We recently released the Microsoft Learning Content Development System v2.3.
(a.k.a. How to create your own eLearning course… for free.)
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What is the LCDS?
The LCDS is a free tool that enables the Microsoft Learning community to create high-quality, interactive, online courses. The LCDS allows anyone in the Microsoft Learning community to publish e-learning courses by completing the easy-to-use LCDS forms that seamlessly generate highly customized content, interactive activities, quizzes, games, assessments, animations, demos, and other multimedia.
What does the LCDS offer?
With the LCDS, the Microsoft Learning community can:
- Develop and deliver content quickly, while it is timely and relevant.
- Distribute content via the Web or in a learning management system.
- Deliver Web content that conforms to Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 1.2, and which can be hosted in a learning management system.
- Upload or attach existing content. (LCDS supports multiple file formats.)
- Choose from a wide variety of forms for authoring rich e-learning content and Silverlight-based interactive components.
- Develop course structure and easily rearrange it at any time.
- Once you have installed LCDS, you can download sample courses New
(In order to view these, you must have already installed the LCDS tool)
What’s New in Windows Vista
This course demonstrates some of the new features in Windows Vista. It uses the Click Table template to lay out different feature areas, and demonstrations to show users how to accomplish certain tasks. Templates used in this course: Click Table, Drag and Drop, Tile Game, and Demonstration
Windows Vista: Download (.exe file, 12.6 MB)
Windows XP: Download (.exe file, 12.6 MB)
New Features Of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
This course introduces key features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. It uses interactive templates like the Sort Game and the Tile Flip to test users’ knowledge, and then uses a series of demonstrations to illustrate reporting in action. Templates used in this course: Sort Game, Tile Game, Click Table, Demonstration, Multiple Choice, and Drag and Drop
Windows Vista: Download (.exe file, 9.35 MB)
Windows XP: Download (.exe file, 9.35 MB)
What’s new in LCDS version 2.3?
The new features of LCDS version 2.3 include the following:
- Spell check for topics
- Indexing for course search
- Output to an Office Word document
- New templates: Show/Hide and Click Table Animations
- Compatibility with Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 2.0
For more information:
- DOWNLOAD:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/tools/lcds/default.mspx - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/tools/lcds/faq/default.mspx - BUGS, DISCUSSION, & FEEDBACK:
http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en/LCDS/threads/ - SAMPLE COURSES:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/tools/lcds/samples/default.mspx - SHAREPOINT LEARNING KIT
(A great way to publish LCDS content to your Enterprise)
http://www.microsoft.com/education/slk.mspx
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