Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/4/2015

"Flexible, Robust, Easy to Use eLearning Authoring Package"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

Lectora Inspire is an all inclusive package that truly provides designers an easy-to-use, yet robust software package. What I like best is the simplicity of the interface. I don't have to spend hours upon hours programing how pages will 'work'. Intuitive options allow for easy authoring, allowing me to focus on content design.

Another outstanding feature is the recent addition of eLearning Brothers assets to the offering. Their solutions are high quality and they have excellent support should you run into any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

I dislike that FlyPaper and Snap! are no longer part of the authoring software package from Trivantis. Although Inspire and Camtasia provide ample avenues for development, it was handy to have other tools available.

Another opportunity for improvement is their ReviewLink user support. This is a terrific tool to use, but there isn't literature to provide SME's and other users. This would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

Determine what your true needs are from an eLearning authoring standpoint. Although there are other solutions out there that can provide more of a 'rapid development' feel, Lectora provides a higher degree of control from a programming standpoint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lectora has helped elevate our learning environment by providing a training medium that colleagues can enjoy from their home base. It opens up doors to a more blended delivery approach, while increasing efficiency and retention of material. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeremy B.

Director, Leadership Development

Law Enforcement

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/31/2015

"Lectora has built a beast!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

I like the flexibility to make your course as simple or complex as you like. I tend to create courses that have a lot of interactivity and user-directed interfaces. Lectora makes this relatively easy once you get the hang of variables and how to make them interact with other elements in the course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

Sometimes I have trouble with the de-bugging feature. It is not always easy to pinpoint where an interaction is going wrong. Although they have upgraded the graphics engine, in some cases, it is still better to import. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

I highly recommend it, but I would advise people to take the training if they are new to high-level authoring tools. You want to get the most out of it, so do not short-change yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

Typically, I am trying to solve the issue of teaching soft skills without simply showing a set of videos. Lectora allows there to be a high degree of interactivity to monitor progress and knowledge retention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kevin I.

Educator, Credentialed Epic Cadence|Prelude|ADT Trainer, eLearning Lectora Developer

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/29/2015

"Lectora Inspire is a useful and powerful eLearning tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

Lectora is set up with chapters and pages to guide a learner through the web based training. Lectora allows the designer to be able to go from page to page and chapter to chapter or to be able to skip around to different sections or chapters. A learner can then move from section to section as they decide. The author can also (using variables) guide the learner. The learner can be prevented from moving to another section before they have actually finished a page or a section of the module. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

From time to time using variables can be difficult to troubleshoot. An author can spend lots of time tracking down problems created when the variables turn on and off switches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

Trivantis has some good training that is very helpful for a new user. I'd encourage a new Lectora user to take a training course. I also was able to go to a Lectora User conference a few years ago. I was able to make contact with several users from around the country. I also was able to go to several classes that helped me improve my work in Lectora. I also found a great book while at the conference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

A great solution that Lectora solves is the ability to track tests results in real time. Using your Learning Management System (LMS) Lectora Inspire can test a learner, teach a learner and grade the results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew V.

Director of Learning Leadership and Development

E-Learning

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/28/2015

"Great potential for those that are willing to learn"

4/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

Once you have taken the time to find yourself around the software you realise that it has a huge potential in both rapid elearning and highly customised learning experiences.

I spent most of my first year with this product developing various solutions for various clients, then re-investing my time by taking interactions and creating a library for both myself and my peers to use as a copy and paste library for interactions. I can't state enough how much this improved the softwares quality of life within our organisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

The built in resources do not showcase the potential of this software, I personally think it's vastly lacking in template interactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

If you are looking for software that improves over the time you use it, then Lectora Inspire is definately for you, I can say with a large degree of confidence that you will get back ten fold what you put in.

However, with a degree of caution, if you are looking for a package that offers a large selection of pre-built interactions, Lectora Inspire may not nessessary be your first port of call.

Realistically you should consider spending a good few hundred hours of development upfront creating common template interactions that would suit your solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

i have created a vast array of solutions using lectora, from quick up-training to fully customised learning experiences. Lectora Inspire is capable of producing solutions at all levels.

The built in tools for Lectora Inspire (SnagIt/Camtasia/Flypaper) do help create an all-in-one platform straight out of the box, which will no doubt be useful to a lot of developers and budget conscious managers.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carly G.

Consultant

Professional Training & Coaching

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/2/2015

"Great for variables"

5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

Lectora is best for page content and the variable system is really nice. It makes it easy to make complicated menus that highlight when you're on the page/have visited, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

Adding time stamps to video is really cumbersome. The video player always takes forever to load and sometimes it freezes and you lose your work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

Lectora is great. I highly recommend it, especially if you are planning to make advanced custom navigation and interfaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

We create online training for corporations. Lectora allows us to do custom menus, navigation, and interface and it looks great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Benjamin B.

