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Survey of Higher Education Use of Course Authoring Applications
Survey of Higher Education Use of Course Authoring Applications
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Author(s): Primary Research Group Staff (Corporate)
ISBN No.: 9781574400014
Year: 202110
Format: E-Book
Price: $ 110.40
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

This report looks closely at the kinds of programs and applications being used in higher education for course authoring and development. The study provides use data for many specific applications such as Camtasia, Articulate, Captivate, Lectora and many others, as well as course management systems such as Blackboard. Survey participants comment on how urgent their need is for course authoring expertise, which programs they use the most, and what their needs are in this increasingly critical area. They also comment on who in their institutions makes use of course authoring applications most often. Survey participants also discuss their use of open access applications in this area.Just a few of this 65-page report's many findings are that:The need for course authoring application skills was greatest among librarians.10.71% of respondents said that use of Articulate Storyline was frequent at their institution and for another 21.


43%, it was occasional.A plurality of 35.71% felt open access course authoring programs were of much lower quality than commercially available applications while 21.43% felt that they were of higher quality.Data in the report is broken out separately for faculty (predominantly department chairs), librarians/ed technologists and instructional designers. It is also broken out by type, size and tuition level of the participating colleges and universities, among other variables.


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