Posted by admin on Jun 30, 2011 in Ask an eCreator | 37 comments
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Im confused. Is Totara Moodle?
Yes. Totara is built on the Moodle platform, so you can think go it like Moodle with ‘ad ons’. eCreators also create custom Moodle sessions, but we tailor strictly to customer requirements.
What LMS do you use and recommend?
Hi Tracy, and thanks for your question. eCreators have researched and developed a wide range of learning management systems. From enterprise LMS such as SABA, SumTotal and Southrock through to many of the open source platforms and products out there like Totara and Blackboard.
In our extended experience with Learning Management Systems, we generally don’t find that these out of the box solutions meet the needs of our customers.
This is why eCreators customise their Learning Management Systems to suit the individual needs of the customer rather than have you locked into a one size fits all solution.
Our LMS is based on the globally popular Moodle. We’ve added some great functionality to make it really fly along! Our expert developers based in Melbourne, Australia can create for you a unique look and feel and increased functionality which will give you something really unique!
Do eCreators develop iPhone and iPad applications and courses?
Hi, yes. eCreators can develop apps for just about any mobile device, including IOS devices. Contact us for more information on mlearning.
Hi,
Where do you conduct Articulate Training? Do you travel to regional areas? Ie. Ballarat?
Hi,
eCreators provide Articulate Training right across Australia. We provide the following sessions:
Articulate Training Sydney
Articulate Training Melbourne
Articulate Training Brisbane
Articulate Training Perth
Articulate Training Adelaide
Articulate Training Darwin
Articulate Training Hobart
We run sessions at all these locations, plus regional areas. Call us for a quote!
Cheers,
EC
HI,
Do you host Articulate Training on customer sites?
Do you conduct onsite Articulate Training
Yes. We conduct Articulate Training on your site or ours!
Hi,
Do you run an advanced Articulate Training course?
Hi Peter,
Yes! eCreators run advanced Articulate Training customised to suit your organisation. We also run advanced Moodle Training to assist with the upgrade, maintenance and support of your Learning Management System. Please contact us for further details.
I need an lms that easily publishes artiulate and Ccusers can log in with driver license number instead of email. Also need ability to inexpensively to support large number of one off students. Is this possible and what would be the cost.
Hi Ben,
All of our Learning Management Systems can be built to spec. Our LMS is capable of hosting all SCORM compliant Articulate content and tracking via drivers license number is straight forward. Our Learning Management Systems are fully scalable from 10 learners to hundreds of thousands. We’ll be in touch soon with further information and to provide you with a demo!
Cheers,
ED
Do eCreators provide elearning development services in wa?
Hi Lynne!
Yes. eCreators provide elearning content development services right across Australia. When building eLearning content we can build high end online courses using tools like flash, or, we can build your e-learning content using rapid development tools like Articulate and Lectora so you can maintain your content yourself!
Cheers!
Does your training cover online instructional design?
Hi Michelle,
Yes. When we run our two day Articulate Workshop we ensure that all leaners are given a background in Instructional Design and also some instruction as to they how’s and why’s of Instructional Design.
It’s one thing to build an e-learning course, but another to ensure that the lesson you are trying to relay to your learners is truly learned and understood so that information can be applied on the job.
Hi eCreator.
What do you charge for LMS migration?
Hi Greg,
Thanks for your question. eCreators provide LMS Host migration from another LMS Vendor or provider free of charge. When we migrate your Learning Management System you can expect to be up and running in a matter of hours. All Learning Management System migrations happen after hours to reduce any impact on your business. We also have a range of hosting offers available to you from dedicated hosting servers, shared servers and the like. We provide both cloud based hosting and have data centres located right across Australia. Included in your hosting package is also free, responsive help desk support.
Hi,
I’m wondering if your Articulate training covers any e-learning instructional design. We have skills in Articulate but want to increase the quality of our design. Can you assist?
Hi Colin,
Yes. The eCreators Articulate Training course not only covers all of the Articulate Studio suite, but also explores online Instructional Design theories and practices. We explore how adults learn, effective instructional strategies and combine those with some of the powerful Articulate Rapid development features.
Thanks!
Hi,
With the Articulate skins you create, are we able to place our company logo on them? Also will I be able use the skin across all of my existing courses?
Thanks,
P
Hi Pauline,
Thanks for the question. In short, yes. We can create Articulate Skins for you from scratch, or we can customise a skin from out library to suit you. As the skins install as a package file, you can use them for any past, present or future course, providing you have the original source. We can assist you in this space too. For more details, check our Articulate Skins section under ‘What we do’
Thanks!
Does your Articulate Training just cover the use of the tool? If so, what else does it cover?
Hi Daniel,
While our course uses Articulate Studio as the main development tool, we take you a few steps further by introducing or building on your current skill set with additions like:
Instructional Design
Adult Learning Best Practice
Audio and Video Production
Animation
The two day Articulate training session will let you walk away inspired to create new content, back by our free Australia wide help desk support. For more info, give us a call to attend a free Articulate webinar which will give you a basic overview of the training.
Hi,
When do you expect to launch Learnbook and what are some of the features that it has?
Hi,
Well, thats the question of the month! eCreators e-learning developers are busy working on this great product even as we speak. It’s really exciting to see it taking shape.
The Learnbook Learning Management System is set to launch in June this year. All of the features in development (not to give away too many surprises!) are:
* Team Management – the LMS will allow you to view team progress in courses and overall curriculums
*360 Degree Appraisal – Track and provide feedback at set intervals to your individual team members and allow staff to provide feedback to managers
* Virtual Classrooms – A webinar feature built into your Learning Management System
* Click and Drag Reporting – simply drag the fields you want to appear in your reports to a virtual page and instantly get a report which will export seamlessly into Excel and other formats
* Learner and Manager customisable dashboard – Both the learner and manager have access to an easy to use and navigate graphical user interface making it the easiest to use and best looking Learning Management System on the market.
* Classroom Management – Book in all of your classroom training and allow trainers to see training resources that are available across your organisation. You can see training rooms available, internal and external course requests all in a simple view.
These are just some of the core features of this great system and it can be customised to suit, based on the features you require.
Our expert developers and support technicians top off the Learning Management System which will be the one to watch for 2012 and beyond!
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WIth the use of eCreator’s Articulate Custom Player, it seems like it doesn’t pick up slides that are hidden or the use of SmartArt. Is this a known issue?
This wasn’t an issue with my slides until i published with this package.
Hi,
We are working on a new release which addresses this issue and will be uploaded to the community soon! We’ll also have a few skins for you to try!
UPDATE. The eCreators custom skin available on the community website has now been updated to allow developers to use SmartArt and view hidden slides!
Download the new version here:
http://community.articulate.com/downloads/g/presenter/default.aspx
Hi,
With Articulate Storyline, will it allow me to run e-learning with assessments on the iPad?
Hi Benjamin!
Great question. Simple answer. YES! Articulate Storyline is a great new product from leading rapid content software providers, Articulate. We’ve been testing the beta version for quite some time now and the new release is just amazing.
With Articulate Storyline you’ll be able to publish all of the content you produce to all mobile devices including iPads. The content and functionality are fantastic. Let us know is we can provide you with a demo of this fantastic rapid e-learning development tool!