Adobe eLearning Suite

New Adobe eLearning Suite software integrates best-of-breed tools for rapid eLearning, courseware authoring, simulations, and media editing. Create rich, interactive learning experiences that engage audiences with video, audio, and powerful visuals. Work productively with rapid authoring tools that deliver smart collaboration features as well as tight integration with asset-creation tools. And deliver content to the Web, the desktop, mobile devices, and Learning Management Systems.

Adobe eLearning Suite components:

• Adobe Captivate 4
• Adobe Flash CS4 Professional with Learning Interactions
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 with CourseBuilder Extension
• Adobe Presenter 7
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
• Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Adobe Soundbooth CS4
• Adobe Device Central CS4
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• SCORM Packager

New and enhanced features:

Roundtripping between Adobe Captivate and Adobe Soundbooth CS4
Export audio for an entire project from Adobe Captivate to Adobe Soundbooth CS4 with just one click. Speed up audio editing by working with it as a single file and importing it to Adobe Captivate, maintaining slide association and audio quality.

Roundtripping between Adobe Captivate 4 and Adobe Flash Professional CS4
Import animations created with Adobe Flash Professional CS5 into your Adobe Captivate 4 project as smart objects tightly linked to the source file. Make changes to the source animation and instantly update your objects in Adobe Captivate without opening Flash Professional.

Extended Roundtripping between Adobe Captivate 4 and Adobe Photoshop CS4
Insert Adobe Photoshop (PSD) files as smart objects in your Adobe Captivate project, easily animate individual image areas, and update the images with one click whenever the original files change — no need to resave and reinsert images.

Application capture in Flash Professional CS4
Create application demos and simulations in Flash Professional CS4 and complete authoring workflow using a single tool.

Reinforced traditional authoring workflow
Rapidly create portions of your project in Adobe Captivate 4 and smoothly integrate them in the parent Flash Professional project, thanks to enhanced interactivity between Adobe Captivate and Flash Professional.

Domain-specific HTML templates
Jump-start development of domain-specific eLearning for compliance, soft-skills, medical procedure, and process training using attractive, instructionally sound HTML templates for Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4.

Optimized user interface of Adobe Captivate 4
Be more productive with the new, optimized user interface of Adobe Captivate 4 that is consistent with your favorite Adobe applications like Flash Professional and Photoshop.

Multivideo support and synchronization
Add impact to your eLearning projects by importing video in popular formats (AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG) and synchronizing video with the project, slide, or set of slides using Adobe Captivate 4.

Enhanced collaboration by leveraging Acrobat.com and Twitter
Host published or in-progress eLearning projects on Acrobat.com, an Adobe CS Live online service,* for easy access and review. Share ideas in real time by opening an Adobe ConnectNow web conferencing session on Acrobat.com. Enable in-context learner collaboration using the Twitter widget from Adobe.

Tracking and reporting
Satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost thanks to integration with Acrobat.com. Track and report key performance metrics like average score and pass or fail rates without having to invest in a Learning Management System.

System requirements:

• 2GHz or faster Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Intel Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit editions)
• 1GB of RAM or more recommended
• 7.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit or greater video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a Microsoft DirectX 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM
• Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop® Extended require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Shader Model 3.0
• Microsoft Office 2003 required for Adobe Presenter