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Create great online e-Learning content and collaborate
with your colleagues with Lectora Online

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e-Learning Software to Collaborate Anywhere, Anytime

Easily collaborate on the creation, storage, management and review of online training courses, assessments and presentations with Lectora Online.

Collaboration

Enable teams of course developers, designers and subject matter experts to easily share and modify course content. Instantly view real-time changes and streamline your project life cycle. Also take advantage of 18 new tablet templates to make publishing to tablets such as the iPad quick and easy.

Anytime, Anywhere Access

Remove geographic and time limitations by accessing course content from anywhere at anytime with an Internet connection through common browsers including IE, Safari and Mozilla Firefox - on Macintosh or Windows.

Version Control

Never worry about version control issues again by keeping an unlimited number of versions of courses so you can revert back at any time.

Review & Project Sign-Off

Enable key supervisors and team members to quickly and easily check and review content for appropriate sign-off and approval.

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Team-based Collaborative
eLearning Development If you are...


...small to large teams of content developers

Let Lectora Online streamline your project life cycle. Maintain project versions, create assignments, review comments, and obtain final project approval all from a single, central location. Eliminate the hassles of making content available to developers, editors, and subject- matter experts that may not have the software to support it.

...geographically challenged

Work with team members across state lines, time zones or even continents from a central, secure location... without getting a System Administrator involved. Access Lectora Online anywhere, anytime to create, delegate, and collaborate, and let us worry about keeping it secure and organized.

....organizations with an Intranet

If security is a concern, you can always deploy Lectora Online within your private Intranet, and give employees access to features for developing eLearning content, creating sophisticated and robust presentations, and collaborating on large projects with peers and project managers.

...looking to save on IT expenses

Wish you could afford to buy multiple licenses of an eLearning development solution, but don't have the money? Lectora Online enables multiple users to create, store, and access content with only an Internet connection and Web browser on either a Mac or PC.

...Lectora Online is for you!


Create eLearning content that is compliant with SCORM, 508, and AICC standards, using the familiar tools of Lectora Publisher.
Assign user roles based on tasks. Track user edits and comments from initial concept through project completion.
Create assignments for authors, reviewers, and project managers and track their completion throughout the development life cycle.
Work with others simultaneously on the same project while maintaining an up-to- date version of the content at all times. 
Exchange feedback with team members through instant messaging, emailing, and posting comments within titles.
Configure notifications to automatically receive emails when project status or assignments change.
Store and organize logos, photos, video, and other media, and make it accessible to teams of users.
Import content created with Lectora Publisher so that it can be used with Lectora Online, or export content created with Lectora Online for use with Lectora Publisher.

Lectora Online e-Learning New Features

Introducing new features to enhance interactivity and collaboration
Lectora® Online Version 1.6.2 comes jam-packed with exciting new upgrades including:

NEW Live Model Gallery

Includes more than 5,500 new, unique, high resolution and transparent photographs, including 33 models from a variety of backgrounds and professions. Additional photo sets include black and white silhouettes as well as multiple sets of demonstrative hand photographs to fit any e-Learning scenario.

Faster Browsing in Media Library Organizer

Save development time while selecting images by viewing thumbnails for a quick preview of all media.

Preview Published Page for Reviewers

Reviewers can now preview the published version of a page in a new browser window for an exact look at the final content including any scripting built by the developers.

Lectora Online e-Learning Video Demo

Lectora Online e-Learning Video Tutorials

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e-Learning Collaboration Software Features

*Lectora Online 1.6 Features

*New Real-Life Characters

Choose from 23 characters with 15 different poses to make your content stand out above the rest. Utilize these unique characters that include 345 authentic photos of people in real-world poses to add personal and professional interactivity that you can drag and drop into your e-Learning content. Set actions to change the pose of your character to display different poses for different stages in the course.

*New Flash Games

Make learning fun with 10 new interactive Flash games including Basketball, Bowling, Soccer, Crazy Cans, Mountain Climb, Dunking Booth, Golf, Horse Race, Walk the Plank and Slot Machine.

*New and Customizable Skins for the Media Player

Tailor the appearance of the Media Player to fit your courses. Choose from one of 12 new skins or create, import and manage your own custom skins.

*Controller Overlay

For the convenience of your learner, show and hide the mouse when it enters and exits a video.

*Video Caption Styling

Modify font styles, sizes and colors for a more customized user experience.

*YouTube HD Support

Impress learners with high definition (HD) YouTube videos, now fully supported by the YouTube player.

*Restore Previous Versions

Store and retrieve previous versions of courses for easy reference or review.

*Control Number of Revisions

Set the number of allowable revisions to courses to simplify the development process.

