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* [http://www.insystem.com/everest/ Everest] ($1995 list price on 15: | * [http://www.insystem.com/everest/ Everest] ($1995 list price on 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST)) | ||
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* [http://www.adobe.com/products/director/ Director] | * [http://www.adobe.com/products/director/ Director] | ||
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/ Flash] ($700 on 15: | * [http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/ Flash] ($700 on 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST)). | ||
* Quest (dead product ?) | * Quest (dead product ?) | ||
; Other | ; Other | ||
* [http://www.toolbook.com/index.php Toolbook] ($2795 on 15: | * [http://www.toolbook.com/index.php Toolbook] ($2795 on 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST)) | ||
* [http://www.neosoftware.com/ NeoSoft], ($200 - 10% for education) | * [http://www.neosoftware.com/ NeoSoft], ($200 - 10% for education) | ||
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* [http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Hot Potatoes], The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. | * [http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Hot Potatoes], The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. | ||
** This is probably today's most popular stand-alone quizzing software - [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] 15: | ** This is probably today's most popular stand-alone quizzing software - [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST). | ||
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* [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/ Multimedia Wiki] (formats and players) | * [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/ Multimedia Wiki] (formats and players) | ||
* [http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Resources/cal/mmedia.htm Multimedia Authoring Tools] (good list, updated 2003), retrieved 15: | * [http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Resources/cal/mmedia.htm Multimedia Authoring Tools] (good list, updated 2003), retrieved 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST). | ||
* [http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-11.html Assessments of Multimedia Technology in Education: Bibliography] | * [http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-11.html Assessments of Multimedia Technology in Education: Bibliography] | ||
Revision as of 14:22, 26 June 2007
Authoring systems are authoring environments that have on-screen tools like menus, prompts, icons etc. that let users enter text, graphics, banching logic etc. and that generate underlying code.
Popular systems
Commercial educational
- Macromedia Authorware
- Everest ($1995 list price on 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST))
Commercial general purpose
- Hypercard like
- Hypercard (Wikipedia article, now a dead product)
- SuperCard ($179 - $279) - SuperCard (Wikipedia)
- Revolution - Revolution (MediaWiki)
- Multimedia presentation, animation and interaction
- Other
Free or cheap
- Hypercard like
- HM-Card. HM-Card is a set of tools designed to create and peruse: Computer Supported Educational Packages ; Multimedia Presentations and Demonstrations; Interactive Hypermedia Manuals ; Highly interactive WEB sites (not tested by Daniel K. Schneider).
- HyperNext Studio ($20). Inspired by Hypercard.
- Pantechnicon Wiki lists other free HyperCard systems (not tested !)
- Specialized
- MaxAuthor, a free multimedia authoring system for language instruction. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP. Student activities include MaxBrowser, Listening Dictation, Pronunciation, Multiple Choice, Vocabulary Completion, and Audio Flashcards. Lessons can be delivered via Internet or MS-Windows
- Quizzing
- Hot Potatoes, The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web.
- This is probably today's most popular stand-alone quizzing software - Daniel K. Schneider 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST).
There should be more systems I think (but don't know). Therefore also consider WBT tools like eXe.
Free of cheap WBT systems
Other/See also
- Computer game. Some toolkits can be used to build educational games.
Links
- Multimedia Wiki (formats and players)
- Multimedia Authoring Tools (good list, updated 2003), retrieved 15:22, 26 June 2007 (MEST).
References
- Locatis,Craig, Al-Nuaim,Hana (1999), Interactive technology and authoring tools: A historical review and analysis, Educational Technology Research and Development, 47, 3, 9/18/1999, Pages 63-75, DOI 10.1007/BF02299634 (Access restricted)