ToolBook as an Authoring Solution for Education
Curriculum development. Research. Projects. Assignments. Portfolios. Tests. Programming.
Programming? Wait a minute. You want to teach – that is your calling. You want to teach in the most effective and engaging way possible. You have a lot to cover and would like to be able to supplement your courses in some way, but you don’t have programming skills or the time to learn them.
ToolBook is an easy-to-learn authoring tool used by educators to create highly interactive content to extend and enrich the teaching environment. Educators are using it to deliver engaging, media-rich lessons, courses, supplements and assessments. Without programming.
Key Features
- Familiar user interface and built-in learning aids make it easy for teachers, students and staff to learn and use.
- Wizards, templates and a catalog of reusable objects help get you up and running in a matter of hours, not weeks.
- Supports a wide range of media (Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF, audio, video, Macromedia Flash, Java Aplets etc.) making it easy to incorporate existing learning aids into online content.
- Deployable in a variety of ways – HTML, CD-ROM, network – with or without a learning management system.
- Advanced capabilities are there when you’re ready. With ToolBook Instructor, you can incorporate scripting, software simulations and more.
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Special Offers for Educators
ToolBook purchase programs for accredited public or private educational institutions offer affordable pricing for faculty, students and campus-wide use.
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To purchase ToolBook for qualified education users
To purchase the education version of ToolBook or find out more about this offering, contact us in one of the following ways:
- Email SumTotal at sales@sumtotalsystems.com
- Call Interactive Advantage, SumTotal’s Authorized Education Reseller, at 1-866-945-7290
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Case study
Cornell University
“I’ve tested and tried products like Blackboard, TrainerSoft, Lectora and others. I’ve found ToolBook to be the most robust of the set... ”
- Steve Jackson, Cornell’s Manager of Customer Training & Development.
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Samples
California State University used ToolBook to create
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Customer quote
“For the person who only does occasional things it’s wonderful. It’s not that difficult to get back into it. It has an easy learning curve. You don’t have to learn scripting. It is very easy to use.”
–William Murray Pickle
University of Calgary AB
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ARTICLE
Developing software simulations article was voted the overall winner at the recent 2006 International Conference on Education and Information Systems.
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First published as part of the Proceedings, The 4th International Conference
on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA 2006), Orlando, Florida, USA, July
20-23, 2006.
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