
Kallidus Author features
Authoring interface and tools:
- Page Manager facility allows courses structure to be created and edited easily WYSIWYG interface for author
- Quick preview facility allows author to view lesson as a student
- Range of easy to use tools for formatting and editing text and images (e.g. fonts, alignment, bullet points)
- Text and images can be cut and pasted from existing documents (e.g. Word and PowerPoint)
- Easy to create Hyperlinks to other URLs
- System allows for interactive branching based on student performance
Graphic and multimedia handling:
- Supports .jpg and .gif graphics
- Built-in support for audio and video streaming
- Real Media and Macromedia Flash supported via easy to use templates
- Animation and basic graphic tools built-in
- Preview window for browsing media objects (graphics, audio, video)
Extensibility & connectivity:
- Supports the use of scripting language to go beyond built-in functionality
- Creates AICC compliant lessons that can be run on any AICC compliant LMS
Tracking & assessment capabilities:
- Automatic tracking of assessment responses by page and test question
- Recording of time on task and number question attempts
- Provides student with the ability to monitor their progress during the lesson
- Test results can be automatically shown to students at the end of the quiz
- Questions can have immediate or delayed feedback
- Can create pretests that will automatically select content based on performance
Reports:
- Standard reports include; course performance, training record, incomplete lessons and session history
- Reports can be run for individuals, groups, organisation, managers and courses
- Reporting by individual question or page is available when used with Kallidus™6 Authoring System
- Custom reports can be created simply
- Data from reports can be easily exported into other formats (e.g. Excel)
Minimum system requirements:
Author requirements- Microsoft Windows 9x, NT4, 2000,ME or XP
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ with Microsoft Virtual Machine
- Must be able to run Java Applets
- A screen size of 1024 by 768 is recommended
- A recommended colour setting of High(16 bit) or higher
- Any third party software used in the creation of authored content (e.g. Real Media and Macromedia Flash)
Web based student requirements
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or higher
- Intranet or Internet access to the web server
- Any browser plug-ins necessary to support lesson content (e.g. Real Media and Macromedia Flash




