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Avoid Cognitive Underload: Add Ambient Sounds to Elearning Scenarios

2008/03/18 By David

Can ambient sounds be used to enhance elearning scenarios without negatively impacting instructional integrity? There’s been some great conversation around the use of audio narration in elearning. Both Tom Kuhlmann and Cathy Moore have offered up some excellent examples on the appropriateness of audio narration in courseware. But what about incorporating background sounds to create […]

Filed Under: E-learning Audio Tagged With: audio, elearning design, elearning designer, Flash, Flash Elearning, multimedia, Multimedia Learning, scenarios, sound effects

Captivate vs. Camtasia: Blend for Best of Both Worlds

2008/03/06 By David

The latest versions of Captivate and Camtasia confirm the screencasting & video tutorial industry is quickly evolving. As someone who’s created web-based video tutorials for almost ten years, I’ve tried just about every screen recorder developed. I still remember recording with HyperCam back in 1998. Trying to capture anything larger than 640×480 required a high […]

Filed Under: Screencasting Tagged With: authoring, Camtasia, camtasia vs captivate, Captivate, captivate vs camtasia, elearning, Flash, screencast, Screencasting, Simulation, Tools

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