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New Edition of Creating Business Applications with Microsoft 365: Techniques in Power Apps, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Automate
We are exciting to announce the new edition of this book by Jeff Rhodes has been published by Apress. Order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or other retailers.
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Slide Show Soundtrack™ Released for the iPhone and iPad
Slide Show Soundtrack makes it easy to create a self-running slide show with photos from your device and/or from iCloud. It can optionally include music from a selected iTunes playlist. You select up to five photo albums and a playlist. If you have multiple albums, the program will alternate photos between each group. For example, if you are hosting a graduation party for three people, each one can put his or her photos in a separate album. Slide Show Soundtrack will then alternate between photos of each person. You can also choose whether to randomize the music, randomize the photos, repeat music and photos when all have been used, show a status message of each photo, set the delay between each photo, and the caption of the show. You can pause the show, start it again, skip to the next photo, and go forward and backward within the music playlist. The product is free with an advertisement at the top of the screen. The advertisement can be permanently removed with a $2.99 in-app purchase if desired.
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Music Genius™ iPhone, iPad, Android, Facebook, Mac Store, Windows Store, and Windows Phone Applications Released
Access the Music Genius™ application via Facebook or directly in any browser. Or download it for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac Store, Windows Store, or the Windows Phone 8.1. The Mac Store version is $2.99, while all others are FREE. The iPhone, iPad and Android versions offer a $2.99 "in app" purchase to remove ads if desired. Music Genius is powered by Platte Canyon's Exam Engine™ technology.
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Storyboarder Version 3 Exports ToolBook Fields/Record Fields to Matching TextBoxes in PowerPoint
This innovative tool creates a Microsoft Word or PowerPoint storyboard document/presentation from an existing ToolBook book. New for version 3 is the ability to create individual text boxes in PowerPoint that match the content, size, location, font, and color of the corresponding fields or record fields in ToolBook. This makes Storyboarder a great tool for importing your content into other authoring tools that accept PowerPoint. Both the Word and PowerPort exports include an optional screen capture of each page, field, button, and other text, question answers/feedback, simulation information, graphic placeholder file names, and other content. Storyboarder is available for ToolBook 11.5, 11, 10.5, and/or 10.
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Slide Show Soundtrack™ for the Mac Store and Windows Store now available
Slide Show Soundtrack makes it easy to create a self-running slide show with photos and, optionally, music from your computer or flash drive. You simply put the desired .mp3 or .m4a files in a music directory and select this from the preferences screen. You then select one or more directories containing the photos that you want to display. It is available for $2.99 from either the Mac Store or the Windows 8 Store.
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Tracker.Net Version 6 Adds Divisions, Security Questions, Audio/Video Lessons, jQueryUI, and Much More
Version 6 adds a new Division level, security questions, the ability to link directly to audio and video lessons (playable via HTML 5 when available), and 49 new reports. There are also new lesson settings to skip bookmarks/suspend data, set the maximum number of lesson attempts, or end access after completion. Supervisor Administrators/Reporters can now be assigned at the Organization and Division level. This important version also offers improved Windows Authentication, the ability to "skin" the interface through jQueryUI, the option to hide inactive items, and "external mode" for integrating Tracker.Net into another system, the automatic saving of previously selected reports and graphs, and MUCH more to Tracker.Net's unprecedented power, affordability, and customization ability. The Tracker Scheduler, Tracker Reporter, Tracker Store, and Tracker Reports SQL Server Reporting Services solution are all updated and improved as well.
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Exam Engine 4.5 Offers Database-Driven Exams in HTML/JavaScript with Responsive Web Design
Exam Engine now uses only HTML and JavaScript to create database-driven, SCORM/AICC-conformant exams without any programming. Templates use Responsive Web Design to automatically adjust to various browser sizes and mobile devices. All media is played with HTML 5 if available and otherwise with Flash, Windows Media Player, or QuickTime as appropriate. Question types like matching, "matching lines," sequencing, numeric, hotSpot, multiple choice, and more are supported. Add or edit question templates using your favorite HTML editor. New features include the ability to validate logins/passwords/exams via the included web service, use optional jQuery UI buttons, review questions at the end of the exam, and show scores by objectives. Pull questions randomly by objective, email results to a manager, store question results in a database, use the optional Reporter program to view reports on question and exam data, include media with questions, easily update questions and objectives, and much more.
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Training Studio 3.5 Moves to HTML/JavaScript with Responsive Web Design
Training Studio allows you to create database-driven e-Learning with no programming. Version 3.5 is now completely HTML and JavaScript. Templates use Responsive Web Design to automatically adjust to various browser sizes and mobile devices. All media is played with HTML 5 if available and otherwise with Flash, Windows Media Player, or QuickTime. Add or edit page templates using your favorite HTML editor. In addition to buttonClick, mouseEnter, timed bullet templates, Training Studio has great question functionality with matching, "matching lines," sequencing, numeric, hotSpot, and other question types. Training Studio uses easy-to-edit CSS for virtually all formatting and features the ability to "Show Answers," have the score button optional for questions with a single answer, include "Tech support" emails, allow completion based on visiting all pages or a mastery score, and let users review questions at the end of an exam. Publish to SCORM 1.2, 2004, or AICC.
