Authoring has come a long way in the last few years. One of the best improvements has been the pre-built Flash components that can be quickly customized and used to create interactive eLearning. I created a  three-screen sample to show how you can rapidly create interactive elements from components available in the media library of Lectora Inspire.

 

Right away, I found I could make my first screen more interesting than just presenting bulleted text on a page. In the media library, I found many animated objects, such as arrow highlighters, different types of animated characters, and animated text. I chose a little guy who blinks and moves his arm to display bullet points.

For the next screen, I added a reveal activity to help reinforce the information in the first screen and create more interaction for the learners. I used the wizard to add the picture to reveal, edited the graphic look of the activity, and added true/false questions.

Finally, I added some final learning fun to my mini course – a bowling game with multiple choice questions. Adding components is very easy—just click on the Media Organizer menu icon, choose the game or component you want, click, and it appears on the screen. A window opens and guides you through set up, and you’re done.

Flash Components Available in the Media Organizer

It’s easy to keep learners engaged by quickly adding interactive Flash animations and games to your courses. Choose from a variety of customizable Flash games and animations such as Flash cards, jigsaw puzzles, million dollar question game, reveal game, hangman, word scramble, tic tac toe, text animations, male and female characters, industry-specific characters, digital and analog clocks, and more. The newest items released with Lectora Inspire X.4 include:  Golf Hole in One, Basketball, Soccer Penalty, and Bowling.

Other Powerful Flash Features

In addition to the components in the Media Organizer, Lectora Inspire comes bundled with Flypaper. This powerful software adds even more Flash capabilities for authors who want to add the excitement of Flash without programming. Authors can create custom Flash objects, templates, pages, and courses. Flypaper for Lectora is seamlessly integrated into Lectora Inspire through the launch pad. The newest version of Flypaper in Lectora Inspire X.4 includes the capability to create interactive touch-screen learner experiences with multi-touch support for slide, swipe, pan, zoom and rotate motions.

If you want to try creating Flash components for your eLearning courses, download the 30-day free trial of Lectora Inspire here.

Linda Register is part of the marketing team at Trivantis. Her main responsibilities in the Marketing group are working on the Trivantis.com Web team, communications, planning and writing. Linda has a journalism degree from the University of Oregon.