Authoring Tools
Adobe has Creative Suite, a collection of tools for the creation of elearning content. Included is a site called Device Central which includes a utility that allows content authors to maximize for a variety of mobile devices
www.adobe.com/ca/products/creativesuite.edu.html
Articulate has several tools for publishing learning content to mobile devices, including Presenter ’09 and Screenr.
www.articulate.com; screenr.com
datango software, located in Germany, streamlines the development of documentation, user help and training materials while also providing process automation, developer collaboration and automated localization into approximately 40 languages. With datango you can produce all types of documentation in a small file size, in high screenshot quality and in the desired output format. Those can be read on electronic devices such as iPad and smartphones.
OutStart supports mobile learning through its Hot Lava Mobile authoring software. Shortly the OutStart LCMS will have a mobile delivery option for the content that customers manage within the LCMS.
ReadyGo WCB is both an eLearning and mLearning authoring tool. ReadyGo WCB’s mLearning solution allows course creators to create one course that works on all smart phones – mobile phones that have a browser. ReadyGo WCB’s mLearning solution includes 15 different types of test questions and survey questions, and includes multiple templates that work on all mobile devices including iPhone, Android, and Blackberry.
http://www.readygo.com/training/mobile-elearning/
Udutu, a Canadian company, has a set of rich media interactive course development tools for creating courses on iPads and iPhones. Courses built with the Udutu authoring tool will play on iPads and iPhones because the interactions utilize DHTML or HTML5 as an option instead of Flash, and all the navigation and templates are HTML.