*"Check in" All Changes in the Publisher

Keep track of all pending changes from within the Publisher for an easy way to see all changes to your content at once.

*Share with Project Team Only

Control privacy settings to designate content as only visible by the project team.

*Download or Print Title History

Title history can be printed or downloaded to a spreadsheet.

*Re-use Actions with the "This Object" Target

Easily re-use actions designated on other objects without having to specifically identify a new target.

*Hide Questions

Hide questions to control when your learners can view your assessments.

*Detecting Variables in External HTML Objects

Automatically detect user variables inside External HTML objects, which will conveniently be displayed in the Variable Manager and are included when the page is published.

*Customize Radio Button and Check Boxes

Tailor the look of radio buttons and check boxes with imported and customized images.

*Set Opacity of Objects

Set the transparency of objects to customize and polish the objects in your courses.

*Hide Groups of Objects

Hide groups of objects with the new Initially Visible property.

HTML5 Multiplatform
Media Support

Deliver e-Learning content suitable for virtually any device or platform with new HTML5 and mobile media support. Courses that include MP4 video and MP3 audio can be played on PCs, Macs, Apple mobile devices (such as iPhone and iPad), and other mobile devices. You can also integrate iPhone-specific media types, like M4V video and M4A audio, to run on all supported platforms.

Drag and Drop Functionality

Quickly and easily drag and drop media files from your desktop directly into Lectora Online. Files can also be dragged to and from the Media Library Organizer, allowing for much quicker use of the Media Library.

Tablet Templates

Utilize 18 new tablet templates to make creating and publishing courses to tablets, such as the iPad, fast and easy.

Improved video conversion

Get stunning video quality with lower files size through the support of F4V video, which will be automatically used within Lectora when converting video for Flash.

Page level preview in browser

Preview individual published pages to check your final work with the simple click of a button.

508 Compliance Support

Courses published in Lectora Online now meet Section 508 accessibility guidelines, enabling you to easily publish titles for disabled users.

Publishing Packs

Seamlessly publish courses to the following LMSs: SumTotal, PWC, and Blackboard.

Notes Enhancements

Conveniently keep track of the progress of reviewer notes with the new status tab. Notes are also automatically saved for reviewers, and notes reports are now created in Excel format.

Reviewer Note Improvements

Reviewers can now add notes when in Preview mode. Clicking on the notes icon will add the note and enter edit mode. A message will then be displayed explaining this to the user and showing them how to enter preview mode to continue previewing the title.

Reviewer Title Improvements

Reviewers can easily switch between titles with the new "Open Title" button.

Administrator Improvements

Administrators can check-in changes or undo a check-out for any other user in the organization, making it easier to revert back or undo changes if necessary.

Websphere/DB2 Integration

Lectora Online will now run on a Websphere server with a DB2 database.

Import PowerPoint

Save time and energy by importing your PowerPoint presentations into Lectora Online as a basis for your new title.

Simple-to-Use Reviewer Interface

Lectora Online reviewers use a custom interface designed for the reviewer tasks - add notes, generate a notes report, save the title, and logout of Lectora Online in this streamlined window.

Streaming Video

Stream Flash (.flv) and YouTube video directly within your titles. Streaming enables you to display videos that already exist online, without having to include the videos in your title.

Media Player Skins

When you have selected to include a Flash (.flv) video or audio object, you can apply a predefined skin to the controller.

Enhanced Flash Support

When using any of the configurable Flash animations, upload existing resources such as recorded audio for use with the animation. Test your animations in Preview mode.

Move and Copy Titles

When you're managing your titles, take advantage of the new Move and Copy functions to reorganize your title structure or make copies of your titles.

Animated Move To and Size To Actions

When using the Move To and Size To actions, select the speed at which you want the moving or resizing to animate. The end-user will be able to see the object move across the page, shrink, or grow when the action is executed.

Additional Variable Support

Use an existing variable for form objects. This enables you to pre-populate form objects with a value based on previous user interactions. Additional variable support enables you to use the "Subtract from variable" modification type to remove all instances of a specified string value from the variable's current value. Use the "Subtract from variable" modification type when executing "Modify Variable" actions.

Export to Word

You can export the text within your title to a Word document. Save your textual content so you can continue to edit it offline.

Web 2.0 Pop Ups

Display your pop-ups in a Web 2.0 light-box style. This style of pop-up windows enables users to avoid issues with pop-up blockers and provides a more modern look to your pop-up windows.

Configurable Reviewer Notifications

When you are adding an external reviewer, you can customize the email notification that is automatically sent to the reviewer. This enables you to provide customized instructions for the title review process.

