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Reviewed by Geetesh Bajaj
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Preferences and Publishing
Pricing and Support
Case Studies
Conclusion
Preferences and Publishing
Before you publish your presentation to rich
media, you might want to take a look at iCreate's preferences
dialog box (see screenshot)
You can choose from a whole range of output options including
the sound quality and channels apart from Flash file format. The
'LMS details' tab allows you to tweak several settings that make
the output entirely LMS compatible.
Publishing online or locally is a simple affair - just click the
publish online or local option within the MeetingPlace menu in
PowerPoint.
Publishing locally creates a rich media output on the desktop
while publishing online hosts your content on a predetermined server,
from where you can choose to share the presentation with anyone.
All presentations online can also be emailed and downloaded (see
screenshot).
More significantly, you can also download the original PowerPoint
file and also upload a PowerPoint file to the server for conversion
without any add-in installed - a lifesaver if you are traveling
and find you need your original presentation.
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Pricing and Support
iCreate is not a boxed product - rather it is available as both
as an enterprise licensed solution deployed on a customer's site
or as a hosted service. Latitude suggests you get in touch with
them directly, so that someone can ascertain your requirements
and provide you with a custom solution.
Contact
a sales representative...
Darin J Dunlap, Product Marketing Manager of Latitude says their
Full Care Support offering includes phone and e-mail support (issue
resolution, application questions), as well as software upgrades.
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Case Studies
I asked Latitude for a case study about some organization that
has benefited from using their solution - they cited PeopleSoft.
Here's a link to a webinar in which both PeopleSoft and Latitude
participated (opens in a separate window):
PeopleSoft
Education and iCreate Webinar
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Conclusion
iCreate is probably the first of the second generation of online
rich media products. It has evolved very well indeed and is brimming
with features to customize and deploy. I've worked with many rich
media content creators and what strikes me about iCreate is its
completeness - it understands and follows a logical human sequence
of events and makes sure that you are provided options at each
step. Today, iCreate is certainly the best solution available in
its class - tomorrow, well things change very soon in this world
and others will certainly want to play catch up.
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