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Top 10 Authoring Tools for 2017

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If a PPT course tool – what can it do that others in that niche can’t? Yes you can create a quick course here, since SL3 has features to build a PPT course. Supports PENS. Custom trigger statements is a huge win. You can send xAPI and SCORM at the same time, send xAPI data to multiple LRSs at the same time too.

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The Latest: Rapid Content Authoring Tool Market

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PowerPoint – Ability to integrate or use PPT in your courses. Some vendors push heavily on PPT, implying that a great WBT is really a PPT converted to Flash. The latter is slowly gaining speed, which is an advantage to LMS vendors who have a CAT in their own product – which is SCORM,PENS/IMS compliant.

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Hacking PowerPoint for custom colors

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And we’re about to show you how to add custom colors in PowerPoint to your template themes. Before we get started, let’s clear something up: color is defined and used in PowerPoint in myriad ways – everything from theme colors and tints and shades, to spot colors, recently used colors and custom colors. Let’s find out.

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State of the Authoring Tool Industry

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PowerPoint still reigns – If you are a course purist, the idea that PPT should be seen as an authoring tool should make you grumble with disgust. . Yes, you can use it for many different things, and yes, Microsoft has an add-on that turns PPT into something similar to Adobe Presenter. I do know custom shops as well, that use S2.

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The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog

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This post will share with you my secrets for creating custom templates in PowerPoint. Kuler : create custom color schemes. The tabletPC is just like using a mouse only I use a pen. Instead of seeing mouse movements in my movie capture, you saw my note writing via the pen and tabletPC. GIMP : solid Photoshop alternative.

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State of the Authoring Tool Industry 2015

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Themes and customized templates- Many have it including the ability to do a custom skin of your own colors and branding. The downside for customers? If you are wondering if the “publish once to all” means the vendor is using PENS, the answer is no, they are not using PENS. . Daily Backups.

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Hell in a Cell Between Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe Captivate 9, and LectoraInspire 16

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can customize shapes using the pen tool in Storyline and Captivate. PPT Import. There is a possibility to download supporting documents from within the eLearning module (PDF, PPT, MS Word, EXE, ZIP, PNG, JPG, etc.). All 3 tools have a default menu that can be customized according to requirements. SmartShapes.