience. Very active online community. Flexibility of interactions.

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