eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Tools these days come in three flavors. Authoring Tools for developers. The biggest problem facing the industry in the past few years are the lack of course authoring tools for e-learning developers and instructional designers. MLOAT - Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool. A combination of both.

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Back when I first started developing e-learning courses, I used Macromedia's Authorware. For more interactive elements, I used Flash and imported the SWFs into Authorware. So, do I really need to continue using these authoring tools? No, I can skip the middle man and produce entire courses in Flash.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Just saw an Adobe announcement that they plan to discontinue development of Authorware. Since it was the first multimedia authoring tool I ever used, it certainly is bringing back some memories of some pretty cool work (and headaches). Goodbye Authorware. Thanks for the memories.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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. List of Tools and Vendors: Keynote - KnowledgePlanet On-Demand. RapidBuilder® (Software Simul.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 18, 2012

The RCAT (rapid content authoring tool) market continues to be healthy with nothing to slow it down – uh, except maybe one thing (more on that later). I am still surprised on how vendors who are offering assessment only tools are staying in the game. Perhaps their audience is unaware of LMSs who offer assessment tools.

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Litmos

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Consider the internet; developments on top of the TCP/IP protocol like SMTP and HTML allowed a variety of tools to work together to bring us email and the world wide web. Initially, when you developed eLearning, you were pretty much dependent on the tool you developed it in. They make working together easier.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 8, 2015

He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. As we know, Authorware became a groundbreaking authoring tool combining power and ease of use, and ultimately the industry standard.

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Learnnovators

JANUARY 7, 2015

He was the founder and CEO of Authorware, a revolutionary eLearning authoring tool. Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. Learnnovators: You are known for your role as the primary architect in creating Authorware ?

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Instructional Design Authorware Blended Learning ADDIE 145

Tony Karrer

MARCH 15, 2007

I was somewhat surprised that my post: Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction didn't generate more interest. This data shows that the Articulate tools, Adobe Captivate and Dreamweaver and Lectora are near the top for elearning course authoring. While tools such as Toolbook and Authorware are down a bit.

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Is PowerPoint the most widely used tool for eLearning development? Most of the new authoring tools either use PPT as their backbone or offer the ability to import slides. I “grew-up&# in eLearning world using Director/Authorware and then moving into Flash/HTML (PPT was “off-limits&# ). Should it be?

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

We didn’t have specific tools for learning outcomes, and we had to apply generic tools like computer systems and the like. There did emerge authoring systems (e.g. And, specifically for learning, Authorware became a powerful tool. The whole solution was too costly, despite the power.

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SweetRush

MARCH 19, 2014

This research is brought to you by SweetRush’s senior software engineer, Andrew Kubay. For the past several years, this tool has been one of the most popular software packages for e-learning development. It’s worth taking a deeper look at the additional functionality we find in Captivate 7.

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Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

Evolution of authoring tools like Articulate to become better & easier to work with reducing the cost of development. This suggests that LMS systems are evolving to accommodate newer tools and techniques, as they should. Birth of new Authoring Tools.

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Janet Clarey

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I’ve used a bunch of desktop authoring tools – Lectora, Dreamweaver, Authorware, Captivate, and Articulate to name a few. I haven’t really used a lot of web-based authoring tools though. I wish it had been around when I was pulling my hair out learning Authorware. Not my best work : ).

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

The other day, I was listening to an audiobook, and the author spoke about ideas. I thought about this, as you can tell, and said to myself, okay, let’s write a post where the e-learning history and thus learning systems, authoring tools, and alike are intertwined with good and bad ideas. At the time, I hated it.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 24, 2008

I had thought that, with my extravagant purchases, I was maintaining the Adobe share price all on my own, but the eLearning Guild's latest research report on authoring and development tools proves otherwise. Simulation tools: #1 Captivate (79%); #2 Flash (45%). Simulation tools: #1 Captivate (79%); #2 Flash (45%).

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 1, 2012

He is the author of seven book including a best-seller on creating effective e-learning and in has received ASTD’s Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award in 2011. Rapid development tools and their promoters are, in my opinion, much at fault here. I began research to study the ADDIE process we were using.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Should I write that authoring tools themselves are pricing in many cases, out of the range to businesses, or entities entering the space for the first time, or causing a line item that requires a budget change, and potential impact to other learning technology initiatives?

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Here at DevLearn 2011 in Las Vegas I've got authoring tools on my mind. Because I have been able to take a look at two new tools today, which I'm sure are going to have a major impact. But for me the PowerPoint add-in approach to authoring is an uncomfortable compromise. Animation tools includes. So what's special?

