Free Webinar 11/8 - E-learning Trends: Learning & Talent Systems & Services

Tue, Nov 8, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM CST

This webinar will deal with the latest trends around Learning & Talent Systems and Services. They will share a portion of a clip from the ELCE show, where they asked the “founding fathers” of the LMS industry, “With the growing trend towards social and informal learning, what do you think the role of the LMS will be in the future.”

Who were these “founding fathers” and CEO’s? You know them all: Bobby Yazdani of Saba Systems; Alan Todd of KnowledgePlanet/Mzinga, now CEO of Corporate University Xchange; and Frank Russell, the former CEO of GeoLearning, and now the CEO of Prositions.

Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/970415786

Screen Captures using Office 2010

Did you know that there is a screen capture tool built into Office 2010? 

Access the tool in any Office application (Word, Excel etc.) by clicking the Insert ribbon and then clicking Screenshot. 

1. Available Windows will allow you to capture a screenshot of an entire window you already have open
2. Screen Clipping option will let you draw a box around an area so you can pick and choose your screenshot area

View and show PPTs on iPAD via free app

SlideShark is a free app that allows mobile professionals & educators to view and show PowerPoint® presentations on the iPad®.

If you're an iPad user, you may have noticed that there isn't a PowerPoint or Microsoft® Office app for viewing PowerPoint files available in the App Store. In their absence, mobile professionals & educators have had to come up with "workarounds" that end up falling short.  With SlideShark, you can easily and reliably convert PowerPoint into a high fidelity iPad-optimized format that keeps animations, fonts, colors, and graphics intact. That way you can view and show PowerPoints on the iPad the way they were meant to be seen.

Check it out:  https://www.slideshark.com/default.aspx

16 Free Tools to Create Media for Learning

October 26th, 1:00pm ET
Space is Limited
Reserve Your Webinar Seat Now At:
http://www.rapidintake.com/free-tools/

As a training developer, you're no stranger to budget cuts. Companies everywhere are turning to e-learning and mobile learning as a solution to improve performance while cutting costs. But how do you create engaging, high-quality content for your online training courses? How can you make simple adjustments to images and recordings without having to spend thousands of dollars on a suite of products?

In this complimentary webinar, learn about 16 different free tools that can help you with your media creation and revision. Edit videos and vector graphics, mix audio tracks, sharpen your images, and record tutorials; all without spending a dime. Tools covered will include:

• JayCut
• Video Spin
• The Aviary Suite of Tools
• Audacity
• GIMP
• Jing
• Kuler
• Inkscape
• More

The presenter will show all 16 tools and give a brief description on how they can be leveraged to create professional-quality assets for your online training courses.

Monthly free e-book from The University of Chicago Press

About once per month, The University of Chicago Press offers a free e-book. This month's book is "Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America".  "Before there was Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce—liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story."

Enter your e-mail address and click "Get E-book." You will receive an e-mail confirmation with a link to download your free e-book, as well as a link to Adobe’s Digital Editions software, used to display the book.  Once you get the e-mail, click the link in your device to load.

Please note: iPhone, iPod, and iPad readers: You will NOT need Flash. Please visit the download link on your iOS device in Safari. You will be able to open the ebook from there directly, into the Bluefire Reader app.

Check it out:  http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEbook.html.