Keep the flexibility and power I enjoy with Flash, but be able to build content faster.

Flash is a great tool (we even used it to build our SmartBuilder interface), but because you can use Flash to build almost anything, it's not optimized for creating e-learning.

Using SmartBuilder, you can quickly build content that includes multi-step interactions, branching scenarios, delayed feedback, intrinsic feedback and other designs that will engage your learners and let them practice new skills. And, if SmartBuilder is still not powerful enough for some of your designs, then you can always build them in Flash and then integrate the .SWF files into your SmartBuilder content.

Customize the look-and-feel of my content and navigation interface.

Using SmartBuilder, you can import your own graphics for buttons, radio buttons and check-boxes, and create your own backgrounds for headers and footers. You can also control where and when navigation elements appear (e.g. back, next and exit buttons).

Make my content SCORM compliant without having to learn all about SCORM

Using SmartBuilder's SCORM API object, you can easily store and retrieve data such as student name, page location, score and customized variables to and from any SCORM compliant LMS. You can also convert your existing content into SCORM compliant lessons (or SCO's - shareable content objects).

Track results without an LMS

If your organization doesn't have an LMS, or if your LMS is not SCORM compliant, you can use an http query string to pass information to a custom tracking database or LMS.

Build my own templates that others can populate

SmartBuilder lets you "templatize" your own backgrounds, navigation elements, interactions or multi-page instructional design models that can be shared within your department or across your organization.

Easily integrate content from various tools

Almost any kind of third party content (.PDF's, .DOCs, .PPT's, etc) can by imported into SmartBuilder and integrated with new content. Third party content can be converted into SCORM compliant lessons, or launched in pop-up windows from within SmartBuilder lessons.

Media file formats (.SWF's, .MP3s, .FLV's, and .JPG's) can be embedded with other SmartBuilder objects directly on the authoring stage. And using SmartBuilder, you can do more than just play audio and video, you can interact with it. For example, you can:

• Set cue points in your audio or video to trigger other actions such as showing or hiding objects, or jumping to another page.
• Pause, play, or restart media based on any learner action such as a button click, timer expiration, or score achieved.