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Lessons from the past

dVinci Interactive

In 1989, I created my first interactive video using an authoring platform called IconAuthor, and it required a newfangled operating system called Windows 2.1. Soon after, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh with Hypercard which, according to Steve Jobs, was an object oriented “programming language for the rest of us.”

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Solving the 'iPad Problem'

OpenSesame

As consumers, learners and others go increasingly mobile, the glaring weakness in many eLearning platforms becomes more obvious. The “magic” of HTML5 is not in the HTML5 markup itself, but in the Javascript APIs (Application Programming Interface) that are associated with it. Gone are the days of proprietary audio and video formats.

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Do you know how to get the most out of audio on your e-learning courses?

isEazy

For example, the Ivoox platform has a great amount of podcasts of various topics that can enrich your course with external information. You can tape your voice with your computer tools, such as QuickTime or voice recorder and save clips on your hard drive. 2 · Embed. isEazy streamlines voice-over for your courses.

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Authoring Tool Market – What I am seeing

eLearning 24-7

Adding video via YouTube or mp4 or Quicktime or whatever has been in place for a long time. The leaders in the video recording via a DV camera or mobile device – smartphone and tablet are the video learning platform providers. Back in the early 2000′s I remember offering my end users avatars with our learning platform.

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

Or cut out the middle man and skip having to determine an output all together by sending your video directly to a cloud platform like Google Drive or YouTube. Your file will be encoded at the best settings for the chosen platform, so there are even less settings to worry about. Preset outputs in Camtasia Studio 8. Additional resources.

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How to Design Evergreen eLearning Content

CourseArc

By making strategic decisions about your LMS/content-creation platform, you could be either dating or “evergreening” your courses. Is it better to include an MPEG or a QuickTime video? When using this technique, you should archive your old podcasts or audio segments and keep them easily accessible in your editing program.

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The ULTIMATE Guide to PowerPoint Alternatives

BrightCarbon

Luckily for you, BrightCarbon is here to separate the wheat from the chaff, and the decent presentation programs from the rubbish PowerPoint knock-offs. There are surprisingly detailed animation options for a program that does the design work for you – no complaints here! then this is not the platform for you. Customisation.