1 tweets   tweet   Is a picture really worth a thousand words? How about an entire multimedia course you’ve meticulously crafted with PowerPoint and iSpring, with all its sights and sounds and texts and interactions? When it comes to selling your work, putting a price tag on it is the hard part - the rest is easy with iSpring Online! To make this step of the e-Learning process easier for you we have prepared this article: Enabling E-Commerce on your iSpring Online account → Learn how to profit from what you really love to do. Share your experience with us! We are looking forward to hearing from you!

1 tweets   tweet   It’s common knowledge that when you send anything over the Internet, you take the risk that it will show up at the wrong time, on the wrong site, and available for all to see. Worse yet, when it comes to intellectual property, the nightmare of any creator is to see his or her work plagiarized and stripped of any mark of original authorship. What kind of control would you like to have over your content? iSpring provides you with a wide range of protection features - you can choose what suits you best and meets your particular requirements. You are welcome to read about iSpring’s advanced content protection options in the newly published article in iSpring Knowledge Base. Start reading "How to protect your content with iSpring" → Hope this piece of content was useful for you. Follow the instructions and protect your unique work from being copied! Protection features are available for you in iSpring Pro, iSpring Presenter and other iSpring products. Do you have something to share with us? We are looking forward to hearing from you!

1 tweets   tweet   The question here boils down to this: how much time, energy, know-how and various other resources are you able/willing to invest in building and maintaining an LMS yourself, and how much would you rather entrust to the care of a professional LMS provider? From a purely economic point of view, there’s no avoiding the fact that administering an LMS from top to bottom requires an investment in resources, no matter how those resources are deployed. Even the open-source model requires you to pay for hosting (or handle it yourself). You will also have to pay an IT department (or have IT skills yourself) in order to get everything properly set up and integrated. Even the customer service follows the same pattern: with an open-source model, you have a large, vibrant community of gear-heads, all with opinions and advice (most of which are quite valuable, actually), but in the end, it is you who is left wearing the coveralls, wrench in hand. Each upgrade, each plugin, each modification to the system requires a decision on your part: should I implement it or not? Followed, of course, by flayed knuckles and grease everywhere. Enlisting the services of a paid LMS, on the other hand, is like going through a dealership from the start. You’ve shopped around, you’ve done some research on the various manufacturers, and you’ve made a decision: I’ll go with iSpring Learn. From that moment, everything but the driving is left to us. Upgrades are seamlessly implemented; service is reliably distributed to all your end-users—in fact, you have to remind yourself that there actually is a temperature-controlled server farm purring away somewhere out there. So, to recap: why choose iSpring LMS? You don’t need to have coveralls, because we have it all covered! You are welcome to start your iSpring Learn Free Trial → Test it out by yourself and share your experience with us. We are looking forward to your feedback!

1 tweets   tweet   With thousands people all over the world who prefer e-Lerning to traditional education, it is vital to make tools for distance learning as convenient as possible. And that is exactly what iSpring does when presenting new impressive features of its hosted LMS. With the new features released, the e-Learning process went easy both for tutors and for learners. Check it out! Folders updates: assign folders for studying and share them with users copy access permissions to a content item or folder subfolders inherit parent folder permissions Take a few minutes to read a short how-to → User Portal updates: divide materials into "To Do", "Optional" and "Completed" see the course duration use the search field to find the content item needed (either by tag or by file name) make public content available via direct links Multiple update of users’ information Would you like to test these improvements by yourself? You’re welcome to start iSpring hosted LMS Free Trial → Enjoy versatility of new iSpring features!

1 tweets   tweet   We’re wearing green. Are you? We here at iSpring would like to wish everyone around the world a happy and lucky St. Patrick’s Day. You may have noticed these lucky green button sprinkled liberally around our site, which means that we’re safe from the tradition of pinching folks who aren’t wearing green today. Another nifty thing about these buttons is that whether you’re pinching pennies or simply trying to save a little green, they are your lucky green gateway to trying every single feature of our products with a 100% -free trial. Leaves of three, four — and five? We’re all familiar with the iconic symbol associated with this day, the four-leaf clover. Recognized for its rarity, a clover of four leaves is considered a lucky find, especially if you’re not searching for one at the time. So, if a four-leaf clover is lucky, what about a five-leaf clover? Our lucky five-leaf clover It just so happens that during this merry month of March, as Spring emerges from its snowy slumber, iSpring is presenting everyone with a super-rare, super-lucky five-leaf license — that is, 5-seat license — for our hottest new authoring tool, iSpring Presenter 7, at a ridiculous discount. Grab your lucky five! Want to give it a try first? You’re welcome to download iSpring Presenter Free Trial -> Share your authoring experience with us. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

