We receive many questions regarding viewing Flash on iPads and iPhones. iSpring recently published a great blog with a comparison of different tools available to view Flash on iPads . They spent some time testing Puffin, Appsverse Photon, iSwifter, and Cloud Browse, listing the pros and cons of each application.

I decided to give Puffin a try and was able to successfully view a published Flash course that included imbedded videos and various interactions. I also tested a few of our Flash games, and they too worked well. The only update to the iSpring blog I would add is, the free version of Puffin only offers a 14-day trial of the Flash plugin. You need to purchase the app for $2.99 to maintain the Flash plugin option.

The iSpring team also explored using remote desktop software that would allow you to access your computer and view Flash files. They tested the TeamViewer software and have detailed the pros and cons of this option as well.

So if you are looking for an app that will allow you to view Flash on your iPad/iPhone, check out this blog post for more information: Can I Play Flash on iPad? Yes!

Have you ever been challenged with the task of quickly converting a PowerPoint Presentation to Flash? iSpring has a cool product, Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter  that makes converting your PPT to Flash a very quick and easy process. Check it out…it’s FREE…and who doesn’t like free?

Also, today they announced an upgrade to their suite of products with new advanced features. So, while you are visiting their website investigating the free product, check out their other stellar Rapid eLearning products: iSpring Pro, iSpring Kinetics, and iSpring QuizMaker.

Greetings from Hawaii. Do you want to build amazing training? Do you want to engage your learners? Well we have just the answer for you. We just launched some cool new Flash Games! These new games will help you build, to use a local term, ”mo’ bettah” training courses. Our new games include some exciting new features like: new audio sound effects, timed activies, and sports challenges, just to name a few.

Check out these cool new games:

Wheel Spin – In this game, your learners spin the big wheel, answer the question correctly, and earn the points from the spin.

Line It Up – Line It Up is a sequence type game where you have to put all of the options on the screen in the correct order. It is great for quizzing someone regarding memory order.

Try Your Luck – In this fun game, you get to “buzz in” to stop the bouncing game piece, answer the question correctly, and earn points for each correct answer.

Word Guess – The Word Guess game presents your learners with a question and they are given an opportunity to guess the answer by selecting different letters and filling in the blanks.

Jump Shot – Are you ready for a little sports action? In Jump Shot, as your learners answer questions correctly, they earn time to shoot jump shots at the end of your quiz.

Field Goal – Field Goal is very similar to Jump Shot, in that your learners earn time to kick Field Goals for each correct answer in the quiz questions.

Board Game – The Board Game challenge is similar to playing a classic board game. Learners roll the dice, move the game piece, and answer questions.

Card Stack – Sort through a stack of cards to identify the correct answer.

Fishing – Well, it’s just like it sounds…learners get to cast their line, catch a fish, and answer a question.

Come check out our new Flash Games and see for yourself how much fun elearning can be!

The other day I posted a blog about designing a custom steel texture background and adding it to a PowerPoint template. It turned out so nice, I thought that I’d make some matching Flash Activities and Flash Games.

Click each sample below for a demo.

Here is a tutorial on how to import a custom graphic background into a Flash Template.

Do you have a Flash file that you’ve inserted into Articulate Presenter and it is doing “weird” things? Does it skip the first frame? Does it just keep playing and seem to ignore the stop actions?

We have many Articulate users that use our Flash Games and Interactions to build courses. I often get questions about how to make the Flash files work properly in Articulate. So I thought that I’d write a quick post that explains the proper settings.

If you have a Flash file that has buttons and navigation built into it (you want to users to click around) then you need these Articulate settings:

Click the Insert Flash button in Articulate and choose:

• Advance to next slide: When user clicks next
• Synchronization: Movie plays independently of slide

Important: Also make sure the flash file is ActionScript2. For now ActionScript3 will not work in Articulate.

For more questions/answers about our templates and Articulate skins please see our FAQ page.

Need Flash interactions for Articulate?

(Updated 3/2011: We have launched our next generation of PowerPoint templates and eLearning Flash interactions. Our PowerPoint template set now includes 40+ themes, 80+ backgrounds, and tons of layouts.)

Just a quick announcement that we just launched a new eLearning Style: Carbon Fiber.

View the Flash eLearning Interactions
View the PowerPoint Course Template

Now you have an instant look and feel for your next course. (Many PowerPoint layouts and matching quizzes and interactions.)

8 Flash games, 1 PowerPoint eLearning course style theme , 1 Flash Interactions Pack included in this bundle AND 1 Articulate Presenter Course Skin!

These are PowerPoint and Flash based templates that are super easy to update. Each template is fully customizable in Flash and PowerPoint (we give you the source files). Easily integrate into your Articulate Presenter course.

BONUS: Reuse the templates over and over again in multiple courses or even other websites and presentations.
Purchase these templates at eLearningTemplates.com

The company did a total redo of their intranet site and wanted to introduce it to their employees. It’s designed to give a short general overview and then let them choose parts to explore.

View the course

(Updated 3/2011: We have launched our next generation of Flash interactions and quizzes. Our template set now includes 40+ themes, 20+ button styles, and tons of layouts.)

We’d like to announce our latest interactive Flash template set: iStyle.

Have you ever wanted to have a library of pre-made Flash interactions and activities? Templates that look great and could be easily integrated with your eLearning authoring software? (i.e. Articulate, Captivate, Unison, Lectora, etc.) Do you also want the source files so you can edit anything that you’d like? Now you can! The eLearning Flash templates are easy to edit, look amazing, and provide the source files.

How to use the templates:
1. Purchase and download the Flash source files.
2. Open the Flash file and copy/paste your text into the movie clips. (or change anything…you have the source file and can edit every part of the interaction).
3. Publish the .swf file.
4. Insert the .swf file into your authoring tool.

This Flash Ninja game is a customization of one our eLearning template games. The client ordered our ShootOut Challenge Flash game and had us shake it up a bit. This was a lot of fun to do and created a pretty unique elearning game. If you’re familiar with our flash templates, you know that pretty much every element in the template is customizable (we give you the Flash source file).

Check out our e learning template site to learn more about this Flash game and others.

Play the game