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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Vendors can move up, down or out of the rankings – after all it is on-going. I’m not a lead gen for the vendors listed – rather the goal is to provide you with vendors that meet numerous criteria including UI, features, support/service, mobile, feedback from current and past clients and future game plans.

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Authoring Tools Brainshark PPT 104

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

For each authoring ranking, a brief true ghost story, then the vendor and why it was selected. 7 Courselab. Not SaaS – the authoring tool industry is moving more towards SaaS, then in previous years and as a well known vendor you would think Articulate would see this and say , “here I go”, but they do not.

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Authoring Tools Authoring CourseLab Tools 105

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JUNE 11, 2013

Equation tool – I’ve seen more vendors add this thing – and unless you are in education I can’t see why you would use it. Work offline with their optional Studio Server – extra charge. 5 Courselab. Themes, interactions. Collaboration. Screen capture and recording. Learning notes – nice.

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Authoring Tools CourseLab Course 85

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JULY 20, 2011

You work online via the servers of your vendor. I had thought that this trend would be dying out, but it is amazing at the number of vendors who are entering the space and still focused on the desktop approach. Vendors who are already in the SaaS only space, should continue to offer features that maximize its power.

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Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Trends 78

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

When you see many of these awards from organizations – the general mass of them (but not all of them) require the vendor/company to submit an application for whatever category or categories. There is never any pay for play here – even my vendor clients are aware that they may not win best of the best. An additional note.

Authoring Tools 86

Authoring Tools Authoring Flash to HTML5 Conversion Tools 86

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Vendors who added innovative features including text to speech (way to go SoftChalk), to true HTML5 support (Claro, Cm-Studio, Rapid Intake, Toolbook and sort of HTML5 output – Lectora) to image editors, SDK kits, gaming sims and Sony PSP devices. Vendors who provide Mac OS support for their desktop content authoring tools.

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vendor Authoring Tools STT Trainer Mac 68