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Learning & Mastering ToolBook 11.5 Released
Completely updated for ToolBook 11.5, this popular CBT adds new content on publishing to the web, new tools, updated screens and interface, and more. "Learning & Mastering ToolBook" contains over 30 hours of training with 81 Show Me demonstrations, 61 Let Me Try simulations, 434 Expert Information topics, 186 Web Hints, and 186 OpenScript Tips. Also includes extensive content on the Quiz Summary, Importing from PowerPoint, Voice Recordings, SmartPages/SmartStyles, Certificates, Actions Editor, OpenScript, Flash™, XML, HTTP Post, ADO, Automation, REST calls, and much more.
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ToolBook 11.5 Available for Purchase from Platte Canyon
ToolBook developers may now upgrade to the exciting new ToolBook 11.5 release. This version adds an improved publishing to the web wizard, an expanded Resource Manager, enhanced clip art, additional tools, and much more. Receive a $50 credit off any Platte Canyon product with each upgrade. Or receive $100 for each full version purchased!
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Plug-In Pro 11.5 Now Available
With over 140 tools that boost your productivity and extend ToolBook's already formidable feature set, Plug-In Pro 11.5 is a must-have for all ToolBook developers. Priced at $395 per developer, Plug-In Pro is available for ToolBook 11.5. Upgrade from version 11.0 for only $75 or from any previous version for $260.
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Tracker Reporter Offers 178 Reports and Graphs for Tracker.Net Users
The Tracker Reporter allows you to view 86 reports and 92 graphs by student, lesson, course, class, and organization. The Tracker Reporter connects directly to your Tracker.Net SQL Server database. Multiple database connections can be stored and selected quickly.
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TBK Tracker 4 Allows Native Tracking of ToolBook and HTML Content
Version 4 of the leading Learning Management System (LMS) for native content, the Platte Canyon® TBK Tracker, features the a new Player application for hosting HTML content written in Exam Engine™, Training Studio™, and other tools. The Administrator application has been completely rewritten in .NET 4.0 and features expanded batch import and other capabilities. The Reporter program has also been rewritten with .NET and the Microsoft Report Viewer. It includes 61 reports and 75 graphs. Its architecture supports the modification and adding of new reports.
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AICC Watch™ Makes It Easier to Create AICC Content
Platte Canyon is happy to announce the release of AICC Watch™. This new product allows e-Learning developers to develop Assignable Units (AU's) more quickly and with better accuracy. It does this by acting as a Learning Management System (LMS) and displaying and restoring the various AICC settings and messages. AICC Watch is a complete ASP.NET 4.0 application (with source code included) to help both professional developers and content authors "Build the Perfect AICC".
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Tracker Reports Provides 164 Charts and Reports via SQL Server Reporting Services
Tracker Reports gives you 70 reports and 94 charts for use in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. Each report and chart includes its own database access as well as the ability to select some or all students, courses, lessons, classes, or organization. Drill-down for additional data, email reports via subscriptions, and more.
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Order Programming for e-Learning Developers
Order this popular book by Jeff Rhodes that covers both basic programming concepts as well as more advanced tasks like dynamically adding hyperlinks, loading media, making SCORM calls, and more. Best of all, learn how to do these tasks in ToolBook, Flash, JavaScript, and Silverlight. Now only $29.95 plus free shipping within the U.S. and inexpensive shipping the rest of the world!
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ToolBook Translation System 11 Released
We are pleased to announce that we've made the ultimate solution in creating and maintaining ToolBook content in multiple languages even better. ToolBook Translation System 11 adds support for duplicate objects within separate groups as well as explicit support for the Bullet, Marque, Text Pane, and Shadowed Text Field catalog objects. It also includes a new "Word Count" feature and a completely revamped user interface.
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Tracker Sync™ Allows TBK Tracker Content to be Synchronized with Tracker.Net
Tracker Sync is a new product that synchronizes offline content stored by the TBK Tracker™ Learning Management System (LMS) with the web-based Tracker.Net™ LMS. Implemented as a simple Tracker Sync Editor to be used by students or administrators with a sophisticated web service, Tracker Sync meets the needs of organizations who conduct training without access to the Internet and serves as an upgrade path in the transition to web-based training.
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Platte Canyon is proud to announce the release of SCORM Watch™, a brand new product that allows e-Learning developers to view and test their SCORM 1.2 or 1.3 runtime environment messages.
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