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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

Upside Learning

Last week, while justifying Apple’s refusal to allow Flash player on iPhone/iPad, Steve Jobs wrote– “ New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too) ”. Clearly Apple is backing HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript for developing future web applications.

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The Open Screen Project – Will It Succeed?

Upside Learning

Though some Flash platforms tools like the Flex SDK are freely available from Adobe, for animation and design you still need to depend on Adobe’s Creative Suite of tools – which is not free. The most important one is Adobe removing restrictions on SWF and FLV/F4V specifications. Related posts: Adobe AIR & Flash Player 10.1–

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

When exporting a video for the web, MP4 will be your best bet! YouTube supports WMV , and Apple users can view these videos, but they must download Windows Media Player for Apple. AVI (Audio Video Interleave) works with nearly every web browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines. Flash is not supported by iOS devices.

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Developing An eLearning Player?

Upside Learning

Choose the right technology – before you start developing an eLearning player it’s important to decide on the development tool and technology. flv [Flash video format] is not supported in some servers by default and it needs to be configured. Related posts: Adobe AIR & Flash Player 10.1–

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Video Format Comparison - Flash Video Format - WMV Format - Quicktime - Real

Tony Karrer

I was recently asked what video format to use and particularly about the differences between the Flash Video Format (FLV) and Windows Media - WMV Format. In The Rise of Flash Video - Tom Green tells us: This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies. Why has this happened? Why has this happened?

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How to Speak Like an eLearning Pro

OpenSesame

Some other terms that are used interchangeably include: Computer Based Training (CBT), Internet Based Training (IBT), Web Based Training (WBT), Online Training, etc. Flash allows development of animated content that can be played using a browser. Approximately 95% of the PCs in the world have flash player installed.

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E-learning Development: Selecting the Right Audio, Video, and Image Format

CommLab India

MP3: (MPEG AUDIO) We use this format for web-related objects such as web videos and web pages; in fact for anything on the Internet. Video (Ctrl+Alt+V) formats include SWF, FLV, F4V, AVI, MP4, MOV, and 3GP. Video (Ctrl+Alt+V) formats include SWF, FLV, F4V, AVI, MP4, MOV, and 3GP.

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