article thumbnail

How to Prepare for the End of the Flash

Magic EdTech

This is nowhere more visible than with the 2020 mandate to end flash support.For edtech companies and ed publishers, it’s a case of “objects in mirror are closer than they appear.”. These organizations have been developing Flash content for education since Macromedia offered Flash 1.0 What exactly is Flash?

Flash 68
article thumbnail

10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

Commercial software companies were quick to develop computer-based educational materials and learning games as well. But it wasn''t until 2004 that the term took wing when pen-source advocate Tim O''Reilly promoted the idea at the O''Reilly Media Conference. 2005: The Rise of Flash Video. 2010: The Reign of HTML5.

CD-ROM 107
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

On Fire in 2013 – What’s going to be hot in e-learning

eLearning 24-7

Listen you love flash. You can’t live without it – but unless you want to be able to only see your courses on tablets that only support flash (and they all also support HTML5) or have zero desire to see your courses on the iPads (which support only HTML5), you will need to face reality. with TinCan).

article thumbnail

Course Authoring Tools for eLearning Developers and the masses

eLearning 24-7

Flash course development toolkit - provides the source code, features include ability to load your movies, creates a table of contents and provides complete navigation control. Professional Presenter X – comes with sim tool, assessment, capture tool, documents to flash tool, etc. Embed audio, images and Flash objects.

article thumbnail

New Authoring tool rankings #11 to #20

eLearning 24-7

Social tags, RSS, gaming activities. AICC, SCORM and PENS support. Studio has always been known for the PowerPoint to Flash approach, but it also includes audio narration, TOC (yeah!) 1st vendor IMO to truly have HTML5 output. 1st vendor IMO to truly have HTML5 output. Some gaming activities. HTML5 output.

article thumbnail

“Current Need-to-Know Tools and What’s Around the Corner” Nick Floro #olconf

Learning Visions

Think about golas/levels – can you add levels to your game or learning content. Stop creating in Flash. HTML5 – explore that. Sketch – prototype with pen and paper. Can you start to build in storytelling – that flip things – that ask people to do things. Use humor, if you can. Think about the tools. Make ‘em interactive.

Tools 100
article thumbnail

Rapid Content Authoring Tools 2010 – Innovators, Winners and Updated Trends

eLearning 24-7

Innovation abounded and the push to focus on the “PPT to Flash&# angle continued to shine. I said it when it game out and I will repeat it again. Game Changer! You get the Flash code – YES – you get the code, which you can do whatever you want with it. Game based learning. Supports HD h.264