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The King is Dead

eLearning 24-7

The weapons including Authorware, Macromedia Director, DazzlerMax, Toolbook were the ones that separated the knights from the common folk. Magical powers contained within via its special PowerPoint armor, along with other tools at its beckon call. And throughout the kingdom, content clearly was seen as the king for learning.

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Fears of the Course Authoring Tool Market

eLearning 24-7

Platte Canyon – Toolbook 11 (full version) $2,795 per license. one vendor debuts PowerPoint the entire market adds PowerPoint. SoftChalk 7 $1,200 (desktop), $795 (cloud) – per license mind you, again at $795 a bargain! All prices are U.S.D. United States dollars). Fear of the Mobile Bogeyman aka HTML5.

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Authoring Tool Trends for 2017

eLearning 24-7

The world of authoring tools started at the advanced level, Authorware, Toolbook and to an extent DazzlerMax. They all had a learning curve. Anyway, Studio was perfect for those who wanted to build a course but had no ID/e-learning developer skill set nor moderate tech skills (no offense on either). Lectora Online .

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Memoirs of an "Instructional Designer"

Learning Visions

Nothing I learned is actually applied today. I learned Toolbook and Authorware on my own while in the program. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Im one of the unfortunate ones with a actual honest to goodness Masters Degree in EdTech.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

Is it PowerPoint converted to Flash? Templates with some learning objects? A robust learning solution of multiple capabilities and outputs? Or on-going hodgepodge of objects or pseudo objects hoping that something will stick? It was difficult to say the least and learning it wasn’t much easier.

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List of e-Learning Job Descriptions

Vignettes Learning

Evaluates and confirms learning objectives through ongoing needs assessments. · Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word and PowerPoint, particularly as used in the development of instructional content. Flash, Toolbook, Rapid Intake, Captivate, Articulate, etc.),