Friday, April 2, 2010

Online Course Review for Courses in Development

Rapid Intake, the guys who gave us ProForm and Unison, announced its new online collaborative course review software, called REVIEW™, that allows any course developer to post a course online and collect and manage course review feedback and comments.

The reason I will use the program is its ability to load courses for review that have been developed with different types of e-Learning programs such as Articulate Presenter, Captivate and other Flash-based training.

The actual review process rocks. Imagine being able to have reviewers make comments on a specific slide without having to pop back and forth between the course and a review document! REVIEW™ tracks feedback notes, threaded comments, attachments, alerts, and more in one centralized location. It even automatically captures information about the reviewer, where the reviewer was in the course when the feedback was submitted, and relevant system information, such as the web browser and operating system

I tested the product by uploading an Articulate Presenter course packed for SCORM 1.2. The course loaded quickly and I was able to access it immediately to make review notes. I also tested a course without any LMS files - the course loaded with no problems and worked as promised.

For REVIEW™ pricing or to start a free trial, visit http://www.rapidintake.com/review.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Online Workspaces with Acrobat.com

Easily distribute and collaborate on a set of documents related to a project. No more sending out e-mails with multiple attachments to teams or individuals outside of your firewall.  Sign up for a free account to try it out:  five PDF conversions total, three person web conferencing, online office applications and forum-based support.
Check it out:  http://blogs.adobe.com/acom/2010/03/whats_new_with_acrobat_com_workspaces.html#more