Adobe E-Learning Suite - a Whistle-Stop Tour of Favorite Features

408 Adobe e-Learning Suite - A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Features

Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features

We have an hour to run through some of my favourite things in the new eLearning Suite from Adobe.

Fasten your seatbelts …I might drive a little quickly.

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Our Goals Today • Introduce the Adobe eLearning Suite • Look at some of my favourite features • Look at some possible workflows • Demo the Mobile workflow • By the end of the presentation you should understand why you might want the eLearning Suite in your team

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS • I don’t mind being interrupted • You get better information from me • Especially if I flubbed my lines ☺ • If I don’t see your hand, just yell • Try to stop short of throwing things at me • If you still have questions at the end, I like Guinness …

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Who is Steve Howard? • eLearning developer for 12 years • Team Macromedia member since 2001 • Adobe Community Expert for Authorware, eLearning, Mobile and Devices • Moderator for Captivate and for eLearning Suite Community Help • Consultant 2001 to 2008 – Tomorrow’s Key (UK), – Magnolia Multimedia (USA) • eLearning Technologist, NASCO, Atlanta since 2008

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features What is the eLearning Suite? • A suite of Adobe tools for eLearning content developers • Overkill for ‘typical’ SMEs and Instructional Designers • Best suited to multi‐skilled developers • Graphic design, animation, web development, sound editing, video, pdf

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features What tools are in the Suite? • Captivate 4 • Photoshop CS4 extended • Flash CS4 + learning interactions • Dreamweaver CS4 + Coursebuilder • Acrobat 9 Pro • Device Central CS4 • Pixel Bender …

…and there’s more!

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features What tools are in the Suite?

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http://www.adobe.com/products/elearningsuite/upgrade/

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Captivate 4 • round‐trip PowerPoint workflow ‐ • design templates optional linking or embedding • panning • custom variables and Advanced • right‐click support Actions • drawing tools • text‐to‐speech functionality • image editing • customizable widgets ‐ Flash • expanded output options‐ publish to components a PDF as well as AVI • Adobe Photoshop layer support • Adobe® ActionScript® 3.0 support • Table of Contents (TOC) and • improved efficiency of the ID‐SE Aggregator interaction • streamlined workflows and enhanced • AIR Review app (swf commenting) usability • single SWF Output • inline editing of text captions • performance and robustness • http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/01/whats_new_in_captivate_4.htmlproject templates http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez/2009/03/adobe_captivate_4_new_features.html

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Photoshop, Soundbooth etc… • There’s so much that’s new in every product, it would take days to do them all justice • You need other experts for those • Don’t forget that the only way to get the learning extensions for Dreamweaver CS4 and Flash CS4 is with the eLearning Suite • Coursebuilder upgraded for CS4, with newer SCORM support, cleaned up JS • Flash Learning Interactions also new, if familiar. AS 3 support. • Here’s one place for some great introductory demos https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/introducingels/

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Greater Photoshop Integration

• Import Photoshop files as layers https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p85709865/

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Soundbooth Integration

• Batch‐edit in Soundbooth https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p22143509/

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Publish Captivate to PDF

• or to AVI https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p65833611/

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features PDF Portfolios for ‘blended’ learning

• Portfolio gallery http://acrobatusers.com/gallery/pdf_portfolio?galleryimage=0

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Workflow ‘traditional’ eLearning • Build in Flash, Captivate, Dreamweaver – or combination • Enrich content with Flash [video, animation, interaction], Soundbooth, Photoshop • Publish to AIR, LMS, PDF, Presenter

mLearning • Build in Flash, Captivate, Dreamweaver – or combination • Enrich content with Flash [video, animation, interaction], Soundbooth, Photoshop • Publish to AVI, FLV, PDF, devices

http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/01/announcing_elearning_suite_and.html https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/introducingels/

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow • Adobe eLearning Suite integrates with Device Central • Publishes to Flash Lite 3.0 and 3.1 • Quiz tools customised for mLearning • Publish to Windows Mobile and Symbian with Distributable Player http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/distributableplayer/ https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/p25788606/

