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2014 Authoring Tools – State of Affairs

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Use of PowerPoint in rapid content authoring tools – this has been a big irritant of mine, since the days when PPT first made its appearance in rapid content authoring tools. Some vendors use chapter-page approach with PPT, but there are plenty who do not (why?). Even with just content only – like PPT or video files.

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Best of the Best: Content Authoring Tools

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Feature sets – they have to be more than PPT to Flash or add an audio clip and video clip to the course. The version you want is the Pro version which comes with Corel Paint Shop Pro, Qarbon Viewlet builder. 5 easyGenerator – You can read a review of their last version on this blog. Solid set of features.

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The Latest: Rapid Content Authoring Tool Market

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PowerPoint – Ability to integrate or use PPT in your courses. Some vendors push heavily on PPT, implying that a great WBT is really a PPT converted to Flash. The latter is slowly gaining speed, which is an advantage to LMS vendors who have a CAT in their own product – which is SCORM,PENS/IMS compliant.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools 2010 – Innovators, Winners and Updated Trends

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Innovation abounded and the push to focus on the “PPT to Flash&# angle continued to shine. Import and convert PPT to the web, add rich media. Content Authoring tools that offer their own LMS – albeit it is a lite version, which only accepts their content authoring tool courses. Create SD and HD movies. Supports HD h.264

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State of the Authoring Tool Industry

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PowerPoint still reigns – If you are a course purist, the idea that PPT should be seen as an authoring tool should make you grumble with disgust. . Yes, you can use it for many different things, and yes, Microsoft has an add-on that turns PPT into something similar to Adobe Presenter. PowerPoint is presentation software.

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State of the Authoring Tool Industry 2015

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This does not mean that you will get content versioning with it. One vendor duly noted that their product retains versioning, but due to time constraints, I was unable to verify it. . If you are wondering if the “publish once to all” means the vendor is using PENS, the answer is no, they are not using PENS. .

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The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog

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The tabletPC is just like using a mouse only I use a pen. Instead of seeing mouse movements in my movie capture, you saw my note writing via the pen and tabletPC. Since the pen input is just like a mouse and software that captures your mouse works. Since I have a tablet with the tablet OS, I can write in PPT. GIMP is one.