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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Authorware Adobe Eedo Atlantic Link 32

Association eLearning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It’s nothing new —just another step in the continual evolution we’ve seen since the early 1990s, when authoring tools were first introduced to help eLearning professionals create and deliver learning. Over the years, these tools have had to balance ease-of-use with the ability to create a robust learning experience.

Mobile Learning 100

Mobile Learning Authoring Mobile Authorware 100

ATD Learning Technologies

OCTOBER 3, 2012

With us was Tom King, who helped create Authorware. I was sequestered in a conference room during Plugfest 9 with Philip Dodds, chief architect of the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM™) and a few people on the ADL technical team.

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Macromedia Authorware ADL SCORM 86

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. And from Adobe, Creating e-Learning Content , which includes configuring learning interactions and tracking to a SCORM or AICC compliant LMS.

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DHTML Authoring Tools Authorware Toolbook 100

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 11, 2024

Someone came up with the idea to create templates for developing courses quickly – and no, it wasn’t someone from Adobe or Articulate. I was using DazzlerMax and Authorware, which are superior offerings for creating courses. Adobe was the first vendor to use templates to create courses. Not Articulate.

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Ideas Learn.com SumTotal SkillSoft 84

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. By the time she retired she had watched society move from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles to the Wright brothers to astronauts landing on the moon.

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CD-ROM Lesson Instructional Design Toolbook 160

eLearning Cyclops

JUNE 3, 2010

They provided just enough to make us dangerous with HTML, Flash, Photoshop and Authorware. No, I do not use Authorware now, but it is hard to predict what will be an essential tool 10 years down the road. Graphics editing : There is a good chance you will need to create and/or edit graphics for your courses (e.g.

Big Question 100

Big Question Flash to HTML5 Conversion DHTML Dreamweaver 100

eLearning 24-7

APRIL 29, 2021

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. Little Lights of Brightness. Not full trailblazer, nevertheless some cool things taking place.

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Learning System System Metrics Learn.com 105

ATD Learning Technologies

JULY 7, 2016

Ethan has been designing online instruction for almost 25 years, beginning with work at the PLATO laboratory at the University of Illinois, continuing through positions at Authorware, Macromedia, Microsoft, and as a consultant with a host of top companies in the United States and abroad.

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Macromedia Authorware Instructional Design Courseware 72

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Should I write about the CLO role (not everyone but plenty) who push hard on new learning technologies because their companies can afford it – such as custom VR content, even though, overall other companies can’t – creating a have and have not? Creating, once again, a have and have not situation.

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White Label vendor Authorware Budget 83

eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I “grew-up&# in eLearning world using Director/Authorware and then moving into Flash/HTML (PPT was “off-limits&# ). I’ve seen terrible Flash and Lectora courses even thought they were created in amazing (expensive) tools. You can quickly create content and there are tons of layouts, backgrounds, and color themes.

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PowerPoint eLearning Tools PPT Tools 114

Aptara

JUNE 10, 2019

The longer your company has been in business, the more you’ve been creating training material, which has resulted in large libraries of content in various forms. legacy tools/platforms (Authorware, Director, etc.) The Content Conversion Cause - Abhijit Kadle. Flash to HTML5. PowerPoint to the online e-learning.

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Conversation CD-ROM Flash to HTML5 Conversion Content 45

Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

Tools like thinking worlds are great for quickly creating 3D based decision simulations (or even simple 3D games). Dr. Michael Allen (creator of Authorware) is working on a new tool called Zebra (which he talks about here ) that would make engaging eLearning creation easy with drag and drop objects.

Learning Technologies 271

Learning Technologies Authoring Tools Technology Simulations 271

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. KK: 5) Can you give an example of how SAM has been used to create an e-learning product? KK: 6) Thanks, that’s a great example.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Authoring Tools Conversation 254

TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 31, 2013

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. I also use them personally to send helpful information to family and friends and even use them to create fun, family projects.

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Authoring Tools SnagIt Screencast Mac 76

eLearning 24-7

DECEMBER 2, 2020

PowerPoint is for Presentations, not for creating an e-learning course or as part of your course development. Just because it exists – readily available for creating a course with it – i.e. PPT, doesn’t mean you should. . Early Release of three systems in the Top 10 Learning Systems for 2021.

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PPT Cornerstone OnDemand PowerPoint Instructional Design 67

Challenge to Learn

MARCH 21, 2015

together they created the great book ‘The working smarter fieldbook’, that is all about workplace learning. 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. His fight against boring and bad e-Learning.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Authoring Tools eLearning xapi 100

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

eLearning Authoring Tools Mind Map A month or two ago I asked for your input to create a collaborative comparison of different products on the market. The list does include older tools like Authorware, which are no longer being supported and definitely missing a tool or two. I asked "What do you use it for?, what do you like about?

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Brandon Hall Authoring Udutu Tools 100

Clive on Learning

MAY 23, 2007

The creator of Authorware and long-time instructional design guru created something of a stir (at least with me) when he announced his dissatisfaction with the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) model for e-learning development and put his not inconsiderable weight behind a new process of 'successive approximation'.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Create Authorware 40

Clive on Learning

JANUARY 24, 2008

Just look at these results, showing the market share of tools in various categories: Rapid development tools: #1 Captivate (65% of Guild members); #4 Presenter (26%) Courseware authoring, i.e. more serious tools: #1 Captivate (60%); #2 Flash (47%); #3 Dreamweaver (43%); #5 Authorware (16%). Audio recording (!!!!): #1 Captivate (44%).

