Seminar 7 on the horizon

1 February 2007

The latest version of Seminar Author is planned for release later this year, with many improvements for course developers said to be on the way.

One of the main new features is a theme-driven module creator that will give authors the ability to select from pre-designed and packaged themes with co-ordinated backgrounds, buttons, fonts and layouts.

“We’re focused on keeping Seminar Author the easiest to use, while giving our customers the ability to create professional-looking, instructionally-sound e-learning,” said Rick Handy of Seminar.

Rick said Seminar stands out from the rapid e-learning crowd because it has always stayed focused on sound instruction principles.

“We put the ‘learning’ back in ‘rapid e-learning’,” Rick said. “Fast development is important, but fast development that doesn’t deliver the goods is a waste.”

Other new features back up this claim. The tool will have integration with Powerpoint and Flash content, including content published using the new Engage tool by Articulate.

“We’re expanding the range of content that authors can add to their Seminar modules,” Rick said. “You’ll be able to import Powerpoint, Flash, Engage content, audio podcasts and compressed video files. Seminar allows you to pull all of this content together and mix in questions and other interactions to improve the quality of the learning.”

The upgrade to Seminar 7 will be free for all Seminar Author licensees with current Partner Support Plans.

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