What is your favorite learning content authoring tool? I am looking for interactive learning content authoring tools that are open-source and competitive like Adobe Captivate.
For me it depends on the aim of the activity. In case you require a quizz or a poll, Socrative is my favorite. If I require to share ppt or similar material, Nearpod is the best option for me. Besides both or them are free and work on any device I have tested.
If you are looking for open source software, you can take a look at Open Sankoré and CamStudio. Great free (but not opensource tools) are Jing and Screencast-O-Matic. I use Screencast-O-Matic and YouTube editor for editing screencasts and adding annotations, which is very powerful combination of free services.
http://open-sankore.org/
http://camstudio.org/
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
http://screencast-o-matic.com/
You might want to try SwishMax if you want to experience animation and interactivity. Besides, it gives you the experience of a real instructional designer and multimedia author.
www.swishzone.com
Thank you all for your answers, what I am looking for is a tool where I can author interactive material all in one package (SCORM - compliant), like having a lecture with a video, a game-based activity, animation, digital stories, etc. to teach specific topics of STEM for school education.
It would be difficult to find an open-source tool that compares to Captivate, but I'd recommend to try Xerte: http://www.xerte.org.uk
Thanks Mart, I couldn't find any, that's why I posted this question.
Mart as you are interested in Education using wordpress and CMS for open education, have you seen H5P [http://h5p.org]. do you have any experience on it?
H5P have cool stuff and supports Wordpress, Drupal, and Joomla. they are working on Moodle support. I doubt its stability and i guess they face technical problems. However, its worth looking at.
See the comparison of three OS authoring tools at https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/29beec9b-9270-4f36-ad4b-85d30fba1545/compare.html
Xerte Online Toolkits is the one that seems to have the most momentum, including joining the Open Apereo initiative, https://www.apereo.org/content/xerte-online-toolkits-joins-apereo-incubation-process
However, from the sample output on its website, it still has a way to go before it's quality is comparable with commercial tools.
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