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Award Nominee Reveals His eLearning Authoring Toolkit [Guest Post]

eLearning Weekly

Several years ago we engaged a vendor to create three eLearning modules for a new product launch. When I went back to the product marketing team with the request for budget to re-engage the vendor, they were less than enthusiastic. I’ve expanded to using Toolbook and other software. What are some of your favorite tools?

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Fears of the Course Authoring Tool Market

eLearning 24-7

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. Platte Canyon – Toolbook 11 (full version) $2,795 per license. one vendor debuts PowerPoint the entire market adds PowerPoint.

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The King is Dead

eLearning 24-7

The King was pushed over the walls by poor design, irrelevancy to the subject and ghastly to say, indifference among various vendors. The weapons including Authorware, Macromedia Director, DazzlerMax, Toolbook were the ones that separated the knights from the common folk. Brought down by the tool or tools, another retorted back.

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Authoring Tool Trends for 2017

eLearning 24-7

I suspect some vendors might tie it together in some pricing approach, giving an appearance that it is free. . The buzz word “Mobile First” is already in play in the LMS world and now it is appearing more frequently in the authoring tool space, especially among SaaS vendors. No shock here. Yeah, got it. Lectora Online .

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Training Standards

Tony Karrer

Where does PowerPoint fit into the standards? Until eLearning vendors bite the bullet, come to real standards on formats, and then the tools and structure can build up to support those standards, eLearning is never going to be what it can be. However, it all settled down to roughly Toolbook, Authorware and IconAuthor.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools: Market, Mayhem and Reality

eLearning 24-7

This is a growing market with new vendors showing up, but at the same time, others disappearing. Is it PowerPoint converted to Flash? PowerPoint or Word converted to Flash, instant, virtually no add-ons, i.e. additional learning objects. Microsoft Word converted to Flash? Templates with some learning objects? That was then.

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List of e-Learning Job Descriptions

Vignettes Learning

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word and PowerPoint, particularly as used in the development of instructional content. · Conducts project outreach and assists on working with vendors and external project developers. Flash, Toolbook, Rapid Intake, Captivate, Articulate, etc.),