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rapiddevelopmenttools EActivity Turns Instructor Led
Materials into Online Learning ePath Learning Inc., has just added eActivity to the course creation functionality in its cloud-based learning management service, ePath Learning ASAP. eActivity is an easy to use online tool for building flash-like interactions without
the need for Flash programming. eActivity combined with existing PowerPoint con- version functionality allows users to rapidly upload and create engaging online courses with ASAP. Training professionals in blended learning environments that include instructor
led courses can easily load a PowerPoint presentation directly into their organiza- tion's LMS and quickly create online courses, complete with self-checks, quizzes, tests, surveys, and interactive animations. For smaller companies, this significantly reduces the cost and time associated with the conversion of instruc- tor led training materials into dynamic and engaging online learning tools. Yet, the trainers themselves can still ensure that the content is impactful and engaging for their learners, supporting higher rates of retention. To learn more, visit
www.epathlearning.com.
Raptivity's Rapid Interactivity Builder Expands to Mobile
Platforms Raptivity'
s Rapid Interactivity Builder
already helps trainers, educators, and subject matter experts create online learning tools with meaningful inter- active elements. Raptivity provides a pre-built library of 170+ rapidly-cus- tomizable interaction models such as brainteasers, learning games, videos, and simulations. To meet the increasing demand of
mobile learning, Raptivity has recent- ly released a large library of HTML5 interactions which support devices such as iPhone and iPad. The inter- actions, are designed in such a way that a user can customize an interac- tion once but publish in various for- mats such as Flash and HTML5 without any programming! To learn more, visit www.raptivity.com.
Composica – An Authoring System
for Social Media Composica is a social e-learning authoring system that offers real- time collaboration among team members and provides a powerful programming-free WYSIWYG envi- ronment to create and deliver high- quality interactive e-learning 2.0 con- tent with embedded social media. Composica offers the best of all
worlds—an entirely web-based authoring platform, that'
s also incredi-
bly rich, flexible and intuitive. The system boasts many unique features for both authors and learners, most notably, the ability to have full creative freedom, effortlessly embed social media within courses, and easily cre- ate SCORM-reporting serious games. To learn more, visit www.com-
posica.com. iSpring Suite 6.0
iSpring is designed to work fast and reliably to PowerPoint-based courses with complex content. iSpring offers unique authoring features like custom slide aspect ratio, con- tent protection, and multi-section course quizzes. iSpring focuses on making the technical side of the e-learning authoring process as easy as possible for users no mat- ter what their level of technical skill. iSpring provides great compatibility with
virtually any SCORM-compliant LMS. In addition, iSpring Suite is the only PowerPoint-based tool that can publish courses specially optimized for the BlackBoard LMS. To learn more, visit www.ispringsolutions.com.
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