ZebraZapps Now Gives Authors the Ability to Publish Serious Games and Simulations for Mobile Devices! The new ZebraZapps mobile feature gives authors the ability to publish real mobile apps for learners, any time or place they want without relying on a mobile Internet browser. The goal of “author once and play anywhere” has moved a step closer to reality with ZebraZapps. Authors can create their sophisticated e-learning courses once and then publish them as real apps for each

New this month in ZebraZapps! Create captions and labels with the most powerful and easy to use visual editor ever. With this latest release, ZebraZapps authors now have the ability to add a text label to nearly every object on the stage. By just pressing T on the keyboard, selected objects are given flexible labels that can be used for so many purposes. Captions, citations, directions, notes, comments, part numbers, button names, and much more. The label editor provides fast

User gestures are user movements recognized by ZebraZapps objects. ZebraZapps objects can react directly and/or send messages to other objects so they can react. For example, a button might respond to the mouse pointer being over it, change when the mouse button is clicked, and also make something happen when the button is clicked. ZebraZapps is very powerful in gesture recognition and object manipulation, so it's easy to create simulations and complex interactions. Check out

All ZebraZapps objects recognize when the pointer is over them, when they've been clicked, dragged, and so on. But sometimes we need to react to individual parts of an object, such as areas of a photo. In such cases, we can just outline areas with the sketch tool and then "cloak" the sketches so they aren't seen, effectively creating an interactive rollover. Check out this app to see an example of how to use rollovers in ZebraZapps. #bestauthoringtool #elearningsoftware #elea

With so many active, monthly ZebraZapps users, today we introduce Forums – a place where our community can share and discuss ideas, as well as ask questions and get answers. Be it ZebraZapps editor tips & tricks, e-learning design questions, feature requests or just general chit chatting – we’ve got it all. We have a very clear purpose of what we want to achieve – we want the ZebraZapps forums to be a place to connect, share ideas, and to give and receive support within the c

This week, the ZebraZapps Team is launching our Discover ZebraZapps App Series. Each app is designed to spotlight a unique capability within ZebraZapps. With this App Series, we hope to foster and inspire creativity when using ZebraZapps, by showcasing interesting uses of the powerful functions and versatility this amazing system has to offer. Check out these exciting little samples apps, and use them to spark your own design creativity. For our first Discover ZebraZapps App,

Last week, Christopher Allen, product manager for ZebraZapps spoke with TECHdotMN, the leading technology start-up news blog in Minnesota, regarding the outlook for ZebraZapps in 2014! Check out the whole article below: Allen Interactions began as an outfit that specialized in creating custom training software for large companies. They’ve been delivering these one-off apps throughout their 20 years in business, with a client list that features such heavyweights as Google, Hil

This months release, while heavy on performance upgrades, includes four new features that designers will really love. 1. To perfectly match your corporate colors, manual entry of HEX colors is now available on all color picker dialogs. Simply click the HEX text field and start typing. HEX colors are formatted with alpha numeric values in RRGGBB format. If you stop typing before entering in all six values, the system will automatically append 0s for the remaining spaces. 2. We

Our October release focused on a lot of behind the scenes action for some major enhancements and new features on the horizon – so definitely get excited about those! In the meantime though, don’t fret as we’ve continued to develop enhancements for ZebraZapps users in this release, as well as make tremendous gains in fixing some pesky bugs. In this release, you will find several cool visual updates to the ZebraZapps user interface design. App and gadget tiles will be the first

Design is transformative. Design has to tear the content apart and restructure it with the learner and capabilities of the delivery mechanism in mind. In this guide, Ethan Edwards highlights how transformative an open approach to e-learning instructional design can be with ZebraZapps. You'll get a free ZebraZapps trial, as well as support from our team to help design and build interactions for your content needs. Are you ready to Switch to Serious e-Learning with ZebraZapps?