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Adobe introduces eLearning suite 2, Captivate 5
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010, 22:51 IST
Bangalore: Adobe systems has announced Adobe eLearning Suite 2 for creating, reviewing and maintaining eLearning content, which would enable eLearning professionals, educators and trainers to learn with multimedia and interactivity. eLearning Suite 2, anchored by the new Adobe Captivate 5 includes Adobe Flash Professional CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Presenter 7 and Adobe Soundbooth.
"Today's educational and professional learning departments are under enormous pressure to deliver impactful content quickly and efficiently," said Naresh Gupta, Senior Vice President, Print and Publishing, Adobe. "eLearning Suite 2 is a major leap forward in eLearning content creation. It addresses the challenge with its tightly integrated toolset that allows content creators to develop powerful media, rich eLearning experiences without the time and expense of programming," he adds.
Adobe eLearning Suite 2 enhances productivity with aggregation capabilities included in Adobe Captivate 5, eLearning extensions for Dreamweaver and Flash, and new application round tripping workflows between authoring and asset creation tools. "Timely, effective training on the use of our products is critical for us and our customers to meet compliance requirements," said Mary McGivern, Instructional Designer, Omnicell, a leading provider of comprehensive, technologically advanced automation that enables healthcare facilities to acquire, manage, dispense, and deliver medications and supplies more effectively. "The new user interface in Adobe Captivate 5 lets me work more efficiently and is now similar to other Adobe products. This will speed up my workflow and help me meet timelines more effectively."
Version 5, which introduces the software to Mac OS, offers new features that allow users to do more complex tasks faster such as enhanced importing and round tripping for Microsoft PowerPoint.
The new user interface, similar to the Dreamweaver CS5, Flash CS5 and Photoshop CS5 interfaces,lets users create and revise content faster and more easily than ever before by supporting multiple document editing and personalized workspaces.
Adobe Captivate 5 customers can upload, exchange and review content, as well as track and report learner scores by signing up for Adobe's online productivity software, Acrobat.com (available separately). Also, a new widget lets students and educators interact via twitter, facilitating online interactivity and group discussion.
Object Style editing of Adobe Captivate 5, facilitates changing project-wide with just a few clicks, allowing content creators to easily define and modify the look and feel of buttons, text, images and other elements. eLearning designers can also create Master Slides with preset themes and styles for text, shapes and graphics. This accelerates authoring as contributors can focus on content rather than formatting details, and ensures that the look and feel of an organization's presentations are preserved. Once eLearning content is published, training and learning professionals can track and report key performance metrics via Acrobat.com or their own Web server.
Both products are compatible with Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6, Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended), Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows 7 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7). The Mac OS version of eLearning Suite 2 does not contain Adobe Presenter.
Price for the eLearning Suite 2, Captivate 5 is $1799, upgrade pricing starts at $599.