Web Version of Lectora Publisher

Create SCORM- and AICC-compliant e-Learning content using the familiar tools of Lectora Publisher.

User Role Designations

Assign user roles based on tasks. Track user edits and comments from initial concept through project completion.

Task Assignment and Tracking

Create assignments for authors, reviewers, and project managers and track their completion throughout the development life cycle.

Simultaneous Project Access

Work with others simultaneously on the same project while maintaining an up-to-date version of the content at all times.

Project-Specific Online Communication

Exchange feedback with team members through instant messaging, emailing, and posting comments within titles.

Automatic Notifications

Configure notifications to automatically receive emails when project status or assignments change.

Shared Media Resources

Store and organize logos, photos, video, and other media, and make it accessible to teams of users.

File Compatibility with Lectora Desktop Products

Import content created with Lectora Publisher so that it can be used with Lectora Online, or export content created with Lectora Online for use with Lectora Publisher.


*Drag and drop functionality automatically available without any plug-ins when using Firefox and Chrome. To use this functionality with Safari and Internet Explorer, you must install Google Gears.

Lectora Online e-Learning Specifications

Authoring Systems

  • A Windows PC or Macintosh computer connected to the Internet (broadband recommended)
  • *Internet browser - Lectora Online requires Internet Explorer 7.0 or newer or any version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari.
  • Firefox is the recommended browser.

Viewing Systems

  • Internet-published content is cross-platform compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher, all versions of Firefox and Safari 1.2 and higher.
  • To use the test submittal and form submittal of Lectora Online-published HTML content, Macintosh-based users must ensure their browser supports LiveConnect. LiveConnect enables JavaScript and Java to freely interchange data on a Web site. Windows-based browsers provide LiveConnect support, by default.

Supported Media

  • Images: TIF, GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, WMF, EMF, IPIX
  • Audio: WMA, WAV, MID, RMI, AU, MP3, AIFF, FLVASF (streaming audio by Microsoft) or RM (streaming Real Audio)
  • Video: WMV, FLV, AVI, MOV, MPG, MPEG, RM, RAM, ASF (streaming video by Microsoft) or RM (streaming Real Video)
  • Documents: RTF, TXT Other: Shockwave, SWF, Java, Javascript, ASP, JSP, PHP, ColdFusion
  • Lectora Online supports Flash (SWF) content produced natively by Flash, or by other products such as Captivate, Camtasia, etc.

Import Options

  • PKG files: Titles exported from Lectora (desktop) or Lectora Online as package files can be imported into Lectora Online as new titles.
  • PPT files: MS PowerPoint 2000, 2003 and 2007 presentations can be imported into Lectora Online to create new titles.

*Drag and drop functionality will require Google Gears to be installed if using either Internet Explorer or Safari.

Microsoft and PowerPoint are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other names, trademarks, or service marks are properties of their respective owners.

Everything You Need to Know About e-Learning Collaboration Software

Everything you need and more.
Download documentation and other necessities to effectively work with Lectora Online.

 

XferToolHowTo.exe (589KB)

Download this document for step-by-step instructions on how to import and export your Lectora and Lectora Online titles. You must first run the XferToolInstall.exe to access the import/export features in Lectora Publisher 2008.


XferToolHowTo.pdf (85KB)

Download this document for step-by-step instructions on how to import and export your Lectora and Lectora Online titles. You must first run the XferToolInstall.exe to access the import/export features in Lectora Publisher 2008.


LectoraOnline.pdf (9MB)

Download this PDF version of the Lectora Online Information Center. The Information Center includes comprehensive step-by-step instructions for using Lectora Online.


Lectora Online Fact Sheet (521KB)

Download this Lectora Online fact sheet containing the information that is included in this site.


BeginnersGuide.pdf (1180KB)

If you're new to Lectora Online, download this Beginner's Guide to help you get started. This guide describes 10 essential tasks for working with Lectora Online.


CollaborationFeatures.pdf (188KB)

 

This guide provides information about the various collaboration features in Lectora Online. Manage your projects, delegate tasks to team members, generate reports on project status, and more!


DidYouKnow.pdf (828KB)

 

Learn about a few of the lesser-known features of Lectora Online and get the most out of your Lectora Online experience. 


Lectora Online Security.pdf (193KB)

Your content is securely stored and can be easily recovered with Lectora Online’s advanced underlying architecture and data backup schedule. You can rest assured that all your data remains private and secure.


Using Lectora & Lectora Online.pdf (819KB)

Use Lectora Online to easily work with others on a project from anywhere with an internet connection, at anytime. You can use the desktop version of Lectora when you don't have an internet connection.

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