109 Leveraging Google and Amazon APIs to Enhance Your eLearning Courses
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Wednesday, October 24
Development
St. Croix B
There are many new web services available from Google and Amazon: image recognition, text to speech, voice to text, real-time data, and more. These services are inexpensive (some are free) and have the potential to make your course more engaging and effective. But how do you incorporate them into your course?
In this session, you will see and play with examples of courses that use these web services. You will explore the features offered by various services. And then you will investigate the JavaScript code needed to connect your course to these services. Specifically, participants will use Google’s Vision API, Google’s Translate API, Google’s Firebase, and Amazon’s Polly API.
In this session, you will learn:
- Which services are available from Google and Amazon
- How you can leverage these APIs to create better eLearning
- The limits of using these technologies directly in your courses
- Samples of JavaScript code necessary to incorporate these services into your courses
Audience:
Designers, developers, and managers.
Technology discussed in this session:
Google’s Vision API, Google’s Translate API, Google’s Firebase, Amazon’s Polly API, JavaScript, Articulate Storyline 360, and Adobe Captivate 2017.
James Kingsley
Senior Director Product Development
ELB Learning
James Kingsley, with a rich tenure of over 15 years in the eLearning domain, has always had a penchant for morphing tools and applications to achieve beyond their initial capacity. His recent venture, MicroBuilder, is a testament to his innovative prowess. Developed at ELB Learning, MicroBuilder is conceived to equip eLearning developers with a streamlined pathway to craft MicroLearning modules. His expertise stretches across a wide technical spectrum including Node.js, Vue, Mongo, with particular adeptness in integrating APIs, xAPI, SCORM, and extending the capabilities of existing tools. Besides being a seasoned coder, James has an eye for identifying and molding viable eLearning solutions, making significant strides in web, mobile, and desktop-specific realms. His relentless pursuit of refining and evolving eLearning solutions continues to mark a substantial footprint in the industry.