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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. Also, the ability to import PowerPoint presentations isn't new.

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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. Progression.

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No, I Won’t “Tweak” Your PowerPoint Slides

Experiencing eLearning

Have you ever been asked to “just tweak the PowerPoint slides” and call it elearning? The original PowerPoint slides. The PowerPoint slides just need to be tweaked—editing the onscreen text, adding some animation, prepping the script for voice over recording, and syncing everything together. How did you respond?

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How can I organize e-learning project assets for effective version control and file management?

Yukon Learning

” And not only that, but each of these courses has more than one version, with titles like: FireSafetyEvacuations_Final FireSafetyEvacuations_FINALFINAL_ FireSafetyEvacuations_NOforREALthisIStheFINALfinalFINAL The date modified timestamp might provide a clue to the file most recently edited, but how can you be sure it’s the final, FINAL version?

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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The best free PowerPoint templates online

BrightCarbon

When creating presentations in PowerPoint it’s important to have a template to ensure design consistency, but it takes time, effort and skill to create high quality templates and masters. Of course, there are lots of places you can get free PowerPoint templates, but are they any good?

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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. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, but the clients generally preferred Articulate for one reason: it plays nice with Microsoft PowerPoint.