Pathlore's Authoring Strategy
What is an Authoring tool?
An Authoring tool is a program that has pre-programmed elements for development
of multimedia, interactive content. It is a tool that a company may use to develop
self-paced content There are hundreds of Authoring tools available in the market
today. Some of these tools are written to deliver content for specific platforms
such as Windows. Others are designed to be web-based, allowing authors to create
content that can be delivered over a web browser.
What is OLS Author?
OLS Author (f.k.a. Phoenix Author) is an Authoring tool that was designed to
author and deliver content to Windows-based PC's or inside a web browser (with
a Windows-based plug-in).
What is Pathlore's future strategy related to Authoring?
The market trend is to build content using authoring tools that are specifically
created for web-based content creation. The Pathlore LMS is a web-based platform,
therefore our strategy is to repurpose our internal skills to supporting the
best-of-breed Authoring tools in the market place for web-based content creation.
What is the future of OLS Author?
We no longer offer OLS Author as part of LMS/OLS or separately as an option with
our products. If you already own OLS Author. You can continue to use the existing
authoring functionality in LMS 5.3.
Does this affect Pathlore's Assessment authoring capabilities in the product?
No, it does not. Pathlore has a very robust web-based Assessment Tool that is
separate from the OLS Author. The web-based Assessment authoring and delivery
tool is used to easily and effectively develop and deploy performance-based assessments
over the web in a secured environment. For further details, please contact your
Account Executive.
Can customers that already own OLS Author continue to use it with LMS 5.0?
Yes, you can. If you already own the OLS Author, you can continue to use the
OLS Author to create and run windows-based courses. This support is available
in LMS 5.3.
How long will Technical Support be provided to users of OLS Author?
We will continue to provide Technical Support on OLS Author for a reasonable
amount of time. The end date for this support has not been decided and will depend
on the market situation and our internal strategies.
Will we continue to provide training on OLS Author?
We do not offer onsite OLS Authoring workshops any more. If you need training
on OLS Author, please contact your Account Manager to schedule it as a services
assignment.
If you need to author your own content, can we offer you any authoring tool options?
If you are looking for a web-based Authoring tool, we encourage you to take a
look at the industry-leading Authoring tools that Pathlore has partnered with.
You can review information on our partnerships by visiting the Pathlore web site
at www.pathlore.com.
If the tool of your choice is not Pathlore certified, please contact your
Account Executive to explore certification options.
What Macromedia tools is the Pathlore LMS currently certified with?
Pathlore LMS is certified to work with Macromedia Web Learning Studio, Trainersoft
and Click2Learn's ToolBook authoring tools. Please review the information on
the Pathlore web site at www.pathlore.com for new partnerships and updates on
current partnerships.
How can Pathlore help customers to author content?
Pathlore Professional Services has a lot of expertise in building high-quality
custom content. Our expertise includes:
- Strategic assessments and analysis
- Instructional design
- Multimedia authoring (Authorware, Dreamweaver,
CourseBuilder, Flash, Toolbook, HTML, Java Scripting)
- Quality, integrity, and performance testing
- AICC (AGR-006 and AGR-010) and ADL (SCORM) standards
compliance. Further information on these standards is available
on the AICC and ADL web sites at
http://www.aicc.org and http://www.adlnet.org.
- Infrastructure and delivery
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