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eLearning Development: 4 Tech Considerations When Using Videos

Upside Learning

Don’t double compress videos – use uncompressed or lossless formats when compressing to FLV format. Supported source formats are: asf, avi, dv, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, wmv. Encoding videos to FLV. To encode videos into FLV or MP4, the encoder software uses following codecs - H.264, Video delivery options.

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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

Upside Learning

Clearly Apple is backing HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript for developing future web applications. Is it ready for eLearning Development? More specifically- Is it ready to compete with Flash for eLearning Development? Developers will have to make modifications in code to make it work in different browsers.

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Developing An eLearning Player?

Upside Learning

This post is based on our experience with development of Flash based eLearning players over the years. The considerations mentioned here would, however be applicable to any other (development technologies) eLearning player too. Here are some of the key considerations for developing an eLearning Player –.

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

What are the different types of video formats? There are many different types of video formats you can use. Here are some of the most popular options: MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) is the most common type of video file format. This format file was developed by Microsoft for the Windows Media Player.

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Using Lectora to Sync Audio

Integrated Learnings

Most multimedia developers are familiar with audio timing in frame based applications like Adobe Flash and other movie editing software. Lectora allows developers to set events that occur at flagged times within audio. Import Audio as an FLV File. by Jonathan Shoaf. Click Import to add the audio file.

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5 Best Practices of creating an eLearning Video

Wizcabin

Below are the e-learning video best practices to assist educators in developing effective and engaging training. Develop a strategy that helps learners relate, follow it up by giving them the challenge to help them retain knowledge throughout the video, then provide solutions. Develop or convert videos to MP4.

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How to Add Closed Captions to Video and Audio in Lectora

Trivantis

Web accessibility is an important part of the development process that should be considered with your initial course design. Lectora and Lectora Online support adding captions to FLV and MP4 video formats. If your file is not in this format (for example, WMV or AVI), you will need to convert it to MP4. is released!

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