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Articulate on iPads?
Hi Team,
Was wondering how you plan to deal with the increasing amount of iPad users. I know that in my company they are running pilots with them but my Articulate courses won't run on them :( Are you looking into a Publish for iPad or other solution like publishing a course to HMTL5 or something like that?
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@James
For whatever reasons, the iPad platform has become "popular" for mobile sales forces.
As learning professionals, we design the best experience that will deploy on the client's technology, not tell them to switch technology.
If I had a client come to me and say, I need training that will work on audio only cell phones... with no visuals... I'd try to find the best solution for that particular problem.
If I have a client who says we need e-Learning for iPads because that's what our salespeople carry with them all the time... that's what I'm going to do.
In some situations, the iPad is a great tool. The desktop is still a great tool. Depending on the design problems, one may be better than the other. I fear that we haven't yet discovered the best form for support tools and learning content to take best advantage of the portable form factor.
The chasm between ideal (the craze / hype) and the real (what people will actually DO with their devices) seems to be pretty wide in my organization. Management clamoring to be a part of the wave of hype and most employees simply wanting less intrusion by management into their daily work.
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I have a client who has asked me to put together training for their customers, and they want it to be available on every possible technology/tool – including iPads. So I think I have two choices: (1) Create it “exactly right” in Articulate and then make another version that can be used on non-Flash devices, maybe by creating a non-interactive version in Articulate and recording it as an mp4. (2) Create just one version and figure out the best way to make it available on all platforms – maybe by using the Captivate 5.5 conversion to html5, maybe one of the other tools I’ve read about – which of course means making some best practices concessions to accommodate whatever limitations exist in doing this. I don’t particularly care for either of those options, so I’m anxiously awaiting Storyline’s arrival! (Which sadly probably won’t be in time for this particular project.) I’ve been searching through the forums for ideas, and have a few option I’m looking into, but if anyone has any great advice please pass it along!
I just registered for a seminar Tom K is doing here for the local ASTD chapter, the afternoon session is on how to get started with Storyline, so I’m fervently hoping that means the product will have been released by then!!
Gerry Wasiluk said:
@Gabe + 1
@Phil +1
@Bruce +1
@Steve +10
Wholeheartedly and enthusiastically agree with my esteemed colleagues.
Just, as I've cautioned before, keep your expectations in check if you've never seen the product before. It is v1. That said, I still believe, after working with it for a while, that it has a very bright future.
More when we can talk about it . . .
Gerry will attest to it: I remain a True Believer.Hi there.
I'm trying to launch a SL build from an LMS on an iPad, but just getting a blank screen! Any ideas? Do I need to tweak the manifest file?
Greg you need to ask this in the SL beta forum
ok thanks
Hi Jeff,
Can I create and author e-learnings from an iPad?
Hi Team,
I want to know, does iPad support articulate 360? Can I create and author e-learnings from an iPad?
