e-learning Flash templates

[binkyboo]

I'm currently working on a project for a university that requires significant Flash development. Unfortunately we don't have the resources to construct all of the necessary activities needed to fulfill the curriculum. Right now I'm conducting an analysis of products on the market that allow the user to rapidly build Flash activities outside of the Flash IDE. The goal is to have part-time students build these activities without any experience in Flash. I was hoping the community at as.org could generate a list of products for me to review that may accomplish this task. Thanks for your help! Below is a list of products I'm currently reviewing.

Raptivity
SmartBuilder

[asf8]

I'm currently working on a project for a university that requires significant Flash development. Unfortunately we don't have the resources to construct all of the necessary activities needed to fulfill the curriculum. Right now I'm conducting an analysis of products on the market that allow the user to rapidly build Flash activities outside of the Flash IDE. The goal is to have part-time students build these activities without any experience in Flash. I was hoping the community at as.org could generate a list of products for me to review that may accomplish this task. Thanks for your help! Below is a list of products I'm currently reviewing. Raptivity, SmartBuilder

I am not sure if this is what you mean but Matbury has been working on some e-learning stuff...

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=162381
http://actionscript.net/forums/showthread.php3?t=90531
http://www.matbury.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

[matbury]

Hi binkyboo,

I'm getting pretty heavily involved in e-learning, LMS's and incorporating Flash learning interactions with it.

Flash CS3 and AS 3.0 are perfect for e-learning applications that require a high degree of interactivity. Of course, you can create simple quizzes, drag'n'drop, multiple choice, etc. pretty easily using the Flash MX template too.

What you want your students to learn and identifying the quickest, most effective ways for them to 'get there' is the biggest part of any educational course design project. It's useful to think about a few things:

Do you want to teach or test?
What do you want to test? Theory or practice?
What are the students expected to be able to do to complete each task successfully?
Do you want to teach theory or practise skills?
etc...

It's really hard to give any more help than this without knowing more details. What exactly do you have in mind?

Matt

[matbury]

I've just uploaded a couple of tutorials on e-learning for non-developers. The first is about 15 minutes long and is a good introduction to Flash, XML and e-learning:

http://matbury.com/wiki/index.php?title=E-learning_Tutorials

Let me know how you get on with it.

Matt.

[asf8]

I've just uploaded a couple of tutorials on e-learning for non-developers. The first is about 15 minutes long and is a good introduction to Flash, XML and e-learning

Your really doing some nice work concerning e-learning Matbury, some really nice resources your putting together and providing. Thank you. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.

[binkyboo]

Thanks for the replies gents! I'm looking for a set of learning interactions that a student can use to build activities without being in the Flash environment. It appears Raptivity has a large collection of interactives. The only issue is that it's pricey.

[matbury]

Hi binkyboo,

When you say, "build activities" what exactly do you mean?