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Bridge over troubled authoring tool waters

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Why are some vendors making it impossible? Why are some vendors treating you as a spy or something sinister when you just want to try out the product? You would think that with over 140 authoring tools on the market, vendors would want you to try out their product before dropping any type of cash. Trial by Fire. Cobent CoAuthor.

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Fears of the Course Authoring Tool Market

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Just in the past two years the per license cost of authoring tools has skyrocketed. Long has tools such as Studio and Captivate been on the higher side, the same can be said for vendors such as Rapid Intake and dominKnow. Because other vendors are getting into the act as well. 1,799 – per license. So why the fear?

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ASTD TechKnowledge 2013, Day 2

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How about – Litmos actually skinning the product themselves – as the majority of vendors do – at no additional charge or more simple click customization options. You also have the option to go monthly for 2K USD – but that is NOT for unlimited licenses. The same with LMS administrators. But, still – yowsa!

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Course Authoring Tools for eLearning Developers and the masses

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The authoring tool vendors will say their products are for everyone. Or the demand from themselves, the vendors. SCORM compliant learning object generator, customized editing interface, web based media player that works across multiple platforms, video/audio, image slides, text synchronization. Bottom Line. The demand from developers?

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State of the Authoring Tool Industry

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Bewildered on what is happening, why what is needed isn’t appearing as it should, and how is it possible that something so obvious based on where e-learning is heading, mobile is pushing and future tech is inspiring is lost among so many vendors? And therein lies one of the issues, that is showing up with many, many vendors.