Comparative: Author vs learningMaker
Modified on: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:38 AMAuthor is the Netex solution for the creation and management of learning content that replaces learningMaker.
Changes from Author to learningMaker
| learningMaker | Author | Comments | |
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| 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 | ✔ |
✔ |
Within a Author project, you can create folders to organize your units. |
| External units creation | ✖ |
✔ |
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 | ✔ |
✔ |
You can also create authoring units, using the same editor you already know. |
| Create authoring units from Word documents | ✖ |
✔ |
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 |
✖ |
✔ |
Author allows you add freed images of Unsplash, a public repository. |
| Create LOM data | ✖ |
✔ |
A LOM file can be created with the data of the units to comply with the international standard. |
| Publish authoring units | ✔ |
✔ |
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:
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Can be modified:
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All these new details facilitate organization, reporting and search. |
| Unit review flow | ✖ |
✔ |
Author includes a process to review and validate the units. |
| Reports |
Provide reports on:
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Provide reports on:
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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. |