Comparative: Author vs learningMaker

Author is the Netex solution for the creation and management of learning content that replaces learningMaker.

Changes from Author to learningMaker

learningMaker Author Comments Projects creation

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It allows to create projects to which we can assign a manager, who will be in charge of organizing your content.

Folder creation

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Within a Author project, you can create folders to organize your units. External units creation

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External units are units created with other authoring tools. Author becomes an integral manager of all the digital content of your organization. Authoring units creation

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You can also create authoring units, using the same editor you already know.
Create authoring units from Word documents

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It is possible to create units by importing Word documents, a possibility that now makes about 30% editing effort.It is possible to create units by importing Word documents, a possibility that now makes about 30% editing effort.Es posible crear unidades importando documentos de Word, una posibilidad que ahora supone un 30% de esfuerzo de edición.You can create units by importing Word documents, a possibility that now about 30% effort editing.Puede crear unidades importando documentos de Word, una posibilidad que ahora cuesta alrededor de un 30% la edición.volume_upcontent_copysharestar_border
Use images of free repositories

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Author allows you add freed images of Unsplash, a public repository. Create LOM data

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A LOM file can be created with the data of the units to comply with the international standard. Publish authoring units

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You can publish authoring units using the most important standards: Scorm 1.2, Scorm 2004 y xApi. Use PENS protocol

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Authorship unit publications can be automatically submitted to PENS-compatible training platforms. Unit details Can be modified:

Name
Code

Can be modified:

Name
Code
Cover image
Tags
Cost
Provider
Hours

All these new details facilitate organization, reporting and search. Unit review flow

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Author includes a process to review and validate the units. Reports

Provide reports on:

Total space consumed

Provide reports on:

Total space consumed
Space consumed by projects
Production data
Contents according to provider
Costs by project, unit and provider

Author offers new reports aimed at improving training management. Search engine

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Author search engine offers much more filters and options. Notifications

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Receive notifications about important events like unit posting. Webhooks

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Create webhooks to generate the events you want (eg, an email is sent every time a new unit is created, or a new row is added in an Excel when a unit is published ...). Contents deletion

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In Author there is no bin trash. The deletion is permanent. Contents archive

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Archive stores the contents before final deletion. Permission assignment ✔
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We have improved permission management to easily identify which users can access and their permissions to projects, folders and units. Providers list

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The list of suppliers helps to identify which units have been created by each of them Authoring tools list

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The list of authoring tools allows to identify with which tools the external units uploaded to Author.