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Authoring Tools Adobe Authorware Tools 40

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. Without those goals, it’s a challenge to create measurable objectives and build effective courses. How to Create Learning Objectives. Understand Performance vs Information Courses.

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Compliance Training e-learning vendor 44

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 20, 2013

If you are an Authorware fanatic missing the old days, you are still going to miss it – because while these capabilities are being added to tools they are still not at the level of Authorware. I remember pushing my pen around my paper in junior high creating a race game too. Audio Editing. Another feature on the rise.

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Authoring Market Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 74

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Most of it came, via 3rd party providers, or what we referred to as “boutique shops” – think custom development (fee-based) that someone, company, government, institution, and so forth hired to create a course or courses. Could someone create a course at said company? Wanted people to buy your courses you created?

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Compliance Training Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS 81

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

Don’t Go Crazy Trying to Create an Award Winning Course. You’ll learn basic design principles and how to organize the content on your screen to create more visual impact. Compared to building courses in Flash or Authorware, the rapid elearning tools are easy to use. Create a simple 10 slide PowerPoint file.

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Rapid eLearning Blogging Authoring Tools eLearning Consultant 73

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 1, 2017

In other words, create the course, then click publish and whammo it appears in the LMS (on admin side, where they then have it go live). The difference though is that when published the course should look like the course and not something smushed together and looks different than what you initially created. Time consuming.

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Authoring Trends Tools Micro-Learning 60

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Sure, you can use the extensive list of tools on the market, but for those who want real power and complexity ala from the days of Authorware, pickings are slim. Celtix - Enables you to create storyboards and scripts. It’s free.

eLearning Tools 85

eLearning Tools Authoring Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

SweetRush

MARCH 19, 2014

Most developers traditionally consider Captivate to be the default tool for creating software demonstrations and simulations within e-learning, but not an end-all, be-all for all types of learning. What types of products can be created using Adobe Captivate 7? Captivate 7 includes a number of pre-set template dimensions.

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Adobe Captivate Authoring Tools Captivate Adobe 79

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

AUGUST 25, 2011

I was able to create some really great eLearning with Windows but it was NOT fun. Creating and doing work became FUN! As I went through the program I later learned Authorware and Director.but all on the PC. And since Intel was not yet making chips for the Mac we needed to support the new job. Again, a huge let down.

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Apple Toolbook Productivity Product 54

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

Q: I loved Authorware, but today I can’t find an authoring tool that can match it or even get close to it. There are a lot of e-learning developers and instructional designers who either used Authorware or want an authoring tool that meets their needs – and which does not exist in today’s market.

SumTotal 73

SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The weapons including Authorware, Macromedia Director, DazzlerMax, Toolbook were the ones that separated the knights from the common folk. And there were now more people creating courses including those with interactions, learning objects, engagement – ahh, life was good.

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Instructional Design Macromedia Toolbook Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

MARCH 12, 2011

Not understanding that they are creating a product for people to use , rather creating what they feel people should use. For those of us who can remember, back in early 2000, products like Authorware were essential to building courses. Their premise was simple: create courses quickly and easily. I repeat “easily&#.

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Authoring Tools vendor NexLearn Authorware 68

eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 20, 2013

For the latter group with all the capabilities there is enough there to create an engaging course that goes beyond just the basics. . For the former, you can definitely create courses and if you want to maximize it, then expect a bit of time to achieve it – and learn it. #19 Simple to create and build a course.

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Authoring Tools Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

Clive on Learning

JULY 4, 2007

In the 1980s came TenCore, Wicat, Microtext (in the UK, for the BBC Micro) and (modesty does not preclude me from mentioning) one that I created myself called ProCAL. Of course these all came and went as PCs gradually dominated the market for hardware and Windows took hold.

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Atlantic Link Authorware ViewletBuilder RapideL 40

Tony Karrer

MAY 25, 2006

Authorware , Toolbook ) to the new generation of WBT authoring tools (e.g., It is created via an Authoring Tool or an Learning Content Management System. It can be created using Wiki software, a content management system, web editing software or even Microsoft Word stored as HTML. It is asynchronous.

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Courseware Reference Authoring Tools Simulations 109

Litmos

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Users wanted to create their own programs without needing to know programming and thus, the authoring tool was born. Hypercard and Authorware both launched in 1987, making it easy to create multi-media programs. What you could produce was crude by today’s standards, but it gave anyone the ability to create educational programs.

CD-ROM 40

CD-ROM Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools Wikipedia 40

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

There’s a lot of bad content created in PowerPoint, that’s true. But those are limitations created by the clients or course developers. It’s not a limitation created by PowerPoint. And that’s the case whether they built them in Authorware or PowerPoint. Here’s the deal.

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PowerPoint Authoring Tools Rapid eLearning Authorware 40

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

Someone did the instructional design, someone else worked on graphics, and then we had a programmer who built the courses in Authorware or some other application. It’s all about creating an environment that facilitates the best learning experience. Create before and after examples of good elearning. Create a personal portfolio.

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Authoring Tools Skills Rapid eLearning ASTD 79