Graphics Artist / Multimedia Producer

Professional Training & Coaching

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/24/2015

"I used Lectora for creation of computer based training and much more"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

I did find it easy to use in creating many items such as CAI and CBT materials. I was able to import many items such as audio and video and compression was decent. programming as well as many variable was fairly easy to work with as well. I created some interactive 3D elements which I was able to easily embed into the training module. The video and audio triggers/action points were also fairly helpful as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

When Lectora was updated I found that it wasn't too friendly to the content Which I had already created. They also were moving away from publishing executables which made it difficult for my instructors to use in CAI versions of the training material. They were using government computers so they were unable to change the type of browser so if they had a problem with IE and the published material then they were stuck. The cost was very high as well. Customer service many times was lacking as well with me getting no answers and on numerous occasions, hung up on after a short answer of "it's not made for that" or "If you used the Trivantis LMS then maybe we could help". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

Do your research into the other ID software that is out there and make sure to put it up to your current and future requirements. I did find in many cases that the software provided did not provide what I needed so I ultimately had to go with adobe products. Lectora , even with the other provided software in the Inspire package requires the use of other software for image and video editing/creation so keep that in mind when looking at them vs. say... Adobe and think to yourself "I would have to buy Adobe products anyway..." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used it for creating many training modules as well as a few sales tools as well. Many of my colleges enjoyed the way I was able to incorporate and organize many different multimedia elements into one package. I used it to create Technical Video Instructions (TVIs), sales tools, training material, and even web pages with ease and with a little bit of training others were able to go into the programs and make changes. Camtasia and Snaggit are also worth their cost in some cases more by the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David Maddocks P.

President

Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/22/2015

"Happy with Lectora Publisher"

4/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

Lectora Publisher is a great rapid eLearning authoring tool. I found it very intuitive, so intuitive that I taught myself how to use it. When I got stuck, there were plenty of online videos to help me out.

One of the best features is the ability to build sophisticated branching scenarios by using variables. Variables can be used to control navigation, feedback, and even coaching scenarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

There are a number of small items that could be improved. For instance, I wish the zoom features were a little more flexible.

It would be great if there were more options for bullets and the software had more capabilities to modify jpegs, gifs, and vectors.

I have found that most limitations in this program, which tend to be small, have a workaround solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

The key benefits of eLearning are effectiveness and efficiency. Studies have shown eLearning produces better learning outcomes than classroom for new tasks and it does this at a much lower cost. Plus, the technology is the most cost effective method of interrupting the forgetting curve with spaced retrieval. Publisher accomplishes all of these through online and mobile applications. And you don't have to know flash or html to create high quality training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Monica J.

Instructional Design Specialist

E-Learning

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/24/2015

"Ease of use!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

The best thing about using Lectora Inspire is the quick and easy learning curve. It is super user- friendly, easy to learn and makes creating good looking courses less frustrating than other products I've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

Not a whole lot. Even when I ran in to issues it was easy to research and find better ways of doing something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

Take the online classes, get to know the basics first... they really help with making some cool items! And join the lectora community. You can reach out to others for assistance and learn a lot from them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was designing Human Resource courses at the corporate level. Diversity and Inclusion, Workplace Law, ... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maddie G.

Instructional Designer / Developer Consultant

Insurance

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/17/2015

"Lectora Inspire is a robust tool. You can use it to provide innovative elearning solutions "

5/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

Its capability to allow you to program whichever way you want. It is very straightforward and has simple logic ,which is good for someone who doesn't know programming. It is also great for someone who does. I love its ability to do partial scoring. I can score ALL question types (matching, drag and drop, multiple choice) with more than one correct answer.

I also like its cloud based version Lectora Online . No other tool offers that. It is easy to use, works fairly well with Lectora Inspire. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

I wish it allowed you to have a play bar and customize it, and some type of a timeline capability to be able to bring events at specific times. I would also like to be able to customize the radio buttons in its Hotspot question type. They don't stand out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tanya P.

Instructional Designer -- Solutions

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/17/2015

"Lectora Inspire Review"

4/5

What do you like best about Lectora?

I liked the ease of learning and using it. Once I got the parent and child concept, it because very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lectora?

Making interactivity is cumbersome. The steps to make graphics move or show/hide objects seemed a little cumbersome. Also, I was trying to construct a quiz where if you passed, you could move on, but if not, you had to complete the quiz, and I had a hard time trying to program this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Lectora:

Once you get that Parent and Child concept, Lectora becomes very easy to use. The nice thing about it is that it is not difficult to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Lectora solving and how is that benefiting you?

Teaching tasks in Retail. For the end user, the elearning came out really good and easy for them to navigate through. Lectora definitely worked for our purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.