Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Learning Manager
Score 8.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Adobe Learning Manager is a Learning Management System developed by Adobe Inc. that offers personalized learning at scale to employees, partners and customers alike. Compliant with GDPR guidelines, SOC2 TYPE 2 and FedRAMP Certifications, Adobe Learning Manager integrates with Adobe Experience Manager Sites, Adobe Commerce, Marketo Engage with out-of-the-box components and any other application through Open APIs, offering hybrid learning programs and detailed analytics.…N/A
Articulate 360
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Articulate 360 is an e-learning platform for creating workplace training. Users can build engaging courses with AI-enhanced authoring, simplify collaboration, and quickly share content. A subscription includes robust onboarding resources and access to a community of 1.5M pros.
$1,124
per year
iSpring Suite
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
iSpring Suite helps users build courses that are mobile-ready and adaptive. It’s integrated with PowerPoint, so users can create the content in the familiar PPT interface without spending time on specific training. The toolkit supports the creation of professional courses, video lectures, role-play simulations, and a range of assessments that display and work on any device. With the iSpring Suite AI package, users have even more capabilities for creating eLearning content. It comes with…
$970
per year per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Articulate 360 Standard - Academic - Teams Plan
$1,124
per year
Articulate 360 Standard - Personal Plan
$1,199
per year
Articulate 360 AI - Personal Plan
$1,449
per year
Articulate 360 Standard - Teams Plan
$1,499
per year
Articulate 360 AI - Teams Plan
$1,749
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Learning ManagerArticulate 360iSpring Suite
Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThose new to Articulate 360 can try it free of charge for 30 days. Articulate 360 is available on the Articulate website and through Articulate Authorized Resellers.Academic, non-profit, government and volume discounts are available.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Multiple Products
Adobe Learning Manager
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
It depends on the end use you'd like to give it. Articulate 360 is easier to use compared to Adobe Captivate Prime. It has a similar feel to it and has many authoring options. In my opinion, Articulate 360 can be used by novice users who aren't as experienced in creating …
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
After using Adobe Captivate Prime and Articulate 360, I have to say they are very similar in its layout and simplicity. Adobe Captivate Prime is easy to use and a great teaching tool. For me, it has been a great tool and easy to record lessons with it. It really makes the …
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
Creating content has been easier in articulate.
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
Easy to learn, adopt when compared. Easy to create videos with basic knowledge.
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
Adobe Captivate prime provide ways to incorporate voiceover, video, graphics and artwork, interactions, and knowledge checks to name just a handful of options. It also make it easy to design once for use on various devices (desktop, tablet, and phone). It’s wonderful to have …
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
We actually use both. It just depends on the user and what their needs are.
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
Adobe Captivate Prime has clear license and data security politics and doesn't need special engineering resources and knowledges to install.
Chose Adobe Learning Manager
Articulate was the primary competitor and excels in different areas. Articulate offers a heavy-weight in-depth learning system like Captivate, but also a lightweight web version that is super easy to on-board new users. Articulate also struggled with good licensing options just …
Articulate 360
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate 360 is versatile.
Chose Articulate 360
There’s no comparison, I think that when you do one thing or concentrate on one aspect, you can only get better at it! That’s why Articulate does.
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate 360 is easier to navigate, share across teams and is more powerful than any of the tools I mentioned.
Chose Articulate 360
client requested this application, it was somewhat painful to use.
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate makes collaborating and working within online learning creation so simple.
Chose Articulate 360
iSpring gets me branching scenarios. I really wish it'd do branching video though. Genially is much more visually appealing but it's not as powerful as Storyline. dominKnow was at the forefront of responsive design, but as soon as Storyline incorporated that it lost its …
Chose Articulate 360
iSpring, I believe, was inspired by Articulate 360 upon their first launch. Triggers were intuitive to use and easily captured PowerPoint animations and triggers when importing them into the system.
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate is way more user friendly and not as complex as some of the other tools on the market.
Chose Articulate 360
It is better for content authoring and we can upload the SCORM file directly to our LMS.
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate really has market hold and for me, it’s primarily because of the overall usability and features compared to competing tools.
Chose Articulate 360
The winning factor for Articulate 360 Rise was the ease of use and compatibility with Mac. I like the other 2, but iSpring requires a Windows-based computer and Captivate is pricier. Some other members of my organization use Articulate 360 Storyline, but I choose not to. It's …
Chose Articulate 360
Most of the other software don't have as many templates as Articulate 360. They are not as easy to use. Also, once you get an Articulate subscription, unless another software has a low price point or offers something unique there is no reason to change. I have not been …
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate 360 the industry standard. Captivate seems clunky and lacks many of the essential features that come with Storyline 360. There is no comparing the two pieces of software.
