Learning Management Center

Use Adobe tools to author content for your learning management system. These resources, case studies, and white papers will provide you with ways to maximize your learning management system (LMS).

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Learning and Information Management in Education – As We May Learn (Part 1)

Dr. Robby Robson, President of Eduworks Corporation, and Chair of the IEEE Learning Standards Technology Committee reflects on the increasing significance of content management for learning.

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Adobe Contribute 4 and Blackboard

Using Adobe Contribute 4 with the Blackboard Learning System

This paper describes the benefits of using Adobe Contribute 4 to build e-learning content for the Blackboard Learning System, and outlines the process of using Contribute to publish, add, and update course content in the Blackboard Content System.

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Publishing Contribute Content to the Blackboard Learning System

This technical step-by-step guide outlines how to use Adobe Contribute 4 to publish, add, and update course content in the Blackboard Content System.

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Dreamweaver 8 and WebCT Vista

Authoring E-Learning Content for WebCT Vista with Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

This paper describes the benefits of using Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to design e-Learning content for WebCT Vista.

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Creating Dreamweaver Learning Content for WebCT Vista

This step-by-step guide contains explicit instructions for using the IMS Course Packager Extension for Dreamweaver to create WebCT Vista Learning Modules.

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Colorado State University Case Study

Read about how Colorado State University has standardized on Dreamweaver and WebCT to streamline course development.

Macromedia Flash 8 and Blackboard

Authoring Blackboard Learning System Content with Flash 8

This paper explores the value of authoring academic content with Flash 8 to extend the capabilities and increase the value on the investment in a campus LMS.

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University of Texas System TeleCampus Case Study

Learn how the University of Texas System TeleCampus created a flexible, training module that uses the rich presentation values of Flash with the standards-conforming efficiency of the Blackboard system.

Adobe® Connect™ LMS Integration Solutions

Extend your LMS to provide real-time communication and collaboration with Adobe Connect — the product formerly known as Macromedia® Breeze®

Introduction to meeting listing, opening, creating and reporting

The Adobe Connect environment provides a natural extension to the LMS. Connect delivers rich web experiences for distance learning, professional development, and collaboration. With Adobe Connect LMS Integration Solutions, Adobe integrates Connect with your existing LMS. A seamless environment is created where faculty and students move between LMS and Connect, collaborating offline and online effortlessly. The sharing of ideas is not limited by our location, only our inspiration.
Introduction to meeting listing, opening, creating and reporting (PDF, 225k)

HTTP Header Modification

Adobe® Connect™ 6, derived from the product formerly known as Macromedia® Breeze®, can support single sign-on from an external system via modifications to its configuration to support HTTP Header Authentication. However, additional modifications must be made in order for this authentication to work with the XML API. By making these modifications, any external system that can process HTTP requests will be able to communicate to a Connect server’s XML API without having to reauthenticate.
HTTP header modification instructions (PDF, 67k)

Acrobat Connect Professional SSO Building Block for Blackboard

The Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional SSO Building Block for Blackboard is a system extension for Blackboard that will allow users to be able to connect directly with a licensed Acrobat Connect Professional server and manage their available meetings — without having to leave the Blackboard interface. The extension will use single sign-on functionality that will work with an Acrobat Connect Professional server that has had the modifications necessary to support HTTP header authentication.
Acrobat® Connect™ Professional SSO Building Block for Blackboard (PDF, 397k)