Elicitus software is a desktop authoring tool. An

authoring tool An authoring system is a program that has pre-programmed elements for the development of interactive multimedia software titles. Authoring systems can be defined as software that allows its user to create multimedia applications for manipulating m ...

is used by trainers, educators and subject matter experts for creating elearning courses. Elicitus has been designed and developed by

Harbinger Knowledge Products Harbinger Knowledge Products is a part of Harbinger Group, which was established in 1990. It is an eLearning software products and content development services company. The global headquarters and development centres are located in Pune, India w ...

and was first launched in 2005. Elicitus is a SCORM/AICC and Section 508 guidelines compliant tool. It contains about 200 standard layout templates which can be customized by the user. Elicitus allows videos (AVI, MPG, SWF) to be added to the courses. For assessment, the trainers can create and administer quizzes using multiple types of questions like multiple choice, True/False, match the pairs etc. Trainers can also import their Powerpoint presentations into Elicitus and convert the slides into a course. Besides English, Elicitus is available in Arabic and Chinese versions. Elicitus has won the Best Authoring Tool award at LearnX Australia, in 2008 & 2009. Sale of Elictus has been terminated by the end of 2017 according to elictus.com.

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