5. Wednesday, October 26th
Now until 11:30 am
• eLearning: What’s up with that?
• Facts/Fiction/Use Cases
• The right tool for the right job
Lunch (on your own)
• No sitting together
12:30 pm to 5:00 pm
• Hands-on with Adobe Captivate
7. Why eLearning?
Cost
• Travel
• Shorter development time
• SME’s closer to the development
• Reuse
Quality
• SME’s create content
• Faster changes
• Rich tools make for better learning interactions
Engagement
• Interactive courses engage users and better hold attention
9. The Government
U.S. Department of Defense deploys Adobe
Connect to facilitate collaboration and peer
engagement across more than five million
user
The Air Force will save $560,000 to
$600,000 per year by delivering new
supervisory training through the virtual
university
Source: Federal Times
10. Mrs. Fields
Established more frequent and direct
communication between executives and staff
Improved outreach to prospective franchisees,
dramatically increasing prospect pool
Saved approximately $30,000 annually by
reducing travel time and costs for region
meetings
Source Adobe.com
11. Saint John the Baptist…
…School
Reduces eLearning development time by
50% and energizes learning environment
using Adobe eLearning Suite Captivate
Source Adobe.com
12. “An online solution helps create a more
engaging learning experience in a way
that static, written materials cannot.”
Rob Hennigar, Director of Education
Constellation Wine
13. Our research shows that, in the U.S., online
delivery of training now accounts for one-
third of total training hours – and most of the
content for those hours is created using
rapid e-learning tools.
Bersin & Associates, January 2011
14. Learn from others
“Authors don’t take advantage of the features beyond
presentation software to multimedia platform conversion”
“It’s difficult to ensure content is instructionally sound
when authors are not trained in instructional design or do
not consult with an instructional designer“
“Learners do not take the courses seriously and skim
through them”
“Learners complain about too many slide decks/presos”
Bersin & Associates, January 2011
16. Adobe Presenter
With just a few clicks in PowerPoint, you can transform drab
presentations into engaging Adobe® Flash® Player compatible
content. Easily add narration, animations, interactivity, quizzes,
and software simulations to eLearning courses.
Plug-in for PowerPoint 2003, 2007, or 2010
Price $500
Resources
Product Information: www.adobe.com/products/presenter
Tutorials: www.connectusers.com
17. Adobe Captivate
Industry-leading elearning authoring software for rapidly creating and
maintaining interactive eLearning content. Import your existing
Microsoft PowerPoint content and make it more engaging with rich
media, application simulations, branching scenarios, and quizzes.
Easily publish to leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant Learning
Management Systems and track key performance metrics.
Price
$799 (full)
$149-$479 (upgrade)
$39/month (subscription)
Resources
Product Information: www.adobe.com/captivate
Tutorials: www.connectusers.com
18. Techsmith Camtasia
Camtasia Studio gives you the power to easily record your screen,
PowerPoint presentations, voice, and Web camera video to create
compelling video tutorials, training presentations, and rich sales
demonstrations for Web and CD-ROM delivery.
Camtasia for Mac records onscreen activity, Keynote slides, camera
video, microphone or system audio.
Price
$299 (Camtasia Studio - Windows)
$99 (Camtasia - Mac)
Resources
Product Information: www.techsmith.com/camtasia
Tutorials: www.techsmith.com/learn
19. Adobe Flash Professional
Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5.5 software is the industry-
leading authoring environment for producing expressive
interactive content. Create immersive experiences that present
consistently to audiences across
desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions.
Price
$699 (full)
$119-$199 (upgrade)
$35/month (subscription)
Resources
Product Information: www.adobe.com/flash
Tutorials: www.adobe.com/devnet/flash
20. Adobe Connect
Adobe® Connect™ is an enterprise web conferencing solution
for online meetings, eLearning, and webinars used by leading
corporations and government agencies. And it's based on Adobe
Flash® technology, so you can deliver rich interactions that
participants can join easily.
Price based on number of users. For a customized quote,
contact Melissa Turner (melissa@easelsolutions.com)
Resources
Product Information: www.adobe.com/adobeconnect
Tutorials: www.connectusers.com