Cloud-based or Desktop: Which Authoring Tool Is Right for You?
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DevLearn 2014 Conference & Expo - October 29, 2014

Paul Schneider
SVP Business Development
dominKnow
Today’s eLearning developers have amazing desktop and cloud-based solutions to choose from. However, deciding which tool will best suit an organization’s learning and development needs, both today and in the future, can be an overwhelming challenge. There are a number of factors that you need to explore and understand before you can make a proper authoring-tool purchase decision.
In this session you will explore the pros and cons of desktop and cloud-based content authoring tools. You will learn where each type of tool excels and where it has challenges. You will examine a framework for understanding and evaluating features and benefits as they pertain to different learning development environments. You will leave this session understanding which option best suits your learning development model, which meets your budget goals, and which provides you the most flexibility going forward, making your next purchasing decision easier and more impactful.
In this session, you will learn:
- The pros and cons of desktop authoring tools
- The pros and cons of cloud-based authoring tools
- A framework for evaluating your learning development processes and needs
- How to choose an authoring system that best matches your learning development (and budget) needs
Audience:
Novice to advanced developers, project managers, managers,
directors, and VPs who understand their organization’s learning development
model and the challenges they face when deploying authoring tools.
Technology
discussed in this session:
Software as a service (SaaS), desktop authoring, and cloud-based
authoring.
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