Web-Based Collaborative e-Learning Authoring – the easiest way to develop e-learning in the cloud. No matter where you are, you can easily create and review e-Learning content using Lectora Online.

Create!

Lectora Online is your new favorite tool. It combines the power of Lectora’s desktop authoring solution with the freedom of cloud authoring. eLearning development just got a whole lot easier!

Collaborate!

Your team can work together from anywhere—the office, the coffee shop or across the globe. Lectora Online keeps everyone working together and facilitates content sharing.

Publish!

Easily publish your courses to any learning management system (LMS). We recommend TraineasyLMS but you can choose another and be confident your eLearning content will still be compatible.

Trivantis Vaast Integration

Vaast – Trivantis’ Virtual Asset and Sharing Technology solution – allows you to manage the design and development of assets – graphics, audio, and video – from one central location. Choose to download any asset to your title directly from Vaast, or you can add a linked asset. Any changes made to a linked asset in Vaast will be updated across all instances where it has been used in your Lectora Online titles.

eLearning Brothers Libraries	Lectora Online provides integrated access to the eLearning Brothers Library. You can get ideas and enhance your titles with course starters, games, and interactions from their Template Library, select from a huge collection of cutout people characters in their Cutout People library, and access thousands of stock images, audio, and video assets in their Stock Assets library.

Publish for Seamless Play	When the Publish for Seamless Play option is selected, your title will smoothly flow from page to page, eliminating the screen wipe commonly associated with loading HTML pages. Additionally, media files will honor the Auto-Start selection on mobile devices, allowing the simplified use of page narration and videos.

BranchTrack Integration

Lectora Online users can easily create and import scenario-based exercises using the BranchTrack application. The projects you create download directly to your page. And when changes are needed, this fully integrated feature provides one-click, roundtrip editing capability. You can even track the learner’s selection path during the exercise and use the score value to control other course behaviors and remediation.

HTML5 Only (Flash Free) Publishing	Select the “HTML5 Only (no Flash included)” publish option to exclude the Flash media player (swf) files from the published content that are used for fallback on older browsers. This will ensure you can successfully import the course into any LMS that disables the use of Flash.

Easy Online Development	All you need is an internet connection to get started with Lectora Online. Whether you use a Mac or PC, you can create, review and collaborate with your team anywhere.

Simple Collaboration	Lectora Online makes it easy to work with your team of developers, designers and subject matter experts collaboratively. Create assignments and track completion throughout the development process – all in real time.

Streamlined Review	Wherever you, easily review, edit and update your content using Lectora Online. Exchange feedback through instant messages, emails and comments all right inside your content.

Quick & Easy Development	Whether you’re experienced or just starting out, Lectora makes e-Learning simple. Our easy-to-use templates, tools and wizards will help you get you up and running quickly.

Endless Multimedia	With Lectora, you have access to hundreds of graphics, games, characters and animations to grab your learners’ attention. You can even store and organize images, photos, video and other media for your whole team.

Product Features

Ease of Use

You don’t have to jump through any hoops to get started quickly. Simply log in wherever you are and use Lectora Online’s easy-to-use tools to develop your e-Learning in the cloud.

Templates & Themes – Build a professional-looking course easily using Lectora’s stock of customisable templates and themes.
Title Explorer – The Title Explorer is the easiest way to take a step back and see the entire structure of your course. You can make global changes to your entire course with just a few clicks.
Multi-Object Editing – Save tons of development time by editing, updating and moving multiple objects at once.
Compatibility with Lectora Desktop – If you have content in Lectora Inspire or Lectora Publisher, it’s easy to import it right into Lectora Online.

Simple Collaboration & Review

With Lectora Online, working collaboratively on projects is easy. You’ll eliminate the back and forth communication, timely setup and continuous status meetings.

Anytime, Anywhere Access – With just an Internet connection and a web browser, your teams across any location – whether they’re in different departments or different countries – can simultaneously work on the same content.
Communication – Exchange feedback with your team through instant messages, email and comments – all from within Lectora Online.
User Role Designations – You can assign a certain role to each team member based on their focus during the project and track each user’s edits and comments.
Task Assignment and Tracking – Create assignments for authors, reviewers and project managers and track completion throughout the development cycle.
Automatic Notifications – You don’t have to worry about each step of the development process. Create notifications to receive an email when the project status or assignments change.
Version Control – Lectora Online will keep an unlimited number of versions of your content so you can revert back any time. This makes it easy to make changes, get feedback and go back to the original if needed.

Timesaving Tools & Wizards

Spend less time and develop more at rapid speeds. Our tools and wizards will guide you through the fastest, easiest ways to create e-Learning.

