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

In this week's featured ZebraZapps app, we showcase dragging! Dragging objects is an essential way to create interactivity in your eLearning courses. In ZebraZapps, you can make any object movable, therefore allowing anything on the screen to become a unique bit of interactivity. You can turn an object to movable on and off at any time, restrict movement to a path, or keep objects within an area. You can, of course, combine these capabilities to achieve extraordinary levels o

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

Powerful authoring and publishing system that empowers authors to collaborate, create, publish, and share effective learning experiences named Top 20 Authoring Tool of 2014. For the second year in a row, Allen Interactions Inc., an internationally acclaimed custom learning design, development and strategic consulting firm, announces its product, ZebraZapps, has been named to TrainingIndustry.com’s Top 20 Authoring Tool’s List. The list recognizes the best providers of authori

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?

Inside this tutorial you will find the basic steps to start communicating with any LRS. Once you are up and running, creating custom statements in ZebraZapps for any or all interactions is a snap. For additional information on the Experience API (xAPI) also know as Tin Can, navigate to the bottom section of this app. #lrs #tincanapi #experienceapi #tincan #authoringandpublishing #elearningsoftware #elearningtool #updates #zebrazapps