I have used Linda.com before and I am overall pleased with the quality of their tutorials. This semester I have used it mostly to brush up on my illustrator, and InDesign.
An exciting new (for me) software product is Adobe Captivate. This last week I spent almost 4 hours watching and re-watching the tutorials on Linda. I really like how the tutorials are structured, and explained, but I think that for any tool there is a moment when what one needs to learn can only be obtained by doing it. This software reminds me a lot of the old Macromedia Director. Going through this process of learning to use Captivate also reminds me of the days when I was learning to use Director. I have to say that I am feeling enthusiastic about this piece of software even though it creates Flash files I think I can get some work arounds to make them accessible (to students with disabilities), and to make the files compatible with iOS devices. I have ordered a couple of books on the subject to supplement the information from Linda. An interesting paradox about my learning behavior I realized this week is that I like to watch videos when I don't have the time to read a book, and alternatively I prefer to go directly to a book's page when I don't have time to watch a video! :)
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