ISpring Suite
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iSpring Suite Ribbon in PowerPoint
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| Developer(s) | iSpring |
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| Initial release | As FlashSpring Pro in 2005 |
| Stable release |
8.3.0.15546 / 26 July 2016
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Educational software, Presentation software, Authoring tools |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
iSpring Suite is a rapid learning authoring toolkit produced by iSpring for developing professional e-Learning courses in PowerPoint with embedded (or standalone) quizzes, surveys, and interactions. Output is compatible with mainstream LMS standards (SCORM/AICC), and there is also an option to publish courses specially for BlackBoard LMS. The new xAPI (Tin Can) format for LRSes is supported as well. Output can be a solid SWF file(s), EXE file, HTML page or ZIP archive. Additionally, the cross-platform output format (Flash + HTML5) allows published content to be viewed on any type of modern device.
The history of iSpring Suite goes back to 2005, when the team released Flashspring Pro, the prototype of all iSpring products. It was a simple PowerPoint-to-Flash converter with free and commercial versions. Later, iSpring released Flashspring Ultra and SCORM compatibility became available. The companion products FlashSpring Lite and FlashSpring Server were released in 2006 and 2007, respectively. In 2008, FlashSpring was rebranded and got a new name – iSpring. 2009 was the year when the company unveiled a totally updated e-learning tool called iSpring Presenter. This tool found market acceptance due to the high quality of generated courses at a reasonable price. In 2010, iSpring Presenter took the Gold in the Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards in the Rapid Authoring category. In 2011, iSpring products were introduced at European exhibitions for the first time. In the same year, iSpring Suite was released as the successor to iSpring Presenter.
In 2012, Joe Ganci of eLearningJoe published a review of iSpring Suite in Learning Solutions Magazine. In May 2015, Ganci hosted a webinar for Training Magazine Network comparing iSpring Suite alongside five other leading PowerPoint-based e-Learning development tools. Ganci published the final results of his research in an article for Learning Solutions Magazine.
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