====== Teaching And Learning ENhancement ToolS (TALENTS) ======

===== General Introduction =====
  - Tools Presentation [ [[http://prezi.com/5ewid1kxschq/teaching-and-learning-enhancement-tools-talents/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy|Prezi]] ]
  - Tools Homepage  [ [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/|Home]] ]

===== Academic Tools =====
  - VeriGuide [ [[http://www.veriguide.org/|Home]] | [[http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/veriguide/| CUHK]] ]
  - Reference Detection [ [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/reference.jsp|Home]] ]

===== Analytics Tools =====
  - Grammar Checking  [ [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/grammar.jsp|Home]] ] 
  - Sentiment Analysis (Opinion Mining) [ [[https://services.veriguide.org/Sentiment/|Home]] ]
  - Readability



===== Teaching Tools =====
  - VeriPoll [ [[https://services.veriguide.org/VeriPoll/| Home]] ]
  - Surveying Software

===== Video Editing Tools =====
  - Adobe Premiere
  - Camtasia Studio [ [[http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html|Home]] | [[http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-8.html|Tutorials]] ]
  - ScreenFlow [ [[http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/|Home]] ]

===== E-Learning Authoring Tools =====
  - Camtasia Studio [ [[http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html|Home]] | [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/video.jsp#camtasia|Demo]] ]
  - Adobe Presenter [ [[http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter.html|Home]] | [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/video.jsp#presenter|Demo]] ]
  - Adobe Captivate [ [[http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html|Home]] | [[http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/features.html|Features]] | [[http://www.adobe.com/downloads.html?promoid=KAWQL|Download]] | [[http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/publish-projects-html5-files.html#unsupported_objects_in_html5_output|HTML5 Compatibility]] | [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/video.jsp#captivate|Demo]] ]
  - Articulate Storyline [ [[http://www.articulate.com/products/storyline-overview.php|Home]] | [[http://www.articulate.com/products/storyline-on-ipad.php|HTML5 Compatibility]] | [[https://services.veriguide.org/tools/video.jsp#storyline|Demo]] ]

==== Pros & Cons ====
__**<fs small>Camtasia Studio 8</fs>**__
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**Price:**\\ USD $299.00

**Platform:**\\ Windows / Mac (with limited features than Windows version)

**Pros:**
  * Easy to use
  * Many advanced features in editing video and audio
  * Record everything, screen capture, webcam, audio at once

**Cons:**
  * Quiz results are passed to Camtasia’s server
  * Quiz results can only be received daily through email 
  * Only few customize options available

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__**<fs small>Adobe Presenter 9</fs>**__
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**Price:**\\ USD $499.00

**Platform:**\\ Windows

**Pros:**
  * Easy to use
  * User-friendly navigation UI
  * Work natively with Microsoft PowerPoint 
  * Changes, updates, modifications on PowerPoint slides after publishing are simple
  * Add audio, video, flash and quiz functionality to a PowerPoint presentation in quick
  * Tracking and reporting to internal server

**Cons:**
  * Not a standalone software, but just a simple plugin on Microsoft PowerPoint
  * Focus on PowerPoint presentation only, limited features when authoring courses that are based on other contents such as video
  * Lack in advanced features (e.g. lack widgets, no advanced quizzing features, variables)
  * Published in SWF only

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__**<fs small>Adobe Captivate 7</fs>**__
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**Price:**\\ USD $899.00

**Platform:**\\ Windows / Mac

**Pros:**
  * Powerful, precise, full of features and options, more advanced tools comparing to others
  * A round trip workflow with PowerPoint and other Adobe application
  * Aim building varied interactive e-learning content with different multimedia elements, rather than just focusing on PowerPoint
  * Rich library to create interactive contents, such as interactive widgets, drag-and-drop components, advanced quizzing features (Advance quizzing features: pre-tests, partial scoring, remediation, skip and return)
  * Advanced features such as variables, advanced actions, robust animations
  * Export and import XML files for quick content localization
  * Tracking and reporting to internal server
  * Professional output options


**Cons:**
  * Great features but sophisticated 
  * A substantial learning curve for inexperienced users
  * Custom variables and advanced actions cannot be reuse in another projects (Similar things need to create every times)


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__**<fs small>Articulate Storyline</fs>**__
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**Price:**\\ USD $1398.00

**Platform:**\\ Windows

**Pros:**
  * Easy to use (a straight-forward workflow)
  * Intuitive interface
  * Aims for inexperienced users to build a dynamic and interactive e-learning content with useful components such as quizzes, assessments and drag-and-drop options
  * Advanced features such as variables, trigger, object states
  * Scenarios are reusable, meaning the entire structures, triggers, states can be preserved in new projects, which reduce the effort in creating new courses
  * Easy to maintain and evaluate published courses
  * Tracking and reporting to internal server by self-implementation using Javascript and server-side language 
  * Has a large online community for finding support


**Cons:**
  * The most expensive one among all
  * Screen capture and software simulation capabilities are not as mature as Adobe Captivate (eg. It can not swap out screenshots for an alternate language version of the simulation)
  * Less features and advanced options comparing to Adobe Captivate, such as no widgets, advanced actions, simpler tracking and reporting functions
  * Limited video editing features (eg. Slides and quizes cannot be inserted within a video, video need to be split into clips using other video editing software before importing to Storyline)
  * Course can not be published as a sequential video clip, but a slide-by-slide presentation (eg. as shown in the demo)

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==== Comparison ====
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===== General Tools =====
  - VeriGuide [ [[http://www.veriguide.org/|Home]] | [[http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/veriguide/| CUHK]] ]
  - Grammar Checking
  - Reference Detection
  - Sentiment analysis [[https://services.veriguide.org/Sentiment/|Home]]
  - Opinion Mining
  - Voting Software
  - Surveying Software
  - [[http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8C3ZVZP|Teacher Motivation and Motivational Strategy QuestionnaireExit this survey]]