COMPARING SOFTWARE TEC-542 TAWNI GILLEN-MARTIN SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Gomo Learning Cost: $89 per month or $890 per year. Animations: HTML5 standards to make sure it performs well on all browsers and devices. Audio and Video: Allows users to share and re-use audio and video resources across your projects. Compatibility: Works great with tablets, smartphones and desktops. User Friendly: Allows users to easily build, maintain and publish e-learning to desktops, tablets and smartphones at the touch of a button. Integrations: The integration will allow for SSO (Single Sign-On) between both products to allow for a seamless experience from creation to distribution and management of mobile content. Limitations: Materials mostly used for Windows. Mac is very limited. Comparing Software Lectora Inspire Cost: $2,495 Animations: Built-in templates and themes, screen recording software and screen and capture graphics. Audio and Video: Has video and audio Image effects Apple QuickTime® movie and Windows Media audio. Compatibility: Lectora only works with Internet Explorer 10 in Compatibility Mode. User Friendly: Very easy to learn and a lot of tools that can be used with the program. Integrations: Significant problems with LSO after adding new tools, extremely slow and freezes often. Limitations: Only one user per license Articulate Storyline 2 Cost: $1,398 Animations: Answer choices may animate incorrectly at times. Audio and Video: You may find that audio no longer plays when you view Articulate Storyline HTML5 output in Google Chrome. Compatibility: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or later (32-bit or 64- bit), Windows 2003, Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), or Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit) User Friendly: Articulate Online is a user-friendly hosted service that allows you to track how employees, customers, and prospects interact with your e-learning courses, assessments, and presentations. And publishing and delivering that content is a snap. Integrations: Third-party application integration with the Articulate Online API. Limitations: The suspend data string in an LMS debug log isn't human-readable. I chose Lectora to use for my project. I like how it has so many different features and is very easy to learn. I also like that is compatible with Mac.

GOMO LEARNING Gomo is a multi-device e-learning authoring tool. It is the easiest way to create beautiful learning and suits your needs perfectly. ture-tour/

LECTORA Lectora is an Electronic learning (elearning) development tool, also known as authoring software, developed by Trivantis Corporation. Lectora is used to create online training courses, assessments, and presentations. It is also used for the conversion of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into elearning content.

ARTICULATE STORYLINE 2 Articulate Storyline 2 gives you more of what’s special about Storyline: simple, powerful features that let you create any interactive course you can imagine, easier and faster than ever.

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