eLearning Authoring Tools

June 23, 2015

Authoring Tools – Are You Up To Date?

Putting your learners needs first means using a tool that allows you to offer the most effective eLearning techniques on the platforms your learners are using. But where do you start? Keeping up to date with the latest developments and innovations is hard when you’re busy focusing on what you do best – creating great eLearning. This mini-guide will take you through the latest updates of the most popular authoring tools.

by Alan Bourne

June 16, 2015

eLearning Software Tools: Develop Faster With These 8 Tools

Are you looking for software tools that speed up the development of eLearning? In this post, I will take you through the tools I love to use to quickly author more effective courses.

by Li Whybrow

June 8, 2015

How To Build An Agile eLearning Authoring Team

Doing more with less has been a mantra in corporate training departments for the last decade and if you’re an eLearning manager looking for new ways to develop eLearning more efficiently, read on. Likewise, the ability to create home-grown courses on a shoestring budget has an obvious appeal and certainly is a way forward for small businesses as an accompaniment to their one-to-one training. So how do organizations - large and small - ensure that training is well designed, compliant and adds value to the business?

by Li Whybrow

May 28, 2015

Mission Impossible HTML5 - The Death Of Flash

Companies now face a significant roadblock to mobile accessibility, their own courseware. For over a decade, Flash has been the preferred method of delivering rich content to users. Not anymore... About 2 years ago Flash turned out to not be fulfilling design needs anymore, so HTML5 took over. In this article we want to share some conversion tips.

by Matt Cavanaugh

May 20, 2015

How To Choose An eLearning Authoring Tool

In this article I'll share some important information on authoring tools and how you can easily choose the best eLearning authoring tool for your audience. Here are the most important things to consider before you pick your next eLearning authoring tool.

by Ashok Sharma

May 18, 2015

6 Benefits Of Using HTML5 In eLearning

HTML5 in eLearning is being touted as the wave of the future in the world of eLearning, but is it really able to stand up to the ever-popular Flash? Because it is the new standard, it’s essential for eLearning professionals to get on board and start using HTML5, in order to be able to collaborate with other pros and eLearning content developers. Businesses looking for online training deliverables will also be opting for HTML5 courses, instead of Flash, which means that they’ll inevitably be looking for eLearning professionals who are familiar with HTML5 tools. In this article, I’ll highlight 6 benefits of using HTML5, eLearning professionals should know.

by Christopher Pappas

May 5, 2015

Tools Of The eLearning Revolution: Adobe Voice

Bridges can be built between the eLearning Community and Guerilla eLearning Content Generators using tools that we already have in our toolboxes. This article explores one such a tool, Adobe Voice. Interestingly, this article also explains what Adobe Voice and Rice Krispie Treats have in common…

by Beth Wisch

April 5, 2015

The Player's The Thing: What Is Interactive Video Learning?

Online video means different things to different people. Further, when it comes to interactive video learning, there is no clear public trend -- at least for now. For positive learning outcomes, however, it’s the quality and features of the video player that will make the difference.

by John Parsons

March 22, 2015 | Sponsored

Experience API: What Does It Mean For You?

Find out how experience API can be used to track learning across devices and beyond courses.

by Mike Alcock

March 16, 2015 | Sponsored

Using Learning Analytics To Improve Content Authoring

Find out why you should use learning analytics to improve your content authoring, including creating personalized learning programs, with Mike Alcock.

by Mike Alcock

March 4, 2015

Implementation Of The Experience API Within The SOFAD Author Environment

This experimentation was conducted in the course of the regular activities of GTN-Québec, with the technical support of the SOFAD IT team. The purpose of the experimentation is to make recommendations available to the education community on the implementation of this new standard in the online learning field. The following lines briefly present the approach taken for implementation of the xAPI specification within our author environment. We first explain why we decided to design our own plugin (SOFAD/author). We describe the limitations we encountered with SCORM. We show how the implementation of xAPI in our authoring environment allowed us to solve the limitations encountered with SCORM. We identify some possible issues and constraints with this new standard. Finally, we propose some recommendations.

by Moussa Traoré,PMP

February 24, 2015 | Sponsored

Using eLearning Authoring Tools To Create Multi-Device Learning For Your Sales Teams

Creating multi-device learning can be invaluable for your sales teams. Find out how to use eLearning authoring tools to build learning quickly and cheaply.

by Mike Alcock