Online presentation software allows you to create and present high impact on-line presentations with little effort. These products can allow your business to create online training programs, simulations, demos, tutorials and much more. There are some products that take your existing presentations (from Powerpoint, or other provider) and convert them so they can be viewed on the web. Other products take web conferencing products and integrate presentation applications to create on-line presentations. These products may be sold at a one time price or for a monthly fee.
Features available with on-line presentation applications include:
- Combine text w/ multi media
- Templates
- Ink markup features
- Background options
- Library of images, animations, music tracks
- Hyperlinks
- Easy editing tools
- Slide transitions
- Online group editing tools
- Feedback and scoring
- Flash add-ons
Major Vendors in the on-line presentation application arena:
- Qarbon (on-line presentation development software)
- PresenterSoft (converts PowerPoint presentations to online formats)
- Macromedia (converts PowerPoint presentations to online formats)
- Conferral (web conferencing w/ presentation interface)
- Linktivity (web conferencing w/ presentation interface)
Selection Criteria:
- Cost
- Which approach best meets your presentation needs
- What is functional needs – meetings, present only, interactive , any time or scheduled
- If you have teaching/training needs – do you need class management software to integrate with your presentation software
- Ease of use and training
- Level of support
- System resources: Not usually an issue, but sometimes small business environments are on over-taxed hardware already.