Unexcelled e-learning for FREE
- Release date Beta August 16th 2010
Jackdaw is an e-learning development tool that is entirely free of charge. Price is not everything however because at Open Elms we are convinced that it will also produce the best e-learning you have ever seen!!!.
Features of the system include:
- No coding necessary, intuitive course creation
- 3-D virtual learning room where learning takes place
- 100s of templates to chose from and customise
- Video presenters can be integrated into the e-learning
- Add tests to check on knowledge retention
- SCORM v1.2 compliance for easy integration with any LMS
- Collaborative development from the Jackdaw community
- Extendable system for designers with Adobe Flash (minimal coding necessary)
- Sell your courses on the Open Elms store
- Purchase additional courses to complement your e-learning
Release date July 2010
Although jackdaw is currently undergoing beta testing, the application in a development form has been used internally by Open Elms to create e-Learning courses for the last 3 years. As such it has proved to be a producer of market leading e-learning courses. Now you can gain this competitive edge.
Jackdaw is due for release in July 2010. At which time you will be able to get your hands on it and see what the fuss is all about. In the meantime we invite you to follow us on Twitter or Facebook 
for an alert as soon as it is released.
A Sneaky peak
Jackdaw: Home Page
Here the user selects a course to edit, else can create a new course from scratch.
The courses can be published onto any SCORM compliant Learning Management System (not just Open Elms) from this screen.
The user also has the option of purchasing other Jackdaw courses from users of the system (showcased here).
The Jackdaw user can submit their course for sale (an additional revenue earner entitling the user to 70% of the sale price) as well as purchasing other support, hosting and training options.
Jackdaw: Edit Course
The user can edit the course, copying/pasting appropriate templates into the course structure.
This is a very simple screen involving a single learning object. Most templates are extendable so many learning objects can be included in the same screen.
Each screen is customised by editing the XML. Commonly simply changing the Title, Content and Image tags will be sufficient to customise the screen.
Note the inclusion of the optional video presenter into the system.
Jackdaw: Running in Learning Management System
The newly created Jackdaw course can be run on any SCORM v1.2 Learning Management System (which effectively means your Learning Management System free of charge).
In this case it is running in Open Elms. To download and use this Learning Management System for free register online.
Final Word
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