PowerPoint Import – If you already have PowerPoint content, why start from scratch? Import your existing file right from Lectora and transform into an interactive and engaging e-Learning course.
Button Wizards – Create a sleek, professional-looking course with our stock of pre-designed, customizable buttons. You can even use your own image to match your organisation’s brand.
Animation Wizards – Customise Lectora’s animations to make them your own. This handy wizard will help you develop eye-catching content in no time.
Progress Bar Tool – Display your learner’s progress in your e-learning course, test or survey. You can even share how much time they have left to complete.
Table of Contents & Menu Builder – Create customisable table of contents and menus quickly so your learners can navigate with ease.
Colour Selection Tool – Add your favourite colour to your course using the colour selection tool. Easily select a colour from a website, document or course and instantly apply that custom shade to your e-Learning content.
Translation Tool – Quickly export all the text you would like to translate in Lectora and import right back into your course. You can even translate ALT tags in published HTML for all your localized content.

Engaging Multimedia

Lectora has hundreds of ways to keep your learners engaged and interested. Find just what you need and pop it right into your content.

Media Library – This is your resource for endless images, games, animations and media. You have everything you need to grab your learners’ attention right at your fingertips. You can even share and store images, photos, videos and other media with your whole team.
Video – Don’t worry about compatibility or functionality – Lectora has you covered. We support all major video formats so you can quickly embed, or stream for your e-Learning course. You can even play popular videos from YouTube directly in your content!
Web Windows – Make it easy for your learners to find the resources they need. With the embedded Web window, it’s simple to search for examples and information without leaving the screen.

Interactivity Made Easy

You don’t have to be an expert to create an interactive learning experience. Lectora gives you the power to create amazing content and the flexibility to do it easily.

Actions & Variables – Transform ordinary e-Learning into powerful, interactive content. Make images and objects appear, disappear, move or do practically anything – it’s like magic.
Pop-ups & Scroll Bars – Make your content pop by simply adding a pop-up window, lightbox or scroll bar to your course.

Seamless Publishing

Lectora makes it easy to share and publish your e-Learning without any issues. Whether it’s to an LMS, the Web or mobile devices, we have a simple solution.

HTML5 for Mobile Devices – Even if you’re just starting out, Lectora makes it easy to create and publish mobile content. Save time with our pre-created mobile templates and simple publishing options.
AICC & SCORM – Integrate Lectora content into your LMS without a hassle. Easily publish your courses to AICC and SCORM with full compatibility.
Multi-Language Content – Need localised content? Publish your courses in all your desired languages at the same time.
508 Compliant Publishing – Create and publish fully accessible online training using Lectora’s 508 Compliance checker to meet all accessibility guidelines.

Quizzes & Tests

Help your learners achieve the goals of their online training with Lectora’s flexible assessment tools.

Questions – Create tests and quizzes with a variety of engaging question types including drag and drop and hot spot.
Assignable Unit Prerequisites – Use your tests and quizzes to create custom learning paths to navigate your learners to a specific part of the course from a quiz, test or survey.
Submit Tests and Surveys to Google Drive – Submit test and survey results to a pre-created spreadsheet in Google Drive to track learner interactions.
Create Certificates – Present your learners a certificate upon completion. All you have to do is choose your design and customise.

Learn what you need to get started with Lectora Online

Authoring Systems

A Windows PC or Macintosh computer connected to the Internet (broadband recommended).
*Internet browser – Lectora Online requires Internet Explorer 7.0 or newer or any version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari.
Firefox is the recommended browser.

Viewing Systems

Internet-published content is cross-platform compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher, all versions of Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari 1.2 and higher.
To use the test submittal and form submittal of Lectora Online-published HTML content, Macintosh-based users must ensure their browser supports LiveConnect. LiveConnect enables JavaScript and Java to freely interchange data on a Web site. Windows-based browsers provide LiveConnect support, by default.

Supported Media

Images: TIF, GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, WMF, EMF, IPIX
Audio: WMA, WAV, MID, RMI, AU, MP3, AIFF, FLVASF (streaming audio by Microsoft) or RM (streaming Real Audio)
Video: WMV, FLV, AVI, MOV, MPG, MPEG, RM, RAM, ASF (streaming video by Microsoft) or RM (streaming Real Video)
Documents: RTF, TXT Other: Shockwave, SWF, Java, Javascript, ASP, JSP, PHP, ColdFusion
Lectora Online supports Flash (SWF) content produced natively by Flash, or by other products such as Captivate, Camtasia, etc.

Import Options

PKG files: Titles exported from Lectora (desktop) or Lectora Online as package files can be imported into Lectora Online as new titles.
PPT files: MS PowerPoint 2000, 2003 and 2007 presentations can be imported into Lectora Online to create new titles.

*Drag and drop functionality will require Google Gears to be installed if using either Internet Explorer or Safari. Microsoft and PowerPoint are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other names, trademarks, or service marks are properties of their respective owners.

Frequently asked Questions about Lectora Online

What kind of published formats are supported?

