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E-Learning Solutions (Content & Assessment Authoring)

RapidBuilder v5.0 Deluxe, a 4x brandon-hall.com award-winning technology, is XStream Software's 100% Programming-free Software Simulation/Screencast, Courseware, and Documentation Authoring technology. It enables subject matter experts (SMEs) and other users to easily create, customize, and deploy Fully Interactive Software Simulations, Screencasts, Courses, Assessments, Demos, Tutorials, Presentations, and other types of Multimedia Content Files.

RapidBuilder can instantly record interactive software simulations and screencasts for any 16 or 32-bit Windows, web-based, or text/DOS-based application. During a recording session, all live desktop/screen activity and full-motion user interactions (i.e., actual application screens, screen changes, mouse clicks, keystrokes, mouse pointer movements, dialog box interactivity, menu interactions, etc.) are completely captured. As soon as capturing is completed, the recorded simulation/screencast is fully generated (with all the recorded interactivity built in and all of the recorded screens automatically linked together) and is immediately ready for playback. The ready-made simulation/screencast can be launched/deployed without the need to perform any further authoring or editing.

RapidBuilder also provides extensive multimedia courseware and content authoring capabilities. Developers can create non-recorded content files of all types, including courses, CBTs, WBTs, assessments, tutorials, presentations, slideshows, product demos, help files, and more. In addition, RapidBuilder can be used to create lesson-based projects/courses and SCORM-compliant content with built-in bookmarking and tracking capabilities.

RapidBuilder files can be customized and enhanced with a large variety of interactivity and multimedia features, including images (both static and animated), text, audio, video, Flash files, recorded voice-overs and sound clips, multiple sound tracks, hyperlinks and buttons, menus, links to external files and web pages, text entry fields, combo boxes, mouse pointer animations, highlighting actions, drag-and-drop actions, colors, shapes, and a lot more.

Deployment formats include RBX/RPR (native file format), Flash (SWF), XML, DHTML, Executable (EXE), Various Video Formats (AVI, ASF, MPEG, MOV), SCORM, and Sharable Content Objects (SCOs). Files can be deployed over the Web (Internet, Intranet, Extranet), over a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), and on CD-ROM. In addition, RapidBuilder files can be printed to paper and exported to Microsoft Word (DOC) format, which is ideal for creating manuals, user guides, technical material, and other types of hard-copy documentation or reference material.

RapidBuilder works with XStream RapidShare™ Learning Management System (LMS), which is XStream's secure, wide-ranging and completely web-based LMS technology. The LMS includes full capabilities for registering, scheduling, tracking, and reporting on courses, assessments, SCORM-compliant content, and other types of learning content files. The LMS also provides capabilities for scheduling, tracking, and reporting on offline events of all types, including instructor-led training sessions, classrooms, meetings, workshops, seminars, conferences, trade shows, etc. Other LMS features and capabilities include e-mail notifications, extensive reporting capabilities, self-registration capabilities, learning paths, course catalogs, prerequisite definitions, bookmarking capabilities, offline exam generation, interface customization, archiving capabilities, 508 compliance, multi-language support, optional communication and collaboration capabilities, and more.