Maintenance: The Forgotten Step

May 2010 T+D

This simple but often forgotten step in the development process can maximize the course shelf life of your e-learning programs.

Free for ASTD members:
Article:  http://www.astd.org/TD/Archives/2010/May/1005_Maintenance.htm

Not an ASTD member?  Buy the article:  http://store.astd.org/Default.aspx?tabid=167&ProductId=21156

Free Podcast:  http://www.astd.org/NR/rdonlyres/DA826AC4-4318-4126-BEA4-8B1145EB61AA/0/MaintenanceTheForgottenStep.mp3

Say Hello to Adobe Captivate 5 and eLearning Suite 2: Now for Mac, too

Upgrade from Captivate 4 - $299.

Check it out:  http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez/2010/05/say_hello_to_adobe_captivate_5.html

Tom Kuhlmann on Rapid E-Learning and Design

Tom Kuhlmann is the VP of Community at Articulate and the author of The Rapid eLearning Blog.  Check out this podcast he did on Rapid E-Learning and Design.  You can download portions of the podcast or the entire podcast to share with your development team.

Check it out:  http://www.kineo.com/e-learning-interviews/tom-kuhlmann-on-rapid-elearning-and-design.html

Books mentioned in the podcast include: 

Resources for English as a Second Language

Came across a great website containing tools and resources for English as a second language. For example, the site has 257 free English language quizzes covering grammar, usage and vocabulary for beginner, intermediate and advanced level English students.

Check it out: http://www.usingenglish.com/
I especially liked the reading comprehension test - see how you do.  http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/46.html

Easily share and review documents online

crocodoc takes any PDF, Word document, PowerPoint presentation, image, or web page and lets you view and mark it up online. Documents can be shared with others, who can collaboratively highlight or strikeout text, add notes and comments, and make revisions.   Whenever you and friends or colleagues are marking up the same document at the same time, you'll see each other's changes reflected in near real-time.  Save your marked up version of your document as a PDF, in native file format or directly to your Google Docs account.

The free version of the software allows you to do everything except for the option of password-protecting documents, which are uploaded and viewed using bank-grade SSL encryption.   The Pro version of the software costs $36 per year - a real bargain when you compare it to competing products.

Check it out:  http://crocodoc.com/