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Adobe eLearning Solutions So, Ellen is talking about Authorware and IT's future in eLearning: 6 part plan 1)Business continuity 2)conversion 3)migration 4)enablement 5)develop the next gen leanring content authoring 6)improved communication Tom KIng will be acting as the Liaison for Adobe and the Authorware community to help this transition process.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2018

I came into rapid e-learning from the world of Authorware and Flash where building courses took a lot of time and cost a lot more money. Today, most authoring solutions fall into the rapid e-learning bucket. So I’d say the authoring tools that were maligned ten years ago are now the tools of choice.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Instead they just build everything from inside their authoring tool. A lot of this changed when we shifted from custom development in Flash and Authorware to Articulate Studio and PowerPoint. It’s just in the authoring tool and not a separate document. Why There’s No Need for a Storyboard.

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Aptara

JUNE 10, 2019

As long as there was a need for animation, interaction, and engagement to be delivered over the web, Flash survived, mainly because authoring platforms meant for e-learning couldn’t provide the required sophistication. Over the last five years, we’ve seen that change because of efficient and effective rapid authoring tools.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

After getting a bachelor’s in communication and an MBA, I joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), learned Authorware (an early e-learning authoring tool) and how to write training guides … then was never staffed on a project where that was my role.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2021

The latter included an authoring tool, too. Adobe Captivate – They were not the first authoring tool in the industry; Authorware was the first commercial success, heavily used with CBT, and then even into WBT (web-based). Lectora will note the same, but I never found it to be an RCAT.

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eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 2, 2020

PowerPoint is not E-Learning and shouldn’t be used as your course tool/development – For whatever reason, there are people who have been around online learning for years, who still see PPT as a means for the creation of content – i.e. courses. Will they spur visceral responses? Who knows. I mean what is visceral anyway?

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dVinci Interactive

MARCH 23, 2012

In 1989, I created my first interactive video using an authoring platform called IconAuthor, and it required a newfangled operating system called Windows 2.1. CD ROMs became easy to author, but they were soon supplanted by the ubiquity of the internet.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2007

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for July is 'how should e-learning developers choose their authoring tools given the proliferation of tools on the market?' Well, I posted on this subject just last week (see Confused of Brighton ) and even listed my own top ten tools , authoring or otherwise, in a subsequent post.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

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. In addition, try to connect with expert users of the software and show them what you’ve done and ask for opinions. December 11th, 2007.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

How many of you who have been offered this amazing opportunity use a rapid course authoring tool? Authoring tools were limited options and each one was not easy to just pick up and start building. Anyone who used Authorware can attest to that. The Authoring Tool. Below is a list of ideal.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

Q: We use WebEx as our web conferencing tool. The problem with the web conferencing tools that currently exist (as a whole) is that none of them are 100% perfect. Q: I loved Authorware, but today I can’t find an authoring tool that can match it or even get close to it. Is there anything better out there?

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Thinking Worldsâ„¢ educational game is an easy to use authoring engine that enables gamers and learners to create, edit, play and share their own 3D learning based games, that teach and entertain. Another gem from Donald Clark. I was not aware of ThinkingWorlds until today and now I can't wait to try it out.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 21, 2015

ZebraZaps is a tool that will enable you to create all kind of interactive elements for your eLearning, and it is one of the truly innovative tools out there. ADDIE is the ‘old’ approach of building eLearning through the so called waterfall model, Sam use agile principles that come out of the world of software development.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 31, 2013

He has been authoring, directing, and producing many different eLearning and interactive training programs for over a decade. He was an avid Authorware (Macromedia) developer and has continued on over the years to create many different sources of educational materials including Interactive PDF’s, iBooks, and eBooks.

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eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The majority of people creating the courses used authoring tools, such as Authorware (difficult to learn, but robust), Dazzler Max (I used it, learning curve though), Lectora (difficult to learn) and many others that existed then. Instructional design was actually being used. Because of the way the courses were designed.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Brought down by the tool or tools, another retorted back. The weapons including Authorware, Macromedia Director, DazzlerMax, Toolbook were the ones that separated the knights from the common folk. Rise of the Rapid Content Authoring Dragon. Chopped by the ax as they would say. Nay, said another person standing near me.

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Litmos

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve met people who had worked on the original SCORM standard, those driving the new xAPI standard, as well as early champions of our industry who coined the terms and built the original software tools. Through the 70s it was being marketed as a tool for retraining unemployed workers in new fields.

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