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eLearning: Adobe Captivate and Microsoft PowerPoint

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

before answering that, let's rework that classic question with this: what comes first, the eLearning or the PowerPoint presentation? When developing eLearning, the content is often created in Microsoft PowerPoint first. Adobe Captivate and PowerPoint.

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PowerPoint or Prezi: Which is Best for eLearning?

Association eLearning

The question is becoming more and more common — “Should I use PowerPoint (PPT) or Prezi?” But whereas PowerPoint tends to progress linearly from one slide to the next in a fixed sequence, Prezi uses “paths” to move between content by zooming out to reveal a big-picture overview, or zooming in to show details. Reusability.

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eLearning Course Authoring Tools by Leveraging Microsoft Word and PowerPoint with Aspose

Instancy

The Power of Familiar Tools When creating eLearning courses, instructional design , and training , professionals can leverage familiar tools that are part of their daily workflow. Microsoft PowerPoint and Word are ubiquitous tools that have long been the bedrock of content creation in various industries. Slides and Aspose.

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The Art of Instructional Designing – PowerPoint Courses and Beyond

Raptivity

As an Instructional Designer, you may be asked to create a new educational course from scratch based on the curriculum or create an eLearning course based on PowerPoint being used for Instructor Led Trainings. The PowerPoint can definitely form the base for building the course.

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Why Today’s ELearning Can Stink

LearnDash

However, as great as Articulate is, sometimes courses created in the program have a negative perception of rehashed PowerPoint presentations. On many of my consulting arrangements, I was asked to develop elearning using one of two programs: Articulate or Captivate. The industry is in desperate need of a new standard.

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Graphic Design Books for New eLearning Designers

Tim Slade

Finally, The Non-Designer’s Design Book is my third entry of top graphic design books for new eLearning designers. In this book, Robin does a fantastic job explaining the basic concepts of graphic design, in a straightforward and easy-to-read format. What other graphic design books would you recommend for new eLearning designers?

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Expectations From eLearning Authoring Tools

Upside Learning

For example, a feature that lets users “import” existing PowerPoint presentations into the authoring tool is different from authoring and publishing eLearning content from within PowerPoint (using a plug-in toolbar). Should be able to import external Flash SWF as well as audio and video in variety of popular formats.