Top 5 most important values

Aug 04, 2014

Hi

I'd be interested to hear what people's most important values are when choosing an authoring tool. What makes an authoring tool great? (e.g. HTML5 and Flash publication)

3 Replies
Jeff Kortenbosch

Hi Kim,

Good question. What I think is most important to me, in random order, is:

  • The tool has to be intuitive, easy to work with. If it is a challenge to get things done, I won't use it.
  • The tool has to meet my needs and ideally beyond so it can grow with me as my skills grow.
  • The tool has the be a high quality and industry standard product. This way I know that they'll evolve with the industry and can be used to develop training materials internally as well as externally.
  • The tool has to have good support as you are bound to into some issues
Nicole Legault

Hey Kim!

I'm reviving this discussion because I think it's a really good topic and I'm interested in hearing from others on this...

Jeff I really like your answers and would second quite a few of those.

Here's what would be most important for me, personally, in an e-learning authoring tool:

  • Lots of control over visuals and ability to customize the look as much as I want
  • Lots of control over navigation options
  • Ease of use of interface
  • Speed of development with the tool
  • Amount of help and support available, and how quickly it's available.

Those are my top 5, in no particular order!

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