I absolutely love software, apps, applications, extensions, plug-ins, add-ons, whatever you want to call it. Because one of my passions is to review software and as I’m doing it, I’m always coming up with ways I think the software could be better, it’s just part of my DNA I suppose. HTML5 — This is a no-brainer for me and I strongly believe every Rapid eLearning tool should absolutely have a simple way to get a course published to HTML5 in 2012. MORE

by Lectora – a PowerPoint authoring tool à la Articulate. I’d put about half of them in the keeping-up-with-the-Joneses category, meaning the addition of basic features that Articulate already has. Technically, a skilled programmer could probably get Articulate to do that by adding their own HTML or JavaScript, but Snap! Advantage: Articulate. Supports ActionScript 3 (but I wouldn’t be surprised If Articulate fixes that soon). MORE

Course Content Authoring Tools – Open Source (Free) - eLearning 24-7 , June 7, 2010. 4 Free Tools to Help Get Your PowerPoint from Good to Great - Mindflash , October 21, 2010. Checklist of Social Learning Strategies - Engaged Learning , January 12, 2010. Free Quiz and Test Maker Tools Plus My Top 3 - eLearning 24-7 , September 14, 2010. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010: Final list, presentation and more - Jane Hart - Pick of the Day , October 18, 2010. MORE

Articulate Studio, the rapid authoring tool from Articulate, is based on PowerPoint presentation. A tool that comes in 4 packages: Articulate Presenter. Articulate Engage. Articulate Quiz-maker . Articulate Replay . They are like the two sides of a same coin. With all these packages, you can create a faster and easier presentation based e-Learning and m-Learnings. The post How to create presentation based e-Learning? MORE

Interactions help in making the course engaging and collaborative. We are excited to bring out the first ever Interaction Building Tools Comparison. We have compared Raptivity, eLearning Brothers, Articulate Engage '13, Articulate Storyline 2 and Adobe Captivate 9 on various parameters that are vital to create, integrate and deploy eLearning interactions. eLearning Brothers is a simple online tool but with limited multimedia utility. - MORE

The author has good before and after examples. Play Around with the Software. Compared to building courses in Flash or Authorware, the rapid elearning tools are easy to use. For example, I get a lot of questions about the best way to get started with Articulate Presenter. In addition, try to connect with expert users of the software and show them what you’ve done and ask for opinions. If you use other software, they probably have their own forums. MORE

I’m going to share them from my perspective in the Articulate user community, but the ideas aren’t limited to any specific tool. You can join your software’s user community which is usually an online forum. The software only gives you features. The software you use is just a tool. You probably need less help with the technical part of the tool and more with how to use the tool to produce the course you desire. MORE

Empower , a rapid Flash interaction builder, for the princely sum of $99, got me wondering if I have any idea any more of what an authoring tool is worth. Empower looks like it is much more powerful than Articulate Engage, which sells for four times as much, and almost certainly cost Trivantis much more to develop. Time was an authoring tool cost at very least $1K and often much more. authoring toolsThe recent release by Trivantis of Snap! MORE

I don't know if I've seen this reported by the eLearningGuild , but their reports showed some interesting information about satisfaction levels reported by members on course authoring and rapid eLearning tool satisfaction levels. Courseware Authoring Tool Satisfaction - Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction - I'm only showing tools with 15 or more evaluations. List of Tools and Vendors: Keynote - KnowledgePlanet On-Demand. MORE

I get a lot of questions about buying elearning software. And with that I get to see some of the ridiculous checklists that some IT groups create to compare software. When it comes to selecting software, it can be hard to know what to look for and what questions to ask. Here are some tips to help you find the right tools as you wade through reams of the vendor’s marketing information. Select E-Learning Software by Understanding the Type of Tools. MORE

Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles - eLearning Technology , March 24, 2010 Collection of articles around how to make effective use of Twitter as a learning tool. Tools For Mobile Learning Development - Upside Learning Blog , March 21, 2010 Some tools which may assist you in developing mobile learning applications. Another perspective on stakeholder analysis - Clive on Learning , March 18, 2010 A tool for stakeholder analysis. Tools of my trade , March 28, 2010. MORE

Spelling – I am always surprised at the number of authoring tools who do not have this feature. Lectora compares this product to Articulate Engage and frankly I think that is a mistake. Empower blows away Engage on multiple levels and as such I’d put this product against some of the rapid content authoring tools that offer simulation options. authoring tools e-learning e-learning vendors Lectora Product Review Snap! MORE

After my session at ISPI earlier this week, someone commented that what would have really been useful is a list of the top 10 authoring tools in the market. During my presentation, I flashed up on the screen a list of the 122+ tools listed in the Brandon Hall database. And of course, the tool needs to fit the purpose, so one tool won’t fit all. I did dig up the eLearning Guild Authoring Tools Research Report (January 2008). MORE

by Lectora – a PowerPoint authoring tool à la Articulate. I’d put about half of them in the keeping-up-with-the-Joneses category, meaning the addition of basic features that Articulate already has. Technically, a skilled programmer could probably get Articulate to do that by adding their own HTML or JavaScript, but Snap! Advantage: Articulate. Supports ActionScript 3 (but I wouldn’t be surprised If Articulate fixes that soon). MORE

4) [professor] Use Articulate quiz-maker, Articulate engage, Snag-it and Camtasia to produce rich media that will astonish everyone. Recent Comments Blog Archive ► 2011 (3) ► January (3) Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Le. Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning Free and Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learnin. MORE

In my last post, I talked about how to ‘think outside the box’ when creating Articulate Engage interactions. Although you can be creative in Articulate Engage, ultimately there are limits to what you can do. This is because Articulate Engage is a form based tool. In this post, I’d like to look at Articulate Quizmaker — [.]. Articulate eLearning Design eLearning Development eLearning course design instructional design rapid authoring tools MORE

Yes, Studio 360 can be called as the trident as it consists of the three content authoring prongs – Presenter 360, Quizmaker 360, Engage 360 for creating powerpoint-based courses easily with custom interactions, suitable assessments. All the three tools have specific features which make them self-sufficient implicitly and a master tool explicitly which turns out to be Studio 360. Now let’s dive into more details on features tool-wise. Engage 360. MORE