This month, Joe’s review covers one free tool and one that is definitely not free. They have different purposes, both have. their interesting features, both have their limitations. This review will help you sort them out. Design & Development Tools Development Strategies MORE

Although there is an open source option in eXe , it's fair to say that this is more directed at educational users than corporates. I've been taking a look at an early version of RapideL's new online e-learning authoring tool, which they are calling RapideL-i. I've previously experimented with their desktop tool, RapideL Enhance, which works with Microsoft Word to generate Flash-based courses, but this is a big step forward. MORE

exe) for offline purposes. Choosing a rapid e-learning authoring tool that suits your training needs completely can be quite a challenging task. You need to consider various aspects such as cost, built-in features, flexibility of the tool, and the output it gives. MORE

These can then be deployed as a simple web offering or as a SCORM object, although in many cases you'll want to integrate the activity into a larger piece of work you are creating in another authoring tool - they provide instructions for Articulate Presenter , eXe and CourseGenie , although I'm sure it can be made to work in many other tools too - perhaps event the Rocket Course Builder :-). MORE

There is a possibility to download supporting documents from within the eLearning module (PDF, PPT, MS Word, EXE, ZIP, PNG, JPG, etc.). Selecting the right authoring tool for rapid eLearning projects is a process riddled with uncertainty. How will you know which eLearning tool to work with? MORE

For an open source alternative, try EXE. 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. Nevertheless, I believe I should address the Big Question in a more measured way than in last week's rant, so here goes. MORE

I put in info on CourseLab, Wimba Create and eXe - hope that helps :) Mark Drechsler www.markdrechsler.com 1:10 AM greencurry said. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, September 21, 2009 eLearning Authoring Tools Review -- Help! I am working on a presentation in a few weeks about eLearning authoring tools. MORE

After downloading, install Virtual Box and Run the exe file for Virtual Box to extract the OVF/OVA/SFX file. Brother Nathan from eLearning Brothers checking in with tips on how to set up your machine for virtual testing. MORE

Lectora can be used to publish to various formats such as HTML5, Executable File (exe), CD-ROM, Course Mill, AICC, SCORM, and xAPI. In my previous blog, we have seen how to convert your PowerPoint presentations into e-learning courses using Adobe Captivate. MORE

The EXE publish option is back. Adobe has announced a free update to its popular Adobe Captivate 8 software. The update fixes several bugs and includes some nice enhancements. To get the update, choose  Help > Updates  from within the Captivate program. Once the update is installed, your new Captivate version will be  8.0.1.242. Here's a partial list of what's new in the update: Responsive drag-and-drop interactions. Google Maps enabled geo-location support. MORE

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Once added to an Aggregator project, you can publish the combined files as a SWF, EXE file, PDF or HTML. by Kevin Siegel. In an ideal world, your Captivate projects would be kept to a respectable number of slides (fewer than approximately 100). Larger projects will take longer to produce, longer to publish, longer for learners to download and, most importantly, longer to complete. MORE

Jane Hart recently put out a list of the 25 (free) tools every learning professional should have in their toolbox. The list contains everything from development to time management tools. I’ve used two-thirds of the tools and I can vouch for their usefulness. Jane describes the list like this… Whether you are a corporate trainer, a Learning & Development manager, a learning designer or developer, or an educator in a school, college or university, these are the 25 must-have tools. MORE

You will also be able to explore a vast array of LMSs, authoring tools and other technologies including eFront, Exe, Ilias, Moodle, Xerte to name but a few. MORE

However, the exe must also be digitally signed or the error message “A referral was returned from the server” is returned which is misleading, to say the least. One way to somewhat get around this is to run the exe with uiAccess set to “false.” Set up the uiAccess flag. MORE

Under "Archived Versions" section, click on Flash Player 10 link and download the zip file containing all the Flash Player 10 exes. exe to install Flash Player ActiveX. exe to install Flash Player ActiveX once again. After upgrading to Flash Player 10.1, you may notice that imported Powerpoint images and SWF animations appear smaller in the Edit area and Storyboard. The issue does not affect published content. MORE

eXe - (Authoring Tool) The eXe project developed a freely available Open Source authoring application to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. MORE

