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Expectations From eLearning Authoring Tools

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Should be able to import external Flash SWF as well as audio and video in variety of popular formats. Localization processes using the tool should be easy and fast. Should be able to import/export content (like PPT, DOC, or simple HTML), and allow for edits after import. Standard and customizable compliance. 2004, AICC). web, LMS, CD-ROM).

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The Open Screen Project – Will It Succeed?

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The most important one is Adobe removing restrictions on SWF and FLV/F4V specifications. So one can now develop software that can actually “play” SWF content. What’s Adobe’s contribution? Also porting Flash runtimes on handheld devices has been made royalty free (which wasn’t the case earlier). How’s it going?

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Flash to HTML5 – Swiffy From Google

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This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. We’ve been experiementing with Swiffy for a few hours now and it seems to do quite a decent job of converting SWF files.

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Rapid eLearning Through Software Simulations And Screencasts

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Unlike screen capturing tools, the published output is not just a passive video, but is in a fully interactive format such as Flash SWF. The context-based feedback lets learner latch onto the minute details of the application in question. Adobe Captivate is one such popular tool for developing guided or exploratory software simulations.

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eLearning Development: 4 Tech Considerations When Using Videos

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The embedded videos are played back from within SWF, so you can create your own components to control the video playback. Playing back videos.

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eLearning Development: What’s new in Flash CS4?

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Flash CS4 allows us to finally publish SWF files for Flash Player 10 - the latest version of Flash Player. The new Adobe CS4 suite has some new exciting and time-saving features in all its products. If you have been bugged by previous Flash versions not allowing you to publish for latest Flash Player there is some relief here.

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Smokescreen – The Future Of Flash Player?

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Primarily, it reads the binary SWF file and renders its animation and audio content to standard web compliant format. For now this project is targeted at advertisers to enable them to run Flash ads on the iPhone/iPad. Here is a video demonstration of a Flash ad running on an iPad using Smokescreen –. Chrome 5, Safari 4 and Opera 10.53.