Triumphs Personified

Today, post the announcement of 'Google Wave Extensions' over  here , something made me realize that probably this may be a good news for the eLearning folks. Well, I know this was bound to happen one day but probably this is just the beginning. Google Wave probably may have more surprises for us.  Integration of Flash SWF OR HTML pages with Wave would have probably been on the Google's agenda but till date Wave was missing all the action without the Flash support. The yes/no gadget was the only known way of easily integrating an activity on Wave but post today's announcement of the iFrame extension, watch out for more surprises. I was able to integrate a Flash movie right inside my Wave. Technically this is probably what the eLearning folks were waiting for. Flash is still not everything, there is more. But since they have support for HTML, this can pretty much be used to embed your whole course right inside your Wave where you can add your audience/s...

One of the folks on Raptivity Community asked how to load a Raptivity SWF file in Adobe Connect Pro . Following post shows how to do that. I have not attached any files and please don't ask me to attach any file. Just follow the steps and everything should be taken care of. 1. Upload your SWF file to any web server. One of the free servers can be Google Sites. Copy the complete path of your SWF. Lets say the path is http://yourserver/yourswfToLoad.swf. 2. Create a SWF file. (Any blank swf file) 3. Now load your movie inside this new SWF you just created by inserting the following script on Frame 1 of your newly created SWF. //Create an empty MovieClip and use the MovieClipLoader to load your SWFinto it. var container:MovieClip = createEmptyMovieClip("container", getNextHighestDepth()); container._lockroot = true; var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader(); mcLoader.addListener(this); mcLoader.loadClip("http://yourserver/yourswfToLoad.swf...

Waaahaahaaaaaaaw!! After making kewl and rockin "Interaction Models (IM)" (as they term it), Raptivity is again coming back with new and exciting stuff it seems....(shushhH!!) 175 IM's were really like WaaahaaHaaaaaaaaaw!! and more IM's would be like more WaaHaaaHaaaaaaaaw!!! what else do you require to convert the e from electronic Learning to e of exciting Learning... Raptivity sure is going to templatize life one day... I'd bet on that! Mann!! I am really inspired from this tool! Well I am goin down to reserve my copy today.... maybe I'll get a better deal!