Commercial CourseLab v2.7 includes all the features of CourseLab v2.4 that has been available for free at www.courselab.com since 2008. On top of that, CourseLab v2.7 offers a significant number of new features that make it a more powerful, flexible, and easy to use tool as compared to the free CourseLab v2.4:
- CourseLab v2.7 creates e-learning courses that are compatible with the latest versions of all popular web browsers - Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, including Safari on iPad/iOS (the free v2.4 creates output that is best viewed in Internet Explorer; creating cross-browser courses with v2.4 is possible but there are some limitations and special rules to follow).
- Many new VML/SVG vector objects allow data visualization (charts) and rapid development (e.g., tab blocks, image galleries).
- New question types: true-false, one-to-many, many-to-many. Detailed results on questions become available through the new Detailed results object.
- New animated characters and talking heads - different ages, different psychotypes.
- Global variables can be restored also from LMS. Physical size of suspend_data is decreased (therefore, SCORM 1.2 limitation on the number of questions per module is alleviated).
- About 10 new navigation objects, including Search objects, Alternative Module Path and Timer.
- General object events (such as mouseover and click, correct-incorrect answer for questions) can use sound effects.
- The object library is now open. Objects become editable by user. User can customize objects, create customized copies of objects or add new objects (XML/XSL/JavaScript skills required for that).
- Slides can be exported as images.
- The template library contains about 80 templates. The templates that were previously sold within Templates Pack 1 are now included into the distribution of CourseLab v2.7.
- The PowerPoint Import and Screen Capture Extra Packs that were previously sold as CourseLab add-ons are now included into the distribution of CourseLab v2.7.
- CourseLab v2.7 is available in several languages - English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese and Turkmen. Free CourseLab v2.4 is available in English only.