Rapid eLearning/Conversion tools
These are primarily PowerPoint
and/or MS Word to web (usually Flash) conversion tools.
1. Accordent Capture Station (Accordent
Technologies) http://www.accordent.com
2. AcroServices AcroTrain e-Learning System (AcroServices)
http://www.acroservices.com
3. Adobe Acrobat Connect
Professional Presenter (formerly Macromedia
Breeze Presenter) http://www.adobe.com.
4. Articulate Presenter (Articulate) http://www.articulate.com Also offer
Articulate Engage and Articulate Rapid e-Learning Studio
5. Atlantic Link Content
Point (Atlantic Link Limited) http://www.atlantic-link.co.uk/index.htm
6. authorGEN authorPOINT (authorGEN Technologies) http://www.authorgen.com A PowerPoint
conversion tool.
7. Brainvisa Rapidel (Brainvisa)
http://www.rapidel.com or http://www.brainvisa.com. Rapid development from MS Word.
8.
CourseGenie (CourseGenie LLC) http://www.coursegenie.com A Word to web
conversion tool
9.
CPS Labs FlashSpring (CPS Labs,
10. Epistema Epistudio
(
11. FlashDemo FlashPoint
(FlashDemo,
Inc.) http://www.flashdemo.net
12. Global
Vision Technologies OmniTrackPlus (Global Vision Technologies) http://www.omnitrackplus.com Includes
rapid authoring, test and survey tools.
13. Harbinger Elicitus SlideConverter (Harbinger Knowledge Products) http://www.elicitus.com/ PowerPoint converter.
14. HunterStone THESIS e-Learning
System
(HunterStone) www.hunterstone.com - a set of tools that transform
Microsoft Office files into learning objects
15. iMediaLearn iMediaCONVERT (iMediaLearn, a division of iMediasoft,
formerly Netron) http://www.imedialearn.com/imediaconvert/ - a PowerPoint to Flash converter.
16. Impatica for PowerPoint (Impatica Inc.) http://www.impatica.com A conversion tool (not Flash). Also offer Impatica OnCue
17. Knowledge Direct-to-WEB (Digitec, Inc.) http://www.knowledgedirectweb.com PowerPoint conversion plus add games,
test questions and audio.
18. Kookaburra KnowledgePresenter (Kookaburra
Studios Pty Ltd) http://www.knowledgepresenter.com/ Australian.
19. Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint 2003 (Microsoft, Inc.) http://www.microsoft.com A free downloaded plug in for PowerPoint to capture and synchronize audio,
video, slides, and images, then preview and publish a rich media presentation
virtually anywhere for viewing in a Web browser.
20. OnDemand Presenter (OnDemand Software, a division of Global
Knowledge) http://www.ondemandgk.com/.
21. Open
Office (open source) http://www.openoffice.org. Not considered an e-learning tool, it is an
open source office suite which converts PowerPoint to Flash and MS Word
documents to pdf.
And it’s free!
22. Pointecast Publisher 4.8 (Pointecast) http://www.pointecast.com A PowerPoint to
Flash converter which can add audio, quizzes, etc.
23. PowerMediaTools PowerPPT2Swf (PowerMediaTools) http://www.powermediatools.com/ - a
PowerPoint converter
24. PresentationPro PowerCONVERTER
and OnlinePRESENTER (PresentationPro Inc.) http://www.presentationpro.com/
PowerPoint plug-ins
25. Rapid Intake Flash
Companion (Rapid Intake) http://www.rapidintake.com/
26.
Red Tray ALTO RapidBuilder (Red Tray Limited) http://www.redtray.co.uk/rapid_elearning.htm
27. Serious Magic Ovation (Serious Magic) http://www.seriousmagic.com/
- A PowerPoint conversion tool
now owned by Adobe.
28. Suddenly Smart SmartBuilder Author (Suddenly Smart) http://www.suddenlysmart.com. More full featured than some.
29. Speechi Pro (Speechi
30. SWiSHzone Presenter (SWiSHzone.com
Ltd) http://www.swishzone.com A
PowerPoint to Flash converter.
31. TeraLearn LCMS (TeraLearn.com
Inc.) http://www.teralearn.com/2004/index.html Authoring (including conversion from MS Word,
PowerPoint and Excel) available as part of the LCMS.
32.
TFactor SwiftPresenter
(TFactor, Inc.) http://www.tfactor.com
- a PowerPoint to Flash converter. Also
offer Survey Builder.
33. time4you IBT Content Conversion (time4you
GmbH ) http://www.time4you.de/ibt/main/en/site/time4you/ibt/en/start.cxjsp?pos=authoring
34. Westcliff SCORMxt (Westcliff
Data Services) http://www.westcliffdata.co.uk/. - a conversion tool for QuarkXPress
35. Wildform WildPresenter
Pro (Wildform, Inc.) http://www.wildform.com/ Create Flash presentations and convert
PowerPoint to Flash.
36. Wimba Create (Wimba) http://www.wimba.com/ An MS Word conversion tool
which allows you to add interactive components.
37. Wondershare PPT Flash
Professional (Wondershare Software Co., Ltd.) http://www.sameshow.com A PowerPoint to Flash converter
38. XStream sofTV.net authoring (sofTV.net, a division of XStream
Software Inc.) http://www.xstreamsoftware.com/
and http://www.softv.net
A list of PowerPoint to Flash conversion tools
is available at http://www.masternewmedia.org/2004/04/14/powerpoint_to_flash_conversion_tools.htm