Titles you create with Lectora Online can be published to the Web, or to a Web-based AICC- or SCORM-conformant learning management system (SCORM 2004, 1.2 and earlier are supported). Titles that include tests and questions that are published to a Learning Management System (LMS) will automatically send test results to the LMS.

How do I change my user information such as my password or email address?

Select Account Settings at the top-right corner of the Lectora Online dashboard to access your user account information. Only the fields that are enabled can be changed. Make the appropriate changes as necessary and click Save to save your changes.

How can I give a reviewer or subject-matter expert access to a title?

Reviewers within Lectora Online can view titles that have been shared with them, but cannot make any changes to the title. You can add as many reviewers as you want. To add a reviewer, click Manage Titles on the Lectora Online dashboard. Select the shared title to which you want to add a reviewer. If the title has not yet been shared, you must share the title before you can add a reviewer to it. On the right side of the window, click the Add Reviewer button and specify the appropriate information for the reviewer. The reviewer will receive an automatically delivered email notifying him or her of the request to review a title, along with the appropriate access information for Lectora Online.

When I am done making changes to a shared title, how do I integrate my changes?

After you have made changes to a shared title, you must check in your changes so they are reflected in the most recent version of the title. When you check in your changes, other users can then access the portion of the title on which you had been working. To check in your changes, select the object in the left-hand pane that is checked out. A green square around the object icon indicates that you have the object checked out. Right-click on the object and select Version Control > Check In. Use the comment field to describe the changes you have made and click OK.

How do I edit a shared title?

Once a title has been shared, Lectora Online’s version control system is enabled. Because multiple users have access to the title, Lectora Online will manage the changes that are made to the title, and ensure that all users are working on the most up-to-date version of it. To edit a shared title, you must check out the portion of the title you want to edit. Open the shared title and select the object in the left-hand pane that you want to edit. This can be the entire title, a chapter, a page or even just an object like an image. Right-click on the object in the left-hand pane and select Version Control > Check Out. Now that you have the object checked out, you can begin working on it. When you have an object checked out, no other user will be able to edit that object.

How do I share a title with other users?

Select Manage Titles from the Lectora Online dashboard to make a title accessible to other users. Within your My Titles folder, select the title you want to share and click the Share button. Use the controls on the right side of the window to add to the list of team members that can access the title. Only those team members listed will have the ability to access the title.

Is Lectora Online available as a behind-the-firewall solution?

Yes. You can install Lectora Online on your own cluster of servers to make it accessible within your organisation’s firewall. Contact your sales representative for additional information.

Is my content within Lectora Online backed up?

Yes. Your data is backed up to a storage unit nightly, in encrypted, compressed form. Data can be restored by the system administrator at the title level, the user level, or for an entire organisation if necessary.

What do I need to use Lectora Online?

Lectora Online can be accessed online at lectoraonline.com through your favorite Web browser such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer (IE 7 or later), Mozilla® FireFox®, or Apple Safari®. An Internet connection and a valid User ID is all you need.

Can I store media such as logos, images and flash animations using Lectora Online?

Yes. Lectora Online’s integrated media library enables you to store and share media that can be added to your titles. All users within your organisation can upload media objects to the media library. The media is then accessible to all users within your organisation and can be quickly added to any title.

Can I drag-and-drop media files into Lectora Online titles?

Yes, you can drag and drop media files from your desktop directly into Lectora Online. Files can also be dragged to and from the Media Library Organiser. Drag and drop functionality is automatically available without any plug-ins when using Firefox and Chrome. To use this functionality with Safari and Internet Explorer, you must install Google Gears.

Can I publish content and media to mobile or tablet devices?

Yes. Lectora Online includes HTML5 media support which enables media to be viewed on mobile and tablet devices.

Can I use my Lectora Publisher created titles with Lectora Online?

Yes. You can export titles created in Lectora Publisher, and import them into Lectora Online, and vice versa. Lectora Publisher Version 9 and later supports these features. If you do not have Version 9 or later, download and install the import/export tool (XferToolInstall.exe) from the downloads page. The tool can be installed for use with Lectora Publisher 2008 or later.

Is my content within Lectora Online secure?

Yes. Only you and the members of your private organisation can access content – both media and titles – that you store within Lectora Online. All data is stored in a SQL database on a database server internal to the Lectora Online server cluster that is accessible only from the Lectora Online application server. The files are never stored directly to a disk file that can be accessed externally.

What is Lectora Online and how does it differ from Lectora Publisher?

Lectora Online is a Web-based solution that enables you and your selected team of users to create, manage and store your content. It includes the popular creation and publishing tools from Lectora Publisher, but also enables teams of users to work concurrently on a single title, without having to maintain multiple versions of it. Use Lectora Online to streamline the development of your Web-based projects by assigning specific tasks to team members, tracking the completion of those tasks, updating the status of a title (for example from development to test), and making content available to reviewers without having to publish or export the title to another format.