1 tweets   tweet   Got the PowerPoint blahs? Of course PowerPoint is a great help for e-Learning. However turning all the content into PPT is not enough. Your premade content can become a good point to start once you choose the right technology to make it work. We will be glad to help you find the right one! Find out how to power up your e-Learning with our FREE webinar especially designed for educators! Our seasoned director of sales, Clay Moore, and e-Learning expert, Mark Simon, will be glad to share a number of treasured tips: How to create interactive courses right in PowerPoint, How to implement mLearning quickly and easily, How to protect your content…and much more! Choose between two convenient webinar times: Wednesday, March 26th, at 11 AM CST: Join the webinar ->  Thursday, March 27th, at 11 AM CST: Join the webinar -> Sign up TODAY as space is limited! We would love you to join us at this event! Hope to see you soon! If you have any questions feel free to contact Clay Moore, iSpring Director of Sales, US & Canada: clay.moore@ispringsolutions.com or Direct: 877-463-0065

4 tweets   tweet   What would you want your authoring softaware to look like? Should it be powerful and easy to use? Comprehensive and intuitive? iSpring turned out to be the perfect combination of these features for RELATE. Being a leading professional media services company, that works with Adobe, GE, Cisco and BMW, RELATE was looking for a powerful solution that could live up their great expectations. Take a look at this success story that started from finding the perfect solution for content authoring - iSpring Presenter 7. "Challenge: Finding a Bug-Free, PowerPoint-Based e-Learning Content Authoring Tool RELATE creates e-Learning content using a variety of technologies, including Microsoft PowerPoint. There are e-Learning authoring tools on the market that are supposed to make converting PowerPoint-based content to an e-Learning platform simple, but Zanotti found that developing e-Learning content using complex PowerPoint presentations often required his team to develop workarounds for PowerPoint’s more advanced features. On the recommendation of a customer, Zanotti and the RELATE development team tried iSpring Presenter, an advanced e-Learning development tool. After putting iSpring Presenter through its paces, Zanotti quickly concluded it was the best engineered product on the market. "iSpring actually takes advantage of every single feature PowerPoint offers, no matter how complex the presentation is," he said. "No one else does that. iSpring Presenter is amazingly bug-free - it’s by far the most competently engineered product on the market." Solution: A PowerPoint-Based eLearning Authoring Tool That Really Works  As he became more familiar with iSpring Presenter’s capabilities, Zanotti was impressed by the product’s ability to handle all types of interactive media. With iSpring Presenter, course developers can easily include narration, add rich media elements and embed quizzes to gauge learner progress. Zanotti was also impressed by the support he received from the iSpring team, which continuously reviews emerging technology and incorporates new functions. "We realized immediately that iSpring Presenter is an excellent tool, and once we got to know the iSpring team, we understood why they were able to produce such a solid product," Zanotti recalls. "iSpring has an incredibly sharp engineering team, and they are very responsive, working closely with us to ensure we can take advantage of all of the product’s features." iSpring Presenter is SCORM compliant, meaning it’s technically compatible with other e-Learning programs, a key advantage in the training and development industry. The latest version of the product - iSpring Presenter 7 - allows users like RELATE and its customers to easily publish content that works across all devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. iSpring Presenter 7 enables learning anytime, anywhere. The Result: Happy Developers, Happy Customers "One of the great things about iSpring Presenter is that you don’t have to be a web developer to create engaging, professional e-Learning courses to deliver online or via mobile devices," Zanotti notes. "Many of our clients prefer to leverage all of PowerPoint’s capabilities, and with iSpring, we can use 100% of PowerPoint’s features without having to create workarounds to make up for product shortfalls. iSpring really stands out for its excellence in engineering." For the RELATE team, the advantages of using iSpring Presenter are clear: happy developers and happy customers. Superior engineering that facilitates the full use of PowerPoint features helps RELATE ensure customers have the training resources they need to build a better workforce." How did you discover the benefits of iSpring? Share your iSpring experience with us! We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

