eLearning Authoring Tool

September 17, 2014

Articulate Storyline 2 Review: An E-learning Authoring Tool Evolves

Hot on the heels of the Articulate Storyline 2 release, Misha Milshtein, SweetRush Director of Technology, highlights some of the new features that designers and developers will want to know about this e-learning authoring tool.

by Misha Milshtein

August 28, 2014

An Introduction To Tin Can API

If you've been moving around the eLearning space lately you've probably seen reference to the Tin Can API, usually within the context mobile learning. I didn't really know what it was or why it might be valuable to an organization, so I decided to find out. Here's what I learned. Hopefully this will give some good basic insight into a trend that may become a huge part of eLearning over the next decade.

by Andrew Winner

July 23, 2014 | Sponsored

Super 7 Tips To Create Responsive Courses with Adobe Captivate 8

With tons of devices in varied screen sizes being used by the trainees and employees, there is a dire need to make the content available on different devices. Thankfully Adobe Captivate 8 allows you to create responsive eLearning courses that can fit perfectly in different device sizes in both horizontal and vertical orientations.

by Dr. Pooja Jaisingh

July 2, 2014

Branchtrack Review: Easily Storyboard Simulations

Here’s a hi-level description of Branchtrack, a superfast way to author, design and deliver branched simulations. They believe in “learning by doing, trying, playing and failing. (They) believe that serious can be fun and easy.”

by Chris Karel

April 4, 2014

How To Create 3D e-Learning Without Software? Jackdaw Cloud has the answer

Experience tells us that e-learning is presented as a series of slides with text, some accompanying images or video and maybe a short quiz at the end. Market leading eLearning authoring tools has directed their users in this direction, betraying their origins as importers of PowerPoint presentations.

by Emil Reisser-Weston

September 14, 2013

Getting Started with SCORM: Tracking Course Specific Data

Continuing on in our discussion of the SCORM standard and how communication happens between a SCO and as LMS, in this installment we will be diving a bit into the SCORM data model and discussing how SCORM tracks course data.

by Christian Gainsbrugh

July 23, 2013

Interactive eLearning Content – Now Possible At Just $83 Per Month

With the increasing demands of high level of interactivity and engagement in eLearning, you need to give your course a new edge to meet learner’s expectations. This is where Raptivity comes into picture, with its diverse and versatile interactions and which is now available with an Annual Licensing option.

by Poonam Jaypuriya

July 23, 2013

PowerPoint As An Authoring Tool: Use This Great Tool, But Don’t Tell The Others!

Only few people know that PowerPoint has got standard features that can turn it into a powerful eLearning authoring tool. But, if you tell people you’re using PowerPoint to create e-modules, people’s reaction can hinder further deployment of your work significantly.

by Ron Leunissen

July 22, 2013

How Tin Can is Making Tools Better, Together

The Tin Can API is having a massive impact on tools across the eLearning Industry. This is partially because previous standards created barriers, which have lead to stagnation. In the coming years we’re going to see exciting changes in the market, here’s why.

by Megan Bowe

June 19, 2013

Discover Simple Communication with Tin Can API

Remember the tin can telephone from your childhood? Two cans and a string were a simple but exciting way to communicate with your friends—the Tin Can API is meant to be the same way. It’s two-way conversation that allows e-Learning systems to speak to each other, while tracking and recording learning experiences.

by Christie Wroten

May 14, 2013

Getting Started With SCORM: The basics of initializing/closing a SCO and sending/receiving data

Continuing on in our discussion of the SCORM standard and how communication happens between a SCO and as LMS, today we will be talking about the first and last communication calls made by a SCO, LMSInitialize and LMSFinish.  After that we will get into the basics of how course data is passed back and forth using LMSGetValue and LMSSetValue.

by Christian Gainsbrugh

April 2, 2013

eLearning Authoring Revisited - Learning Objectives and Adaptive eLearning

Many eLearning courses are like a PowerPoint; click the page and move ahead. These are linear courses that measure progress based on screens viewed, and upon completion report a pass or fail to the Learning Management System. But you don’t have to settle for this anymore!

by Kasper Spiro