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate 360 does stack up to iSpring, however, iSpring was more willing to help during COVID-19. Adobe Presenter does help, however, it struggles with its library of graphics. As for course building, I have tried CourseArc (more like a Learning Management System), WhizCabin …
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate has several complementary software to create different types of courses, however, iSpring can only create adaptive but non-responsive courses. iSpring has its advantages to produce very fast courses, but Articulate has many extra functions that allow you to customize …
Chose Articulate 360
Articulate 360 provided a better experience than any of the other software programs out there that offered similar functionality. It was far easier to use than something like Captivate, while being similarly feature-rich. At the same time, it didn't lack the features of …
Chose Articulate 360
For the features and the price, you can't go wrong with Articulate 360. With the full suite of products, I have found that I use Rise to create simple courses and Storyline for more complex ones. After trialing Captivate and Storyline side by side, I found that creating was …
iSpring Suite
Chose iSpring Suite
Articulate 360 offers Storyline in their suite, which is a much better tool for customized and advanced e-learning development, iSpring could compete with them in the field of responsive authoring tool (iSpring Page) and tools for stakeholder's reviewing.

Considering conversion …
Chose iSpring Suite
Both of the above-mentioned products are pricier and while they may deliver more advanced featured, iSpring is capable of delivering satisfactory results.
Chose iSpring Suite
Compared to other applications, iSpring Suite is based on PowerPoint and therefore on a familiar way of working for creating content for knowledge transfer. This basis facilitates a very simple and uncomplicated transition to the new tool for new users. New users are quickly …
Chose iSpring Suite
So much simpler. Integrates well with PowerPoint so there is little learning curve. Articulate is more powerful but that level of detail is not required for most applications. The learning curve with Articulate is much larger.
Chose iSpring Suite
We have chosen iSpring Suite over Articulate partially due to cost but also iSpring Suite does not distort the PowerPoint templates we have made as it does not import them into itself rather it becomes a part of PowerPoint.
Chose iSpring Suite
When comparing features, price point and ease of use, there was no question which I was choosing. iSpring Suite offered more features and was the easiest to use. Additionally, it was one of the most cost conscious choices. It was a no brainer!
Chose iSpring Suite
iSpring Suite is far superior.
Chose iSpring Suite
lower cost, instant usability.
Chose iSpring Suite
I like the webinars and the customer support available with ispring.
Chose iSpring Suite
For us, it's really important to have the freedom to innovate by freeing our creativity through the functions offered by iSpring Suite. Other solutions don't offer the same flexibility as iSpring Suite, and for us this was an important factor in our choice of the Ispring …
Chose iSpring Suite
A more attractive price, an easier-to-use platform for user monitoring and content publishing. Customer service is easily accessible in case of difficulty.
Chose iSpring Suite
Captivate is too complicated to use, you need a lot of knowledge in this tool to get good results, it is also quite expensive and you need a very powerful computer for it to work. Articulate is easier to use than Captivate, but it is also expensive and the learning curve is …
Chose iSpring Suite
iSprings offers competitive pricing and more value for your purchase.
Chose iSpring Suite
I found this software more difficult to use, and had a steep learning curve, where I did not find this with iSpring Suite. Honestly could not believe how easy it was to use and get going. Support was great to get going with lots of webinars to watch for each type of content you …
Chose iSpring Suite
Ultimately, I selected iSpring Suite because of the ease of use and small learning curve. I needed to be able to start creating content immediately, and after doing trial periods with iSpring as well as some of the other options, it was clear that I could be up and running the …
Chose iSpring Suite
I chose iSpring because of its minimal learning curve and all its automated features.
Chose iSpring Suite
iSpring is superior in ease of use and speed of development.
iSpring is easier to learn and implement.
iSpring has the best support of any tool I have used.
Chose iSpring Suite
When we were working with Articulate we needed some technical experts to create javascript commands to make courses, so we needed 3 weeks at least to finish one of them. With iSpring Suite, you just need to work with PowerPoint, and you can create a great course in just 1 week!