Then I went on to show about 12 tools in more detail – some of which would probably make it onto a top ten list (Flash, Captivate, Articulate, and Lectora) – the remaining tools trying to hit at some of the other options out there (Smart Builder, eXe, Udutu, Thinking Worlds, Raptivity, Flypaper, Mohive, and Atlantic Link). After my session at ISPI earlier this week, someone commented that what would have really been useful is a list of the top 10 authoring tools in the market. MORE

In this Adobe Captivate QuickTip, I will answer the question what happened to Captivate’s ability to publish your CPTX projects as either video or as a stand-alone executable for Mac or PC. MORE

Mohive www.mohive.com eXe [link] Flypaper www.flypaper.com/ Suddenly Smart www.suddenlysmart.com Thinking Worlds www.thinkingworlds.com We obviously couldn't cover every tool in the pool, and I'm sure some feelings will be hurt. I had the great pleasure of speaking last night at the Massachusetts chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). MORE

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April's Big Question from Learning Circuits is "How to Keep up?" This is in reference the immense and rapidly expanding technology tools. It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. However, being involved in an e-learning community is a big help. For me it is a blog community and following many experts on Twitter. Not only am I often made aware of new tools, but also get opinions, tips, and examples of their use. MORE

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 8/02/2010 Extensions on RSS module eFront had for some time now an RSS module that could fetch and present an RSS feed inside a lesson or on administrators panel. MORE

The biggest challenge I set myself was to demonstrate features of Firefox, OpenOffice, Moodle, MediaWiki, Gimp, Audacity, eXe, FreeMind and Wink, some of which I had only recently downloaded. MORE

and guess what, multiple popup warnings again, fair enough I start ploughing through and get down to one that is proving a problem and then, and do not ask me why, I remember ExE. I had downloaded ExE some time ago and always thought it would be worth looking at later. I now know how long my students spend on the crossword, brilliant, well done the ExE team for a robust and very promising package, I can recommend it and will definitely be making use of in the future MORE

For example, Exelis, an aerospace and defense company recently acquired by Harris Corporation, donates resources to community-based veterans’ organizations, and incorporates volunteer initiatives into its formal leadership development programs. MORE

You use the e-learning development software to publish courses to HTML5, MP4, EXE, SWF, and PDF formats. How can you develop a good web-based training (WBT) material? What does it take to harness the full learning potential of the Web to train your workforce? MORE

If you've published EXE files using Adobe Captivate 5, the EXEs might not open on machines that do not have Adobe Captivate 5. Instead, learners might see the following message: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem." " Click here for the fix. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate MORE

Issue: EXE files published from Adobe Captivate 5 do not open on machines that do not have Adobe Captivate 5 installed on them. Solution: Download and install the latest patch for this issue, publish the project as an EXE file again, and then try opening it. The following error message is displayed: “This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.&#. MORE

Today I will look at a very nice HTML authoring environment designed for e-learning development called the eLearning XHTML editor, or eXe. Open Source E-Learning Development 8: eXe (the eLearning XHTML editor) is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog. web-based learning e-Learning Authoring elearning development eXe rapid elearning MORE

Resource Viewing > View resources inside of EXE files including icons and manifests. Util is a folder I have at the root of every machine that I develop or troubleshoot on. The Util folder contains many portable versions of useful utilities that I have found over time. MORE

Vaguely familiar…quick mental check through the exes….and Yesterday our intrepid Senior Relationship Manager, Juliet Cox, ventured on to the floor at the BIBA 2014 Conference and Exhibition, relishing her presence as a delegate not on a stand at this year's event. MORE

Think various delivery modes – the eLearning player should be easily portable to multiple delivery modes [like offline EXE, online without LMS, online with LMS]. An eLearning player is a building block for more conventional [one with back and next for navigation buttons] eLearning courses. MORE

Previously they were deploying the videos as exe files and sending them through e-mail or placing them in user databases that are difficult to search and access. Getting other departments in my organization to get on board with e-learning is a goal of mine. It’s been a little over a month since my organization has been providing web based training through our new LMS. MORE

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 4/08/2010 ADL accepts eFront as SCORM 2004 adopter eFront is an LMS commited to international standards. Through time we offered support for SCORM 1.2 MORE

eXe The eXe project developed a freely available Open Source authoring application to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup. Resources authored in eXe can be exported in IMS Content Package, SCORM 1.2, MORE