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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorware Macromedia Authorware]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorware Macromedia Authorware]
* [http://www.insystem.com/everest/ Everest] ($1995 list price  on 15:09, 26 June 2007 (MEST))
* [http://www.insystem.com/everest/ Everest] ($1995 list price  on 15:13, 26 June 2007 (MEST))


=== Commercial general purpose ===
=== Commercial general purpose ===
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; Multimedia presentation, animation and interaction
; Multimedia presentation, animation and interaction
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/director/ Director]
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/director/ Director]
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/ Flash] ($700 on 15:09, 26 June 2007 (MEST)).
* [http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/ Flash] ($700 on 15:13, 26 June 2007 (MEST)).
* Quest (dead product ?)
* Quest (dead product ?)


; Other
; Other
* [http://www.toolbook.com/index.php Toolbook] ($2795 on 15:09, 26 June 2007 (MEST))
* [http://www.toolbook.com/index.php Toolbook] ($2795 on 15:13, 26 June 2007 (MEST))
* [http://www.neosoftware.com/ NeoSoft], ($200 - 10% for education)
* [http://www.neosoftware.com/ NeoSoft], ($200 - 10% for education)


=== Free or cheap ===
=== Free or cheap ===
; Hypercard like


* [http://coronet.iicm.edu/HM_Tools/hmcard15/hmcard.htm 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 [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]]).
* [http://coronet.iicm.edu/HM_Tools/hmcard15/hmcard.htm 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 [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]]).
* [http://www.tigabyte.com/ HyperNext Studio] ($20). Inspired by Hypercard.
* [http://pan.uqam.ca/pan/pmwiki.php/Pan/HomePage Pantechnicon Wiki] lists other free HyperCard systems (not tested !)
; Specialized


* [http://cali.arizona.edu/docs/wmaxa/ 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
* [http://cali.arizona.edu/docs/wmaxa/ 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


* [http://www.tigabyte.com/ HyperNext Studio] ($20). Inspired by Hypercard.
; Quizzing
 
* [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]] 15:13, 26 June 2007 (MEST).


* [http://pan.uqam.ca/pan/pmwiki.php/Pan/HomePage Pantechnicon Wiki] lists other free HyperCard systems (not tested !)


There should be more systems I think (but don't know). Therefore also consider WBT tools like eXe.
There should be more systems I think (but don't know). Therefore also consider WBT tools like eXe.
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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 15:09, 26 June 2007 (MEST).
* [http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Resources/cal/mmedia.htm Multimedia Authoring Tools] (good list, updated 2003), retrieved 15:13, 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 14:13, 26 June 2007

Draft

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

Commercial general purpose

Hypercard like
Multimedia presentation, animation and interaction
  • Director
  • Flash ($700 on 15:13, 26 June 2007 (MEST)).
  • Quest (dead product ?)
Other
  • Toolbook ($2795 on 15:13, 26 June 2007 (MEST))
  • NeoSoft, ($200 - 10% for education)

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).
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 15:13, 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

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)