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Adobe Lets the CS6 Cat Out of the Bag by Stephen Haskin Adobe finally took the whole wrapper off Creative Suite 6 yesterday. The company started teasing the new product last November at the Adobe Max conference. The initial announcement showed a few features, but the big news was limiting upgrades to users of the current version. One big open letter and a howl from the user community later, Adobe rescinded the new upgrade policy for this version. Pricing and the new relationship Adobe still wants you to buy a subscription to the software and the Creative Cloud. With the monthly subscription, you get all the online apps and tablet applications, and you’ll get new features as Adobe adds them. I’d go over the math again, but you can read it in my earlier article, here. Here’s what’s really new What’s new in CS6? Illustrator is now a native 64-bit application. The fly in the ointment The Master Suite does not include Captivate and Presenter! One last thing There’s a trend toward everything merging with everything else.
Development Tips: Audio and Video with HTML5 by Mark Lassoff “Much of the power of HTML5 lies in the JavaScript interfaces associated with some of the new tags. The audio and video objects have a number of JavaScript properties and commands associated with them that allow you to make a more powerful media player. For example, through JavaScript you can control elements like the current position in the song, the volume of the media playing, and the current state of the media player (playing, paused, or stopped).” What’s the big deal about audio and video features in HTML5, you might be wondering? Up until HTML5, a plug-in delivered audio and video. What you need This tutorial can be completed with any text editor. Getting started Start by placing a new folder on your desktop – or some other convenient location in your file system. <! <! Of course, you should substitute the file name and extension for your audio content where I have “cherish.mp3.” Figure 1: The HTML5 audio player as seen in Google’s Chrome browser on a Mac. Working with video <! <!
Photos + Movement = Photeo (Part 1 of 5) by Stephen Haskin & Megan Torrance “In eLearning, the idea is to create the opportunity for the learner to have an “ah-ha!” moment. Ah-ha! moments are the parts of learning that stick, and you can’t give yourself more opportunity to create an ah-ha! Photeo. The word differentiates a static photograph, or any image whether still or moving, from a more video-like experience that employs anything you can see or hear, but not necessarily video. Ken Burns popularized this concept when he created “The Civil War” series on PBS in the late 1980s. The approach soon gained a label: “The Ken Burns Effect.” These days, there are many methods and programs that easily add motion to a still image or video clip, and which can make words or a little image move across a larger scene. Photeo phundamentals When we’re designing and developing eLearning, the photeo technique can be so easy to accomplish that it’s almost silly not to use it at some level. In this article, we intend to correct that omission. Avoiding “seductive details” Harp, S.
Articulate, Captivate and Lectora – Do they deserve your praise? Two weeks ago I got the wonderful opportunity to speak in OZ, specifically Melbourne, Australia. What I found was an extensive group of people hungry for anything e-learning. They were hungry to know more information. Hungry to learn as much as they could and hungry to see what was in the space. My sense of it all, was that regardless of the location the buzz is all e-learning. I wasn’t surprised on the e-learning excitement. I’ve been watching the market for a long time and seeing the growth that exists in the country. It was awesome. I wasn’t thunderstruck, but what I was surprised at was the number of folks who had or were about to purchase the well known authoring tools in the market, Articulate, Captive and Lectora. If they are unfamiliar with the size and scope of the authoring tool market as many people are, then it makes sense to do what others do – and buy the well known brands. Fatboy Slim – Praise You When people think authoring tools, three products typically come to mind Pros
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What is Layar? It's not a futuristic dream, it’s here now. Augmented reality (AR) is cutting-edge technology that allows for a digitally enhanced view of the real world, connecting you with more meaningful content in your everyday life. With the camera and sensors in a smartphone or tablet, AR adds layers of digital information – videos, photos, sounds – directly on top of items in the world around us. Ready to see what Layar can do for your business? Why Layar Make augmented reality part of your everyday life From exploring a new city with helpful tips to discovering additional content within the pages of a magazine, the possibilities for AR are nearly endless. With AR, it is easy to have a great digital experience on top of interactive magazines, ads, packaging, business cards and other items. What the market says
Seven Top Authoring Tools by Joe Ganci “You choose the tools you need depending on the instructional design you need to implement, the venues to which you need to deliver, your budget and schedule, and other factors. I hope this table helps you to reach your eLearning goals.” Recently The eLearning Guild published a research report written by yours truly, entitled Rapid eLearning Authoring: Top Tools, in which I analyzed the results of the continuous surveys to which thousands of Guild members respond. The results proved enlightening. In the report, I lay the groundwork for understanding and adopting tools, and then cover in good detail each of the top-seven tools. If you are a paid Guild member, I encourage you to download the report. Following the publication of that report, I thought it would make sense to take the seven tools that survey respondents reported using the most and compare their features for you. The top-seven tools that people reported using, in order of most use to least, are: The table appears below. Cost: