6 Features IDers Shouldn’t Design Without
Why six you ask? Well, knowbly™, the authoring tool we are focusing on today, has a mascot, Albert. Albert is an octopus and he has six limbs. Wait….don’t octopuses have eight limbs? That is a question for another day. Albert has six and we will focus on one of knowbly’s™ features for each limb. Scroll down to read about all six features.
For this week’s podcast, Micah Murdock, the founder and Chief Designer for UpThink Consulting, is interviewing Trip Gould, the Chief Innovation Officer, for knowbly™. Together they talk more about knowbly’s™ amazing capabilities, and the powerful new features coming soon.
Also, Don’t miss out! knowbly™ is currently running a ‘Where in the World is Albert’ contest. You could win an Apple Watch! Winners will be announced every month between May 31-July 31, 2019. Check out knowbly™ events to find out where to get a plush Albert. Anyone who drops by their booths at ATD-ICE, OTC, or Canvas:Learnin’ Safari will receive a free Albert. Then all you have to do is post a picture with Albert on this website. Good luck!
#1 Rapid Authoring
I am an IDer. I love building courses. In other authoring tools it can take weeks or months to build out a well designed course, but knowbly™ changes the timeframe considerably. Instead of weeks or months, I can design a course in days using knowbly™. knowbly™ is the only rapid-authoring platform designed with easy to use tools for creating engaging assessments, full courses, and training materials. Simple. Affordable. And just what you need. They are on a mission to democratize authoring so that you can focus on what you do best—preparing high quality content for your learners. No high-tech manuals required. Share. Create. Collaborate. But most of all, love your content.
#2 Personal Customer Service
At knowbly™, you won’t be talking to just any customer service representative. You will get help from an active support team who is a part of the ID developer community. They pride themselves with providing a personal touch to customer service.
knowbly™ was created by instructional designers for instructional designers so you can trust that they will understand how to help you in the best way possible. Don’t forget Albert! He will always be waiting in the bottom right corner to help connect you with a customer service representative.
#3 Single Source Widgets
Widgets...what are widgets? They will change you IDer life. knowbly™ has created a vast resource of single source widgets that will help you to create interactive courses quickly. Some examples of widgets are; display templates (accordion, tabs, or gallery) activity templates (annotated video, flash cards, hotspots or fill in the blank) and assessment templates (mixed assessment, matching assessment and even video assessments). You can be confident that you will always have the best tools to create your courses because knowbly™ adds more widgets frequently.
Widgets are life changing by themselves but when you add the feature of single source the possibilities are mind blowing. Single source widgets can be used in multiple courses. Instead of creating widgets again and again for your different projects, you can simply reuse the widget. Updates are also an easy process. You can update your widget in the content manager and, “Voila!”, all courses using that widget will be updated at the same time! Just close your eyes and imagine what you can do with the extra time knowbly™ just gave you…….I just went to my IDer happy place.
#4 Interactivity and Responsiveness
knowbly’s™ interactive widgets work on any device. Your learner will have access to their content on their phone, tablet, or computer, making learning more accessible and interactive than before. You can author your content in HTML5 and publish courses or even individual interactives to any LMS, LXP, or LEP.
One interactive feature that I want to highlight is the video assessment. You can provide supplemental information at specific points in video playback, create a table of content for the learner to access, and provide assessment questions built right into the video. Check out the example below and think about the possibilities for this interactive widget in your courses.
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#5 Content Manager & Customizable Themes
knowbly™ Learning Systems has an interactive content management system within the knowbly™ application. Keep your content organized on your own terms and always at your fingertips, without the hassle of going out to the desktop.
Fully compatible with external content management tools and media sources, the system enables you to concentrate on creating the best learning experiences for your content. With knowbly’s™ open API, it’s easy to integrate your LMS or existing asset libraries.
As I have designed courses in other authoring tools, I have spent hours going back and forth between my content and the editor. Not in knowbly™. Not only can you customize almost every aspect of your course easily but you can also see the edits in real time. You don’t want your boxes to be square, easy, just round them out and see it in real time. You want to change the color scheme of your course or text options, easy, see the changes in real time and update your entire course in one click. You want two columns instead of just one, easy! knowbly™ is highly customizable and makes this task user friendly and quick.
#6 Pricing and Network
Choosing an authoring tool shouldn't be about cost. At knowbly™, they ensure that isn't a factor in your decision. They want your teams to have the ability to make authoring awesome courses and assessments easier so that you can get on about your business of engaging your learners. knowbly™ has many special promotions for colleges, universities, and classrooms so give them a shout and they'll be happy to get you up and running!
You will get more with your purchase at knowbly™. You will have access to experienced instructional designers who can create courses for you! (Pricing done by individual instances.) They also have connections with many high quality vendors. Imagine having voice over, translation or other resources right at your fingertips. They will even take physical binders and transform the content into an interactive knowbly™ course!
There are many authoring tools available in the market but none of them except knowbly™ are powered by the experience of working with educators in K-12, higher education, and continuing education. The knowbly™ team collectively has over 100 years of experience in helping educators design accessible digital content for a diverse group of learners. They will take the time to listen to you and your needs and will assist you in moving your content from print to digital, or redesigning your current digital content if it is not meeting the needs of your learners. When you sign up with knowbly™, their team is there with you every step of the way to help you achieve the results you are looking for.
Bottom Line
knowbly™ will save you large amounts of time and allow you to deliver highly interactive and engaging content to your learners.
Creating in knowbly™ has given me back oodles of time as an IDer. With the extra time, knowbly’s™ mascot, Albert, and I have decided to go on an ocean vacation to visit his octopus friends and find out why he only has six limbs. We will also be relaxing and thinking of the next ID project we are going to create. What will yours be?
No matter what your next ID project is make sure to sign up for a free trial today and get started making better courses than you ever thought possible.
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