Chose iSpring Suite
We found that the price point comparison was vastly different from some competitors. iSpring is a relatively cheap authoring tool but delivers so much capability for the price. It may not have the capability of some other tools, but it also has a very small learning curve, …
Chose iSpring Suite
During the pandemic, iSpring seemed the most understanding of the difficulties facing the education industry and they made their SasS products either a) reasonably priced or b) extended the period of time over which one could receive the education discount. It was simply a …
Chose iSpring Suite
The main advantage of iSpring over its competitors is the speed with which you can create a SCORM course with it. With the use of Powerpoint as a base program, everything is very easy and fast to design. In our case, customers needed to virtualize a lot of content from their …
Features
Adobe Learning ManagerArticulate 360iSpring Suite
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Learning Manager
7.6
144 Ratings
7% below category average
Articulate 360
-
Ratings
iSpring Suite
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.1126 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library8.0139 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal7.8134 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content7.0127 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly6.8117 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications6.0135 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments7.8125 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management8.0107 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration7.0132 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics7.0133 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification8.025 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.029 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Learning ManagerArticulate 360iSpring Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(149 ratings)
9.3
(518 ratings)
9.1
(122 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(12 ratings)
9.7
(25 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(45 ratings)
8.9
(374 ratings)
8.2
(64 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(3 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.1
(3 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
3.4
(9 ratings)
9.3
(31 ratings)
10.0
(17 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.4
(1 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
1.0
(7 ratings)
8.3
(9 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(3 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.5
(30 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(3 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.7
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.2
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Learning ManagerArticulate 360iSpring Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
It's good if you have a good use case for that feed. I do know that you have to incorporate it in a process in isolation. It's not you don't realize the full value, so you have to incorporate it into an overall improvement process. I would say the pro cases are marketing optimization with respect to campaigns. And I would say that the areas it's not well suited is in distilling attribution. So if you were to take all of the improvements that it suggested, the numbers exceed revenue, which isn't real, but that's a hard problem to solve. Nobody's really solved that problem well. So distilling the attribution piece would be good. And it is well suited for marketing campaigns in the ideation phase of so
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Articulate Global, Inc.
Articulate 360 is great for online courses, courses for an LMS, courses that use media, text to speech audio, interactive items. Courses can be translated into other languages quickly. You can bring in outside media into the course pretty easily. The layouts are professional looking and blocks can be copied easily and repeated as needed.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
iSpring Suite gives me a platform to easily create training courses for any number of subjects, custom-designed to fit my workplace. I can include quizzes that allow me to track both the completion rate of the course and the success rate of the training. Its user-friendliness stands out and makes my role as Training Director much easier on a day-to-day basis.
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Pros
Adobe
  • Rich and engaging learning experiences that capture employees' attention.
  • Is multi-device capable so our teams can take classes where it's most convenient for them during the day, especially if they don't have an assigned static workstation?
  • Allows us to personalize compliance training based on where our employees are at in the organizational chart, competencies, and requirements.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
  • Unrivaled Power and Customization. After 15 years in the training industry, Storyline 360 remains my favorite tool because it is, simply put, the most powerful authoring tool I have ever used, giving me complete creative control.
  • Advanced Interactivity. I love being able to 'overengineer' content using Triggers, Variables, States, and Layers, which allows me to build the most sophisticated and deep functionality.
  • Superior to Basic Tools. Storyline's capability to build detailed branching scenarios and realistic simulations sets it leaps and bounds apart from basic tools like PowerPoint, which is essential for high-impact training.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
  • Great range of images to use to show real people in the slides across the slideset because of the number of different actions they are doing
  • Support is easy to access and always helpful with easy to understand advice as well as links to further knowledge
  • Recording narration and editing within the iSpring Suite presentation makes it easy to use this function as a novice.
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Cons
Adobe
  • High initial set-up cost and licensing fees for all employees at one go
  • Once a courses been enrolled by employee, there's no function to remove those courses by themselves.
  • Mobile version not working very well and some contents not able to load, e.g. Leaderboard, Level.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
  • Feature suggestions take a long time to be added to the software
  • Would like to see deeper options for some of the learner engagement activities (Drag and drop, sliders, etc. )
  • Occasionally will not save as expected, and you have to create a copy to keep working on a project
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iSpring Solutions Inc
  • More facial expressions of the characters.
  • Update independent of my prompting/box checking.
  • Add details on what the customized play includes when the mouse hovers over the icon. It took a bit of time to realize that this was where we could select different layouts.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
Currently, our company uses this program and another competitor for our learning management software. We like the adaptability of this program and appreciate the customer service that Adobe provides, however the other program is starting to turn out to be a better value for our company as they improve their compatibility.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
I haven't seen any other platform for developing learning materials that is as comprehensive or as reliable as Articulate has proven to be for our use. Because our group has a number of PowerPoint power users, the PowerPoint integration with Articulate is particularly beneficial.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
I would give it 10 but I also like to try new solutions.
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Usability
Adobe
In general, the user experience in Adobe Learning Manager is very satisfactory. The layout of the interface, the structure and the order of the available functionalities make it very intuitive and usable. The adaptation to mobile devices is very convenient since most of the participants connect through these electronic devices.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
Usability is where Articulate shines. Anyone who has ever built a PowerPoint can open the tool and quickly understand how to use it. The more complex aspects of the tool are also very user-friendly, but you can build great content without ever going into advanced variables or JavaScript.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
iSpring Suite is a perfect tool overall to create contents in collaboration with colleagues. There are some difficulties though in usability but the usability is OK in total. We are fully satisfied with the customer support. There are simple online tutorials and a team of competent support colleagues. The support content is sometimes not simply accessible, you need to search for them longer.
