ActivePresenter is all-in-one
screencasting
A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture or a screen recording, often containing audio narration. The term ''screencast'' compares with the related term ''screenshot''; whereas screensho ...
, video editing, and eLearning authoring software for
Microsoft Windows and
macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
, which is developed by Vietnamese technology engineers.
Features
eLearning Authoring Tool
An outstanding feature of ActivePresenter is to design interactive eLearning courses. It provides users with 11 easy and ready-to-use question templates namely True/False, Multiple Choice, Drag-n-Drop, etc. ActivePresenter supports exporting eLearning courses as SCORM (SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004) or xAPI packages so that users can upload to an LMS, for example, Moodle.
Apart from the interactive output format, users can export projects to non-interactive ones. It can be images, documents (
PDF
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. ...
,
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processing software developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name ''Multi-Tool Word'' for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms includi ...
,
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for ...
),
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987, initially for Macintosh computers only. Microsoft acquired PowerPoi ...
presentations, and videos (
AVI,
MP4,
WMV
Windows Media Video (WMV) is a series of video codecs and their corresponding video coding formats developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Windows Media framework. WMV consists of three distinct codecs: The original video compression technology ...
,
WebM
WebM is an audiovisual media file format. It is primarily intended to offer a royalty-free alternative to use in the HTML5 video and the HTML5 audio elements. It has a sister project, WebP, for images. The development of the format is sponso ...
). Additionally, ActivePresenter allows importing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to the project, then exporting to one of its output formats though lacking some animations and effects as well as converting between several video formats indirectly.
Screen Recorder
Also, ActivePresenter is a powerful screen recorder. It has 2 recording modes: Record Video and Record Software Simulation.
* Record Video: Users will get a slide containing a full-motion video.
* Record Software Simulation: It captures all actions on the screen and then converts them into a slide-based project including image slides (mouse click, keystroke) and video slides (mouse scroll, drag-n-drop).
Video Editor
Besides, ActivePresenter provides users with a plentiful of audio/video editing tools from basic to advanced. After screencasting, users can edit the recorded video with only one tool.
History
ActivePresenter has been developed by Atomi Systems Inc. since 2007. Version 1.0 was released in October 2008 and became available in the online market six months later with three editions, including a free-of-charge edition.
For more than 10 years of development, ActivePresenter has continuously improved and implemented multiple new features.
History of major version updates:
* Oct 14, 2011 ActivePresenter 3.0.0
* Jun 27, 2014 ActivePresenter 4.0.0
* Dec 24, 2014 ActivePresenter 5.0.0
* May 24, 2016 ActivePresenter 6.0.0
* Dec 28, 2017 ActivePresenter 7.0.0
* Feb 07, 2020 ActivePresenter 8.0.0
* Sep 27, 2022 ActivePresenter 9.0.0
Additionally, each major version has many minor updates.
Editions
Three editions are available at different prices, each having the capabilities of lower ones, plus added features.
The features of the various editions are compared in a table on the ActivePresenter website.
Free Edition
This edition is free of charge (freeware). It is used for trial and non-commercial purposes. It includes most of the basic features to edit video and allows exporting projects to images or videos. Users can test all features of ActivePresenter without any functionality and time restrictions. It only adds a watermark on the output of non-free features.
Standard Edition
The Standard edition additionally allows exporting to a series of images, videos, and documents. Interactive features are not supported in this edition. So, if users use them, a watermark will be added to the exported output.
Pro Edition
This additionally supports interactive simulations and quizzes in HTML5 output.
See also
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Screencast
A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture or a screen recording, often containing audio narration. The term ''screencast'' compares with the related term ''screenshot''; whereas screensho ...
*
Comparison of screencasting software
This page provides a comparison of notable screencasting software, used to record activities on the computer screen. This software is commonly used for desktop recording, gameplay recording and video editing. Screencasting software is typically ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, atomisystems.com
MakeUseOf review of ActivePresenter
Screencasting software
Training