2 tweets   tweet   On our way to Learning Solutions Conference & Expo we were filled with the desire to share the exciting news - recent release of iSpring Learn. Neither excellent weather outside nor countless amusemnets in Orlando, where the event took place this year, couldn’t distract us form this highly important mission. iSpring Learn is the newly released impressive e-Learning solution designed by iSpring. It is a powerful combo of cloud-based LMS and robust authoring toolkit. Both our prospects and customers were glad to know that with the release of iSpring Learn fast and easy e-Learning deployment is possible with just one tool. iSpring Learn versatility covers every step of the e-Learning process from authoring to delivery and tracking. Without spending hours establishing cooperation between the authoring tool and a 3d party LMS you get advanced reporting capabilities that go far beyond SCORM. We were happy to hear from our customers. It’s always great to communicate with them in person - it feels like you meet a fellow of yours. And of course we made new friends! In the welcoming atmosphere, we had numerous interesting conversations both with iSpring clients and many new customers. We really enjoyed being a part of Learning Solutions Conference & Expo, meeting old friends and making new acquaintances. Hope to see you all again! And what are your impressions? Please share with us in the comments below!

2 tweets   tweet   Looking for new ideas for your e-Learning? Need a fresh perspective? Then care to attend Saba Global Summit in Orlando, FL! Learn the latest industry trends, network, share experience and keep up-to-date. And… Meet us there! The iSpring team will be attending the summit that’ll take place next week (April 7th - 10th). This event is an exciting opportunity for talent management and learning professionals to learn the latest trends in collaboration and workforce transformation. Stop by iSpring booth! Our team headed by Clay Moore, iSpring Director of Sales, is looking forward to tell you about iSpring Presenter - a must-have tool for e-Learning authoring. Don’t pass by! Will YOU be there? See you in Orlando!

0 tweets   tweet   Not surprisingly that distance learning gradually catches on. With e-Learning you reach almost unlimited audience and win an opportunity to teach and train people. Different countries and time zones are now out of importance! The only thing needed to deploy e-Learning is tools that would be a perfect fit for your unique needs. An essential set boils down to 2 basic tools: an authoring tool for creation of courses and quizzes and a learning management system (LMS). Roughly speaking e-Learning loses its significance without LMS as it becomes impossible to track users’ activity and their learning results. iSpring suggests the full bundle of e-Learning tools. They allow to create rich media interactive e-Learning content and upload courses to any SCORM-, AICC or Tin Can-compliant LMS. To rescue you from extra efforts iSpring comes up with a complete solution - iSpring Learn. iSpring Learn is a powerful combo of cloud-based LMS and fully-integrated authoring toolkit that: provides system stability on higher loads (up to 1500 simultaneous users), allows to carry out quizzes and surveys, supports SCORM, AICC and Tin Can API - for courses developed in 3d-party tools, delivers e-Learning both to desktops and to mobile devices, including iPads, allows to take courses and quizzes on iPad even offline thanks to iSpring Learn Mobile App, supports rich media content: you can upload interactive courses and quizzes from iSpring authoring tools and add any audio, video, text files and presentations. iSpring constantly working on improving its products. With the recent update users of iSpring LMS got new impressive features: Content Management: assigning folders with several content items for studying. User Portal: learning content divided into "To Do", "Optional" and "Completed". Learn more→ Self-registration: after you share the link to the learning material in the Internet, anyone who’d like to view it but doesn’t have an account yet, can click the link, register and take the course. iSpring software is chosen by over 450 educational institutions all over the world. You are welcome to test out all the impressive capabilities of iSpring Learn. Start FREE 30-day trial of iSpring Learn→ We’re looking forward to your feedback on using iSpring. Share in the comments below!

