Is there really such a thing as future proofing? Isn’t that an oxymoron? I mean nothing is certain in life, not health nor wealth, and nothing is certain in the technology arena too where big tech players appear to be vying for a greater market share, mostly ostensibly through competing with one another. Can Office Mix Provide The Right Solution For My Institution? “But, then again, surely, it’s very unlikely that an Office Mix HTML5 output file will be affected by an update done on Internet Explorer or Edge…” said the Head (to himself pragmatically). “Holy shit, how the hell are we supposed to work, if things like this are going on?” said the Head (to himself). “As Google updates are not generally announced in advance, this could happen again, but then again, remember, updates can affect HTML5 output files depending on who’s doing them, and depending on what’s being done.” “Could this happen again?” said the Head. “ It was some updates to Chrome 44 that affected Articulate HTML5 output files on all Chromium based browsers and not on Microsoft browsers or Maxthon, but Articulate released a fix very quickly, and that was pretty impressive,” said the experienced IT expert calmly. “Find out what’s going on, and do it asap.” The Head then calls out to an experienced IT expert, who was sitting in another room. “It’s that browser that no-one’s heard of,” said the experienced learning technologist. “What’s Maxthon?” said another learning technologist. “Flash is ok, but HTML5 isn’t, what an irony, how’s that possible, it’s HTML5? Have you tried Internet Explorer, Edge or Maxthon?” said the Head. “They’re not viewable on Chrome or Firefox I think, but Flash fall-back is ok,” said the experienced learning technologist. In walks the Head: “ Hi everyone!” said the Head.Īn experienced learning technologist turns around on his swivel chair looking somewhat worried and said, “ Our Articulate HTML5 videos aren’t playing on Chrome or Firefox.” It’s July 2015, the sun is roasting relentlessly outside, and inside learning technologists are chatting about something intensely…. Let us see whether to mix or not to mix with Microsoft’s new eLearning authoring tool. But you can also use other video sharing services such as YouTube, Vimeo, and TeacherTube.Are You Thinking About Using Microsoft's New eLearning Authoring Tool Office Mix? You can, as Microsoft points out, place your content in Microsoft Stream. While many will miss Office Mix, try combining PowerPoint with some of these screencasting tools. Take some time to explore these tools and create your own screencasts.
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