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Course Content Authoring Tools – Open Source (Free)

eLearning 24-7

Below is a list of course authoring tools – think “rapid e-learning authoring software&#. The list is followed by free open source software that mimics and can even beat – IMO some of its more well known competitors – that you might use when building your WBT.

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An explanation of cmi5 in (mostly) plain English

Rustici Software

No matter which DVD you buy, it’ll play in your DVD player at home; you don’t need different players to watch different DVDs. The content author creates AUs (learning activities) that use xAPI to capture advanced learner data and assembles the AUs into a course structure with instructions. Source: ADL cmi5 Specification.

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Taking cmi5 adoption further by developing a Conformance Test Suite

Rustici Software

For the last 18 years, some of the most important work we’ve done at Rustici Software has been the standards-based efforts we’ve worked on with the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL). At Rustici, our software is primarily responsible for helping eLearning organizations achieve “interoperability.”

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Best of the Best: Content Authoring Tools

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Again, not every tool below is SaaS based, but at some point, you have to move to the SaaS world, especially if you are offering or saying you do – some type of mobile learning functionality. I’ve seen some authoring tools that fit most of the criteria above, but whose ease of use is substandard or even really bad.

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

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You can use either your own 3rd party content authoring tool and upload it into the “Cloud&# and then wherever you are, output either to your LMS, or onto Moodle or even WordPress (they have a plug in for that) OR place the course in Facebook or nearly any solution that accepts APIs. Open Source Product of the Year (i.e.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

As the evolution of e-learning continues, the rapid content authoring tools (RCAT) market follows suit. While the assumption would be that all the products are alike, or that fee based tools are superior to their free counterparts, nothing could be farther than the truth. Open Source Free Content Authoring Tools.

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SCORM 101: The Definitive Guide to Choose a SCORM Compliant LMS

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It works as a protocol that defines how online learning content is created, developed, and used to be compatible with the various eLearning software products. SCORM was first developed by the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative – ADL, a research group sponsored by the US Department of Defense. and SCORM 2004 3rd Edition.

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