3 tweets   tweet   The iSpring team is excited to be heading to the 2014 ASTD International Conference and Expo! ASTD 2014 is being held in Washington D.C. this year from May 4th through May 7th.  This conference brings together over 9,000 of your learning colleagues from around the globe to share best practices and insights.  Each aspect of the training and development industry is covered for every level of practitioner, from CEO to specialist, from dean to student, and this year iSpring is honored to be a part of a co-session at this event! In the co-session titled "Bleeding Edge No More! Time to Begin Training in HTML5" Principal Training Consultant for HiMark Solutions, Mark Simon and Michael Cerantola, Production Manager for A.D.A.M. will teach participants how to create mobile-compatible, interactive e-Learning programs with A.D.A.M. and iSpring Solutions. You will have the opportunity to build your own e-Learning training course complete with full-color animations, narration, and engaging content. Best practices and information documents about creating HTML5 learning programs will also be shared to optimize understanding and construction capabilities. We would love YOU to be a part of this exciting co-session at ASTD 2014!  Bleeding Edge No More! Time to Begin Training in HTML5 will be held from 3 - 4:15pm on Monday May 5th (Location: 150A).  Don’t forget to bring your laptop and creative ideas; this session should not be missed! The iSpring Team truly is honored to be working alongside A.D.A.M. whose On-Demand e-Learning courses consist of comprehensive, off-the-shelf medical education programs for the healthcare, academic, and pharmaceutical industries. Complete with audio narration and interactive quizzes shared through a story-board format, A.D.A.M.’s e-Learning courses provide an eased understanding of complex body systems, as well as medical and healthcare concepts and scenarios. iSpring Solutions’ technology enables the A.D.A.M. team to create e-Learning courses that can be delivered with ease as mobile-ready content through Microsoft PowerPoint. "The iSpring technology platform has dramatically enhanced the future of eLearning course development for A.D.A.M.," said Vice President of A.D.A.M., Thierry Semoff, "With the need for mobile-compatible programs growing greater by the day, we are excited to work with the iSpring technology to introduce our interactive learning courses in HTML5." Planning on, or wanting to attend ASTD 2014?  Have we got a great offer for you!  Receive a FREE Expo Only Pass by visiting this page bit.ly/1e7AfVH and entering invitation # 1167. Interested in attending the Full Conference at a reduced rate? Once you have entered your unique invitation number, you will also have the option to forgo the free expo only pass and get $100 off the Full Conference registration rate! More ASTD 2014 Co-Session Details here. The iSpring Team headed by iSpring Director of Sales, Clay Moore, will also be exhibiting at booth #422… stop by and say hello, we would love to meet you! Will You be at ASTD 2014? See you in Washington D.C.!

5 tweets   tweet   Earlier this month, the iSpring team thoroughly enjoyed three days in the beautiful Orlando, FL for the Saba Global Summit "At Work 2014."  Roughly 800 customer attendees and 30 partners from all over the world participated in stimulating sessions about the impact of SABA’s LMS. Sessions also discussed partner solutions on learning and training in the workforce. iSpring was a content gold sponsor at this event. We had a great time exhibiting our learning solutions authoring tools at our booth, which was headed by our very own Clay Moore, iSpring Director of Sales, as well as, iSpring’s Sale Manager, Elena Golovina. Meeting our current customers in person and getting to introduce new customers to iSpring’s offerings is always such a wonderful experience, and one we are truly grateful for. There was also a lot of fun to be had outside of the conference! Our team got a chance to take in the local sights and culture with excursions to Universal City Walk, filling our bellies at some delicious local restaurants, and a few adventurous water taxi rides! We enjoyed great conversation and created new relationships with many in the industry at the luau and street party as well. Overall, we would say that SABA Global Summit 2014 went off without a hitch. SABA, iSpring thanks you for this wonderful event. We had a blast and look forward to SABA Summit 2015! Were YOU at SABA Global Summit 2014?  We would love to hear about your experience! 

4 tweets   tweet   Education has evolved throughout the years to meet the needs of the learners. The one-room schoolhouses that dotted many landscapes have been replaced by grade level specific multi-room institutions that meet the individual needs of all students. Today's educational paradigm though is changing once again as e-Learning transforms today's academic landscape. While e-Learning might be a phenomenon that has only been available for the past few years, its diverse applications are making it a staple in both corporate and academic settings. The Association Learning + Technology 2011: State of the Sector report identified the key e-Learning strategies from 375 different organizations. Each of the following trends promises great possibilities for the future of the e-Learning model: Read more »

5 tweets   tweet   With the emerging trends in social media and the explosion of video available, e-Learning developers compete with a variety of creative media. Instructional designers can hold audiences' attention by using video in their modules. Video is a necessity for developers and adds dimension and interest, as well as educates learners. Here are several reasons to use video in your e-Learning courses: Video creates an emotional connection with users through story. A video that motivates and has a story is powerful in engaging learners, especially if a behavioral change is needed. Learners relate to a human character and are more likely to remember the educational concept through the use of a story. Video is a valuable method for demonstrations. Designers who are tasked with teaching a procedure with specific steps will find video is an effective tool. Video is useful for processes that are more easily learned through a visual demonstration rather than a narrative explanation. Video helps model soft skills. Video is especially useful for teaching behaviors and modeling responses. Courses for professional development, human resources, interviewing, and communications are good examples where actors in the video model appropriate behaviors through language, gestures, responses, body language, and voice inflections. Read more »