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Reliability and Availability
Adobe
On a few occasions, I've logged in to issue a test to a staff member and my course would just spin. I've had to reschedule several test attempts due to this. In my opinion, the issue was not resolved by Adobe
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Articulate Global, Inc.
I love how when there is any downtime that the user can still access the tool
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iSpring Solutions Inc
No answers on this topic
Performance
Adobe
The performance of Adobe Captivate Prime is also extremely good. The user interface is fast and easy to load. The complexity is not nearly as bad as some of the other programs on the market. Speed was not impacted.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
Pages load fast, the videos play normally, and I haven't seen any delays in the system
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iSpring Solutions Inc
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Adobe
I think they have a competent, friendly and "resolving" team. I have only ever been met with a willingness to assist any and every query I have come across. Roy who is one of the technical people is amazing, and so is my Customer Success Manager, Hema! I do not know what I would do without them.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
I rate the overall support for Articulate 360 ​​with a 9. On the one hand because of the smooth and accurate support from Articulate's support team (usually within 24 hours) and on the other because of the commitment / use of a community (e-learning Heroes) where I have all kinds of insights from other helpful users.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
Great software is only exceeded by their fantastic support. Prompt responses, complete with clearly outlined steps to follow, are just the beginning. There are tremendous resources and continual webinars to challenge what we think we know about the iSpring Suite. I often use PowerPoint to lay out marketing slides, add music and narration, then publish them as an MP4 video. I can count on iSpring support to assist me when I need help.
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In-Person Training
Adobe
Training by my staff was quick. Could have been a bit longer. Had to pick up on things myself
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Articulate Global, Inc.
The instructors don't know how to use it.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Articulate Global, Inc.
The online training options given by the online tutorials, forums, and "E-Learning Heroes" community are simply awesome. Examples galore, easy to understand descriptions including step-by-step guides, images, occasionally videos, and the "Articulate Insiders" sub-community give you more materials to learn about Storyline than you are likely to be able to read.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Adobe
Trial period was great, and It let me plenty of time to try the different feature of the platform. However, when we decided to move forward, the ADOBE team was slow and not reactive at all. Actually after 2 years, I am still waiting for answers which is quite unacceptable.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
Outside of having to dedicate a powerful enough PC for the installation and having to update Flash in our browsers there really isn't much pain involved in using Articulate. For the most part this is an easy to implement and roll-out product. The installation occurs quickly and smoothly with no additional steps needed.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Adobe
360 keeps up the Adobe learning manager. It even outclasses it in certain parts, but with a huge stalwart tech giant like Adobe, it is hard to keep up. Many of the features are present, but there's always that final touch missing. And it is always trying to play catchup.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
I have not used any other elearning development software other than Articulate 360. Though, I have seen demos of other products and while they are great, they still don’t seem to be as great as Articulate 360. This opinion also shows up in other places like product reviews and instructional design groups on Facebook.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
Ultimately, I selected iSpring Suite because of the ease of use and small learning curve. I needed to be able to start creating content immediately, and after doing trial periods with iSpring as well as some of the other options, it was clear that I could be up and running the quickest with iSpring. I don't see any features that are missing for what I need, and it was also the cheapest option.
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Scalability
Adobe
The product's overall scalability and flexibility is extremely good. I wish that the other products our company uses were this flexible! The product is easy to deploy across multiple departments and teams as needed.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
Easy to use. Cheap. It has a lot of features.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Adobe
  • We are a small organization, so for now, we aren't quite sure if our ROI is working. But are confident in how this system will help us grow.
  • Our consumers have been truly delighted about the LMS and view us at a much more professional level now.
  • High level of security is very positive.
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Articulate Global, Inc.
  • Has been at the training process so we can release new content swiftly and introduced. Introduced it to new member.
  • Storyline has helped build prototypes and wire frames. Provide feedback and allowed many different situations to be viewed for brains. Brainstorming.
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iSpring Solutions Inc
  • The ROI on this product has been great
  • It has enhance my reputation personally within the organization. This has led to other departments requesting me by name to head up eLearning development projects, even delaying their own deadlines to ensure that I am involved.
  • Other than a few duds (I let some inexperienced vocal talent slip thru in the heat of multiple conflicting deadlines), learner feedback has skyrocketed over that developed before I became involved and standardized the effort on iSpring
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ScreenShots

Adobe Learning Manager Screenshots

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Articulate 360 Screenshots

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