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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

Someone came up with the idea to create templates for developing courses quickly – and no, it wasn’t someone from Adobe or Articulate. Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites. The person who saw the template potentially hit it out of the park. Not Articulate.

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How to Prepare for the End of the Flash

Magic EdTech

These organizations have been developing Flash content for education since Macromedia offered Flash 1.0 In 1996, Macromedia bought FutureSplash and renamed it Flash. During its heyday, Flash was the “be all and end all” for web interactivity and it was at this time that Adobe bought Macromedia. Review the Flash source code.

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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. The moment I saw how many of my contemporaries were using Dreamweaver Templates to build courses, I knew the end for the complex tools were coming. I used DazzlerMax.

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The King is Dead

eLearning 24-7

The weapons including Authorware, Macromedia Director, DazzlerMax, Toolbook were the ones that separated the knights from the common folk. Eventually the land saw Macromedia Breeze and Dreamweaver enter the lands, with these items called templates. Non-linear learning would continue, regardless of the template elves.

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

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. These tools basically provide the user with pre-built templates for inserting content, interactions and multimedia elements.

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Summer Course Authoring Tool Rankings – Top Ten

eLearning 24-7

Because it is Adobe – the same folks who came up with Photoshop a long time ago, who brought us Premiere – a long time ago and who bought Macromedia – again, a long time ago. Module templates. Why say that? Themes, interactions. Collaboration. Screen capture and recording. Learning notes – nice. Assessment tool.