13 tweets   tweet   We’re glad to announce the upcoming release of iSpring Suite 7, the most powerful e-Learning authoring tool by iSpring. It brings together the diversity needed for true e-Learning professionals and intelligibility that makes professional content development easy for novices and subject matter experts. It opens new horizons for your e-Learning while providing highest quality and reliability that you have come to expect. What’s new and hot about iSpring Suite 7? Below you’ll find details that will kindle your interest!Read more »

3 tweets   tweet   Each year, the ASTD International Conference & Expo is an event not to be missed by those in the learning, and training & development industry. ASTD ICE 2014 was no exception. Each aspect of the industry is covered for every level of practitioner. At ASTD 2014, more than 9,000 learning colleagues from around the globe met in Washington, D.C. to share best practices and insights. Attendees learned from world-renowned thought leaders, and industry luminaries on current and future trends, and found out how to apply them on the job to get results. ASTD 2014 provided the tools and resources necessary to move you and your organization forward, and iSpring was honored not only to be in attendance, but to also be able to partner with our awesome clients, A.D.A.M., a business unit of Ebix for a workshop on the topic "Bleeding edge no more! Time to begin training in HTML5." This year’s conference went very well; the organization of the event earned our A+ as usual. We had a lot of fun and at the same time were able to network, meet new people, and talk to our existing clients. Read more »

12 tweets   tweet   It's time to face the fact that in this day and age it's easier than ever to get distracted. Between ringing cell phones and barking dogs, eStudents have a difficult time keeping on task. While there's not much you can do about the many distractions in the lives of your students, you can find ways to engage students so they get the most out of e-Learning. If you want to insure that your students get the most out of eLearning, here's how: Read more »

6 tweets   tweet   We have exciting and awesome news for all e-Learning fans around the world: a brand-new, powerful and comprehensive authoring tool, iSpring Suite 7, is released. iSpring Suite 7 has evolved  from being just a "good idea" to become a "supercharged e-Learning tool". So, what makes it supercharged? 1. Characters What are characters for? To reach the maximum presence effect. This is an integral part of e-Learning process, as it makes the course spring to life and improves its efficiency: when learners see the tutor’s emotions they perceive the information better. Now it’s possible to achieve the same result in the field of distance learning using iSpring’s built-in character library. Communicate more earnestly by putting info in character’s mouth!Read more »

1 tweets   tweet   Did you ever notice in school that the subjects that you took the most away from tended to be the ones you actually had fun learning? That is the case for essentially all people. We like to learn when the material is presented to us in such a way that it is fun for our minds. Some e-Learning trends are grabbing onto this theory and running with it. Read more »

2 tweets   tweet   We are glad to share with you these reviews on iSpring tools that have been prepared by Frederick Barton from findmysoft.com. Spare a moment to see how easily iSpring Presenter and iSpring QuizMaker help reach even sophisticated e-Learning goals.Read more »

4 tweets   tweet   You have no doubt heard some things about LMS (Learning Management System) and may be wondering what it is all about. As with anything new, there are misconceptions and misunderstandings. We will do our best to clear them up and deliver you the real story, or as Joe Friday from Dragnet would say "Just the facts, Ma'am." The FACTS about LMS (Learning Management System): What is it?Learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-Learning education courses or training programs. Read more »

8 tweets   tweet   Some simple to implement eLearning tips can help you improve eLearning for your students. Make the Course Self-Contained This may seem obvious but it is very important. If students need to access other resources while completing the work this can quickly impact their willingness to learn. It is best to just create a course that has everything the students need to complete it, already contained inside the course. If this is not possible, use of links (to websites, other applications, and other media) will suffice. Read more »

16 Like this The Manchester Distance Learning Network (MaDLeN) presented the online webinar on iSpring. We believe that feedback from our customers is worth a thousand words. So we’re proud to share an outline of a webinar on iSpring held by one of our respected customers. Ian Miller from Manchester University took up some major questions of iSpring software. You’re welcome to check out the webinar recording ->Read more »

16 Like this The Tin Can API (Experience API) is generating a lot of buzz in the e-Learning industry and just like the children's game of playing telephone with a tin can and a string, the message can often get garbled and distorted about what Tin Can API really is. Read more »