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Can Captivate 9 Save Adobe?

LearnDash

Our relationship goes back a long way too as I can recall the days of using Captivate when it was owned by Macromedia. Articulate wasn’t the juggernaut that it is today, and aside from learning how to program Flash, Macromedia Captivate was your next best option. During those years there weren’t many other alternatives.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites. LTG, Macromedia, Adobe, and Smart ideas (for the most part) LTG acquiring Rustici (makers of the SCORM engine and Watershed LRS, among other items) is a great idea. At the time, I hated it. He is no longer at the company.

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In Memory – Corporate Instructional Designers

eLearning 24-7

A product called Macromedia Flash (being used with web sites) became a go to for course development. Macromedia Dreamweaver came out with templates. If you had PowerPoint, you already were ahead of the game. If you had a basic understanding of PowerPoint and heard the term WSYWYG, congrats – you could create a course.

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Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction

Tony Karrer

Microsoft PowerPoint Articulate Presenter StudyMate Adobe Captivate Flashform Rapid eLearning SN. Raptivity KnowledgePresenter Brainshark Presentations Respondus Elicitus WebEx Presentation Studio Vuepoint Content Creator Adobe Acrobat Connect (Pro/Br. Adobe Captivate Macromedia Dreamweaver fr.

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Learn How to Build Effective E-Learning with this Free E-Book

Rapid eLearning

But along came the PowerPoint-to-Flash products. They enabled people to create their content in PowerPoint and convert it to the Flash. I imagine that many of you seasoned elearning developers cut your teeth in a PowerPoint-based product. In fact, eHelp licensed Articulate Presenter for their own RoboPresenter product.

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

Alongside CD-ROMs came Microsoft Powerpoint, a modern presentation software quickly embraced by lecturers, executives, teachers and students. In 2005, Adobe bought Macromedia and transformed it into Adobe Flash. Commercial software companies were quick to develop computer-based educational materials and learning games as well.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

Each unit is not connected to any units presented before or after it. Flash : Flash is a technology platform originally developed by Macromedia and later acquired and developed by Adobe systems. The company was later acquired by Macromedia. Some authoring tools even allow users to use PowerPoint slides as input material.