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What should be the inevitable qualities of an elearning authoring tool?

Creativ Technologies

The authoring tool should be able to retain all the PPT features such as slide transitions, animations, etc. The target audience might want a course to be available offline, so the authoring tool must support it through SCORM, which means that the content is accessible on even an offline LMS.

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New E-Learning Rankings: Authoring Tools

eLearning 24-7

Vendors can move up, down or out of the rankings – after all it is on-going. I’m not a lead gen for the vendors listed – rather the goal is to provide you with vendors that meet numerous criteria including UI, features, support/service, mobile, feedback from current and past clients and future game plans.

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Latest E-Learning Insight and News

eLearning 24-7

There is a growing list of vendors, including small/mid size that are adding talent management components that match the Big Dog systems. A couple of vendors have added HRIS modules. It is interesting to note, that many of the vendors are targeting the SMB space, especially the small size (less than 500 employees) market.

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Skills for the Future

eLearning 24-7

If online – a virtual lab, or virtual camp, if offline – way many options. I attended a presentation the other day, whereas they couldn’t figure out how to go to presentation mode for the PPT, resulting in a few minutes of watching them on-screen move around the mouse in PowerPoint to figure it out. Upskilling.

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Times are changing – trends in the content authoring tool market

eLearning 24-7

You work online via the servers of your vendor. I had thought that this trend would be dying out, but it is amazing at the number of vendors who are entering the space and still focused on the desktop approach. Vendors who are already in the SaaS only space, should continue to offer features that maximize its power. Same thing.

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Product Review – Articulate Storyline 2

eLearning 24-7

Transitions, Animations, Views – I am fine using it once, but again, new product-new version, so why I am still seeing PowerPoint within this product to such a point, that TAV are exactly the same as in PPT? Many other desktop products have help built into the product so you can view in your browser but be in offline mode.

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Ghost Edition – Top 10 Authoring Tools for 2013

eLearning 24-7

For each authoring ranking, a brief true ghost story, then the vendor and why it was selected. Uses a PowerPoint like layout, albeit it shows a hierarchy approach which many people will like – so if you think this is nothing more than PPT in appearance – trust me it is not. heh heh heh. #10 10 Zenler Studio. HTML5 output.