Introducing Lectora Online v1.5 with HTML5 Capabilities and More!

Lectora Online version 1.5 boasts new features that take online eLearning courses to the next level. The most outstanding is the inclusion of HTML5 multiplatform media support within the authoring solution. Whether to use Flash or HTML5 is an ongoing debate in the eLearning industry. However, there is no question that HTML5 makes content development in Lectora Online simpler, and more available to a variety of devices.

Users can take advantage of today's HTML5 and mobile media technologies to ensure you can deliver eLearning content suitable for virtually any device or platform, as most devices with Internet access support HTML5 programs. Audio and video in Lectora Online v1.5 courses can be viewed on PCs, Macs, Apple mobile devices (such as iPhone and iPad) and other mobile devices with a single publish. You can also integrate iPhone-specific media types, like M4V video and M4A audio, to run on all supported platforms. HTML5 is a tremendous advantage in mLearning because most mobile devices do not support Flash, so the HTML5 system is favored.

 

“Almost all mobile devices on the market today have browsers that already support much of HTML5,” said Judy Unrein in her Learning Solutions Magazine article about HTML5. “It’s a good choice for mobile devices because rendering HTML5 code is generally not very processor-intensive compared to alternatives…and as mobile device manufacturers push the envelope to accommodate user demand for increased speed and multitasking, it just seems smarter to develop content using technology that demands less bandwidth and processing power.”

This new addition to Lectora Online will make custom development more attainable, along with the other new features, including enhanced video conversion, improvements for reviewers and administrators, new 508 compliancy and tablet templates, so you can publish pre-made content to the tablet format. The newest version of Lectora Online provides numerous opportunities for content developers with the addition of HTML5, and the program is part of the future of mLearning and eLearning.

“It’s pretty obvious that we will see HTML5’s prevalence increase on the Internet,” Unrein said. “Both because it’s a promising technology and because it’s at such an early stage that pretty much the only place it can go is up.”

 

To see Lectora’s features and publishing solutions, stay connected with our social networks at: Twitter: @lectora, Facebook - http://bit.ly/cIG0Pe, LinkedIn group (Lectora Rapid eLearning) -http://bit.ly/9qcO3n

 

Heather Thomas is the Social Media Lead at Trivantis Corporation and is focusing on cultivating its social networks. She is a junior public relations student at Kent State University and is interested in corporate PR and social media. She enjoys traveling, reading and writing about the world of PR.