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow S60 Devices Windows Mobile Devices • Nokia N78 •Samsung SGH‐i607 BlackJack I • Nokia E65 •Samsung SGH‐i617 BlackJack II • Nokia N95 8GB •Samsung SGH‐i780 • Nokia N95 •HTC Touch Diamond • Nokia N73 •HTC‐Pro S621(Same as T‐Mobile Dash) • Nokia N81 •Palm Treo 700w • Nokia 6120 Classic •Palm Treo Pro • Nokia E51 •Palm Treo 750 • Nokia N81 8GB •Motorola Q Norman (Moto Q 9h(GSM)) • Nokia E71 •Motorola Q • Nokia N96 •Motorola • Nokia N82 http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Distributable_Player:Supported_Devices

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow

Demo.ico 32x32 px

Demo.png 42x42 px

• icoFormat plugin for Photoshop and PaintShop Pro http://wwv.telegraphics.com.au/sw / • Icon Generator for Adobe AIR http://clockmaker.jp/labs/air_icon/ • MicroAngelo http://microangelo.us/

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow • This file published for Windows Mobile only • You must deliver both *.cab and *.metadata to mobile device • Distribute by ActiveSync or over the air

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Demo: Mobile Workflow

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Conclusion • This is a huge suite • Much more depth than can be covered in an hour • Something eLearning Developers have sought for years • People who are using it are just beginning to explore the full potential of ELS

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO March 11 - 13, 2009 Orlando, FL

Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features Thank you • Follow me on Twitter SteveHoward999 • My blog www.SteveHoward999.wordpress.com • The handout for this presentation has all the links referenced here and additional resources •Questions?

Session 408 – Adobe e-Learning Suite – A Whistle-stop Tour of Favorite Page Features – Steve Howard, NASCO Adobe e‐Learning Suite A Whistle‐stop Tour of Favorite Features

PRESENTED BY STEVE HOWARD AT THE ELEARNING GUILD ANNUAL GATHERING IN ORLANDO, MACH 2009. Following are links to information referenced in this presentation. Many of the links appear in the presentation, but there are some additional references included here.

eLearning Suite links eLearning Suite product page http://www.adobe.com/products/elearningsuite/ US upgrade pricing http://www.adobe.com/products/elearningsuite/upgrade/ Workflow http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/01/announcing_elearning_suite_and.html Introducing Adobe eLearning Suite from RJ Jacquez https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/introducingels

Captivate 4 pages, blogs and demos What’s new in Captivate 4 http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Captivate/4.0/Using/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d119e95818f5‐ 7fee.html Captivate 4 developer center http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/ Captivate 4 support forums http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=67 Adobe Captivate 4 product page http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/ The Adobe Captivate Blog http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/ Rajeev Kumar , technology and life – some very cool tips on extending Captivate http://rajntechnlife.wordpress.com/

Adobe Acrobat Portfolio Gallery http://acrobatusers.com/gallery/pdf_portfolio?galleryimage=0 The Many Faces of Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional http://assistivetek.blogspot.com/2009/02/many‐faces‐of‐adobe‐acrobat‐9.html Flash Lite Developer center http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/index.html?navID=sell Distributable player on labs.adobe.com http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/distributableplayer.html

Flash and Dreamweaver learning extensions PDF overview http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ELearningSuite/1.0/Extensions/elearning_extensions.pdf CourseBuilder help files installed with ELS. The Vista path is C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration\CourseBuilder\Help XP path is C:\Documents and Settings\Steve Howard\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration\CourseBuilder\Help Note: The CourseBuilder extensions are installed to Dreamweaver on first run after installation, via the Extension manager.

Photoshop icoFormat extension to create .ico files from Photoshop – 32‐bit only http://wwv.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ What’s new in Photoshop CS4 http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WS9D1876FB‐1856‐4f6b‐B5C1‐DE02ACF42B92.html

Soundbooth What’s new in Soundbooth CS4 http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressmaterials/pdfs/cs4_soundbooth_whatsnew.pdf Software Review: Adobe Master Collection ‐ Soundbooth CS4 from Adobe Systems http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/02/15/052028.php

Presenter 7 Product page http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter/ Adobe Presenter blog http://blogs.adobe.com/presenter/

Adobe Aggregation of all Adobe blogs http://blogs.adobe.com/ Adobe on Twitter – list of Adobe employees who Tweet http://www.webkitchen.be/2009/02/18/adobe‐on‐twitter/