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My e-Learning Toolbox

eLearning Cyclops

ToolBook authoring tool - this is the DHTML authoring tool used at my company, but prior to this I used TrainerSoft (now Outstart Trainer), which is my preference. Adobe Flash - creating interactive elements, including animation, games, immersive learning simulations, etc. Adobe Fireworks - editing graphics.

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Lessons from the past

dVinci Interactive

Other technological improvements followed rapidly – Windows 95 was a game-changer, as was the introduction of the PC authoring system Toolbook along with cross-platform tools like Director and Authorware. You needed to squint to see it, though, because the standard video window was only 160 x 120 pixels. .

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Development Tools - Should I Cut Out the Middle Guy?

eLearning Cyclops

Over the years, I have used ToolBook, Trainersoft, and even Dreamweaver with Coursebuilder. Almost every course involved using Flash for interactive elements (animations, games, quizzes, simulations, video, etc.). For more interactive elements, I used Flash and imported the SWFs into Authorware.

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Development Tools I Would Learn If I Were You - June's Big Question

eLearning Cyclops

Games : We are already seeing more and more games in e-learning and I think that will increase even more in the next five years. For me, I use Flash to develop games, but whether it is Flash or other game development tools get to know how to use them. Yammer or Twitter), blogs, social bookmarking (e.g. Second Life).

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Award Nominee Reveals His eLearning Authoring Toolkit [Guest Post]

eLearning Weekly

Since then, I have created numerous eLearning modules, games, assessments, and other content. I’ve expanded to using Toolbook and other software. So far my personal experience is limited to Toolbook and Articulate as authoring tools. So I offered to create the updates myself, if they would pay for authoring software.

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A Brief Historical Look at Corporate Training

Litmos

It was a time of Disco , bell bottom pants, lava lamps, leisure suits, big hair (women), video game arcades, main frame computers and PLATO. One of the first educational games made for the Apple II came in 1978, a year after the personal computer launched. And yes, it’s THAT game: The Oregon Trail.

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What Do We Mean When We Say HTML5?

The Learning Circuits

But HTML output that you can create with tools like Lectora and ToolBook is usually so… static. You can build lots of other games , as well. Even on desktop and laptop browsers, the Flash plug-in can be problematic…despite its great service over the last ten years providing the ability to rich multimedia experiences over the web.