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The Content Conversion Cause - Abhijit Kadle

Aptara

Since the advent of e-learning, Macromedia products were popular, and enormous quantities of content were generated using platforms like Director and Flash. Director died alongside CD-ROMs, taking Shockwave with it, but Flash hung around. . Engagement Type —Would you collaborate closely with the outsourcing vendor?

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Authoring Tool Market – What I am seeing

eLearning 24-7

Because the industry as a whole is a lemming, I expect more vendors to come on board. HTML5 output. Right now I am doing a survey on authoring tools (more on this at the end of the post) and so far 100% of all respondents state that HTML5 output is required in an authoring tool. HTML5 templates. Not anymore.

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Course Authoring Tools for eLearning Developers and the masses

eLearning 24-7

Sure, you can use the extensive list of tools on the market, but for those who want real power and complexity ala from the days of Authorware, pickings are slim. Flash course development toolkit - provides the source code, features include ability to load your movies, creates a table of contents and provides complete navigation control.

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Survey Says… (authoring tools)

eLearning 24-7

83% said Output to HTML5. The days of just PowerPoint to Flash and simplicity are no longer cutting it. I also found the HTML5 numbers to fully back what I have been saying for the past year. 95% – Output to HTML5. Here are the top five feature sets that are required. 83% said Layers, Actions and Triggers.

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The Latest: Rapid Content Authoring Tool Market

eLearning 24-7

I am still surprised on how vendors who are offering assessment only tools are staying in the game. Some vendors push heavily on PPT, implying that a great WBT is really a PPT converted to Flash. Flash output – still red hot. Jump on the Bandwagon. It isn’t. Thus, ease of use is a strong requirement.

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Top 11 to 20 Authoring Tools for 2013

eLearning 24-7

Tin Can API support, HTML5 output, ADA 508 and SCORM. HTML5 integration, SCORM. Output to HTML5. Will it replicate those craving for an Authorware return? Publishes to HTML5. HTML5 output. Over 300 transparent professional images and 33 models from a variety of backgrounds and professions. Learning Curve.

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Product Review – Articulate Storyline 2

eLearning 24-7

No SaaS – While the e-learning industry as a whole is going into the cloud, AT vendors as a whole are staying with desktop, even though they have features such as notes (ideal for collaboration, SME peer review in the cloud). Same with the flash icon. Who is still using flash, BTW? Pick and Go. Untitled Slide 1.