Macromedia Authorware

Multimedia authorware that helps create learning material.

Macromedia Authorware 7 helps produce rich-mediа courseware for e-leаrning. This tool will let you create standards compliant material that is easily accessible. The courseware created could be delivered over a corporate network, CD-ROM or the web. The content could be played through Macromedia flash player or the Windows media player. There’s minimal learning time required for getting familiar with the authoring tool. Once developer are familiar with the tool, it will help get productivity up for the team. The interface is simple, easy to use and familiar to generations of developers. It uses dockable panels that could be grouped together, collapsed and expanded as needed. You will be able to create a smooth and configurable workflow of your development process. The visual interface saves you scripting efforts you may otherwise need.

All you need is to just drag and drop icons to create your аpplicаtion`s logical outline. Adding content is simply through creating appropriate menus. Existing PowerPoint presentations can be a quick route to creating content through the authorware. Interactivity is built by adding a choice of 11 response types. One-button publishing integrates аnd аutomаtes аll the steps in the publishing process. You are able to use batch-processing аnd customizable settings. This tool offers knowledge objects that are prebuilt templates with wizards that help save development time easily. These objects could be dragged and dropped from a gallery provided. The courseware produced is compliant with AICC and SCORM standards. The wizards tell you how exactly to communicate with the LMSs and handle the back end communications. A range of interface controls are available. This is a very good tool.

Reduce learning time and speed development with the familiar Macromedia user interface. Dockable panels can be grouped together, collapsed, or expanded as needed, providing a smooth, highly configurable workflow. The visual interface lets you develop rich-media e-learning applications without scripting. Just drag and drop icons to create your application's logical outline, and use menus to add content. Leverage existing PowerPoint presentations to rapidly create rich multimedia e-learning content. Interactivity is built right into the Authorware design. Add content, and then choose from 11 response types to make your content come alive. Deliver applications with the click of a button to corporate networks, CD, and the web. One-button publishing integrates and automates all the steps in the publishing process, and offers such features as batch-processing and customizable settings. Knowledge Objects are prebuilt templates with wizards that drastically cut your development time. Use them to accelerate both large and small authoring tasks, from creating application frameworks and quizzes to installing fonts or locating a system's CD-ROM drive. Drag and drop from the Knowledge Object gallery, and then fill in the content. Create courseware that can connect to LMS systems and that complies with standards from the Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) or the ADL Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model (SCORM). Users work with the wizard to decide what information to get or send to the LMS. The Knowledge Objects handle all the complicated back-end communications with the LMS. LMS Knowledge Objects can communicate through ADL and HACP, as well as over LANs. Create interactive graphical buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, and other user interface elements. Buttons can trigger sounds or text and display custom cursors, and you can assign up to eight states to each button. Choose from 20 interface controls - such as buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, and combo boxes.