Raptivity

It's definitely the time of year for authoring tool releases, with Adobe announcing their eLearning Suite and a version 4 of Captivate, an extensive upgrade to the 200+ interactions in the Raptivity library, and now Caspian Learning's Thinking Worlds, the first tool that I know of to support the rapid creation of immersive, single-player 3D worlds for learning.

Archive 2009-01-01 Clive Shepherd 2009

It's definitely the time of year for authoring tool releases, with Adobe announcing their eLearning Suite and a version 4 of Captivate, an extensive upgrade to the 200+ interactions in the Raptivity library, and now Caspian Learning's Thinking Worlds, the first tool that I know of to support the rapid creation of immersive, single-player 3D worlds for learning.

Rapid authoring for immersive games and sims Clive Shepherd 2009

If Raptivity is any guide, expect to see Harbinger release a whole series of additional packs.

Archive 2008-12-01 Clive Shepherd 2008

If Raptivity is any guide, expect to see Harbinger release a whole series of additional packs.

YawnBuster Clive Shepherd 2008

At Online Educa in Berlin, I picked up a trial copy of YawnBuster, a new product from Harbinger Knowledge Products, the makers of Raptivity.

YawnBuster Clive Shepherd 2008

At Online Educa in Berlin, I picked up a trial copy of YawnBuster, a new product from Harbinger Knowledge Products, the makers of Raptivity.

Archive 2008-12-01 Clive Shepherd 2008

Tools which create media-rich components (Raptivity, Flash, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Captivate) which can then be inserted into other tools, as opposed to those tools which provide the wrapper and depend on you bringing in the really hot stuff from elsewhere (as with most built-in LMS/LCMS authoring modules).

Archive 2007-07-01 Clive Shepherd 2007

Tools which create media-rich components (Raptivity, Flash, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Captivate) which can then be inserted into other tools, as opposed to those tools which provide the wrapper and depend on you bringing in the really hot stuff from elsewhere (as with most built-in LMS/LCMS authoring modules).

Confused of Brighton Clive Shepherd 2007

I was interested to have a play with FlockPod, a new social interaction tool from Harbinger Knowledge Products, the people who market Raptivity, the rapid e-learning tool.

Flockpod Clive Shepherd 2007

I was interested to have a play with FlockPod, a new social interaction tool from Harbinger Knowledge Products, the people who market Raptivity, the rapid e-learning tool.

Archive 2007-08-01 Clive Shepherd 2007