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The Pros and Cons of Adobe Presenter
April 03, 2017

The Pros and Cons of Adobe Presenter

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Adobe Presenter is the rapid development tool used by our government client to create web-based, asynchronous training. We are required to use this tool when developing training products using this delivery method, unless otherwise specified.
  • Adobe Presenter makes it easy to create online training if you do not have programming skills.
  • Adobe Presenter has good tools available to make an interactive training product, such as the Quiz Manager.
  • Adobe Presenter can support most of the options in an instructional design plan, including the opportunity to let different users explore different learning paths.
  • As a Microsoft PowerPoint plug-in, there can sometimes be odd conflicts with the settings used in PowerPoint and how they translate to Adobe Presenter. Often these bugs do not present until the product is published and are difficult to troubleshoot.
  • SWF files generated when content is published requires a Flash player. This is a problem for some users, particularly those who are viewing content at work and are prohibited from installing anything on their machine. This is also a problem for some mobile devices.
  • Presenter has allowed our client to roll out several online training products without the assistance of a programmer.
  • This has allowed many of our partners to offer online training and to share their online training products across agencies.
Articulate has a great option of allowing the instructional designer to build the training in the tool without using PowerPoint. The structure of the training is captured better because of this option and makes navigation a bit easier for the user.
Adobe Presenter is a good option for instructional designers who want to develop online training but don't have the budget for a programmer. Most, if not all, of the elements of a good instructional design plan for online training can be accomplished with Adobe Presenter. There are also a lot of good online user forums and tutorials available through Adobe that can help you learn to use the tool properly. Adobe Presenter is not going to be easy for anyone with limited PowerPoint skills or limited patience with troubleshooting. Bugs do arise and it can take a lot of time to track down whether the issue is PowerPoint or Adobe Presenter based and determine a workaround.