iSpring Suite

2022: iSpring Suite 11

On September 6, 2022, iSpring introduced an updated version of the course designer - iSpring Suite 11.

According to the company, iSpring Suite is a designer of online courses, video lectures, tests and more than 20 types of materials for. training content The designer works on the basis of Power Point and does not require special technical knowledge in development.

iSpring Suite 11 will allow you to create courses, tests, interactive simulators in the optimal format. Developers of electronic courses will be able to fully focus on creativity. told Ilya Ivanov, Director of Product Operations at iSpring

Learn more about changes to the functionality of iSpring Suite 11:

Flexible design settings

iSpring Suite 11 allows you to create branded courses, develop tests, interactivity and surveys in your own design. The advanced course design section allows you to flexibly customize the design of electronic courses. The user can rewrite the control player and customize it for himself: add gradients, round buttons, change fonts, change the layout. The mobile version of the courses supports all design settings.

A ready-made set of themes

With iSpring Suite 11, you can turn a presentation into an e-course. This can be done with a ready-made set of themes. Users will find a whole collection of templates for designing the player in a variety of styles.

Character and Location Collection

Course developers will not have to waste time looking for backgrounds and characters for slides on the Internet. A collection of 18 characters of different ages, nationalities and professions in the iSpring content library will allow you to design materials on a different level. The characters will play mentors, clients, bank employees, businessmen, teachers and students - the heroes will suit any educational scenario. Various backgrounds will transfer students to another environment, help give the desired character to the course and make it look like a game. The arsenal of developers has more than 360 illustrations that will turn the course into an interactive quest with heroes and locations.

Course speed

iSpring Suite 11 allows you to choose the speed of the course. For example, it is twice as fast to watch a video lecture or slow down voice acting on slides to hear each phrase. Users will be able to change the course playback speed right in the player. This option affects the overall course time, the speed of video and music on the slide, the operation of animations.

The iSpring Suite 11 course builder is available by subscription. The decisions are approved by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia and are included in the unified register of domestic software.

2020

iSpring Suite Max: Ability to create courses in the browser, teamwork on the project

On September 2, 2020, iSpring introduced the next version of the course designer - iSpring Suite Max. Now authors will be able to create courses directly in the browser and work on the project in the team.

"iSpring Suite Max is suitable for projects when you need to develop a course in a team very quickly. In the updated version of the designer, authors will be able to create simple courses right in the browser and work in the cloud on content with colleagues. To coordinate content, you no longer need to create several versions of the course and send them by e-mail, "Slava Uskov, director of product development at iSpring, spoke about the capabilities of iSpring Suite Max.

iSpring Suite Max includes an online builder for fast course development. All that is required to create a course is an Internet connection. At the same time, you do not need to install anything on your computer, just log in to your iSpring account. The tool is intuitive, you can create a course in it in just a few minutes.

For more complex courses with extensive scripts, interactivity, dialog simulators, complex tests, and more, authors can still use the advanced iSpring Suite constructor.

To speed up the work on the project, you can invite colleagues to create a course in iSpring Suite Max. All courses can be stored and organized in a single iSpring Space - cloud storage for all team members. The amount of storage depends on the number of authors in the account.

This fall, iSpring Suite Max users will be able to appreciate the commentary feature. To agree on a course with the customer or subject matter expert, you no longer have to create copies and send them by e-mail. In iSpring Suite Max, you can send a link to the course, the customer will open it in the browser and write questions and comments. Anyone with a link can comment on the course. iSpring Suite is not needed for this. The main thing is Internet access.

The designer is available by subscription.

Granting 100 thousand licenses for software for creating online courses to schools in Russia for free

On March 19, 2020, ISpring Solutions announced that, according to representatives of Rospotrebnadzor, more than 5 thousand schools have been quarantined throughout Russia due to the virus, and from March 21, 2020, all schools in Moscow will be closed. Educational institutions in all regions of the country are urgently introducing a distance learning format. In this regard, iSpring announced that it provides free licenses for the designer of online iSpring Suite courses to comprehensive schools. Each school can obtain up to 3 licenses for the product.

In a situation where schools need to urgently switch to distance learning, we are ready to help with the software. The iSpring Suite is simple and reliable, and we believe that teachers will be able to quickly master it and start developing lessons online, noted iSpring founder Yuri Uskov

iSpring also plans, together with leading Russian experts, to hold a series of webinars for teachers to develop online courses.

The promotion starts on March 19 and will last until April 30, 2020. The licenses are valid until March 31, 2021.

2017: iSpring Suite 8.7

On March 2, 2017, iSpring announced the release of the iSpring Suite 8.7 product line. The release includes two tools for creating electronic courses from existing documents or ready-made blocks, following the example of a designer.

Among the accelerators 8.7 are the creation of electronic courses from office documents, a content library. They simplify the process for developers, allow a lot of time for technical details and design. The creators of the courses were able to turn the company's knowledge base into a system of professional online courses that can be viewed from mobile and desktop devices.

Additional tools

• increased productivity with Content Library
  • iSpring Suite 8.7 adds a content library for course developers:
  • * characters,
  • * backgrounds,
  • * templates,
  • * graphic objects,
  • * icons,
  • * buttons.

Each template is not just a set of pictures, it is a thoughtful combination of elements for solving the most difficult learning tasks. The content library includes:

• 600 graphic objects (icons),
• 230 backgrounds (locations),
• 200 ready-made templates for creating slides,
• 30,000 character photos
• much more.

The components of the iSpring content library are designed to meet the needs of course creators and include the following elements:

• content,
• navigation items
• cover,
• slides with information on course objectives and speakers,
• timeline, etc.

The course creator can quickly select the required slide types, arrange them in the desired order, and insert texts and images. Development time is reduced. iSpring photo characters help make the training materials more meaningful and personalized. Each character is represented by a huge number of angles, poses and facial expressions, which allows you to visualize virtual teachers and guides, simulate any educational and work situations for a variety of areas: from medicine to retail. The use of objects from the iSpring collection provides a course or presentation with a professional appearance and stylistic uniformity.

• e-courses from MS Office documents with iSpring Flip
  • With the release of iSpring Suite 8.7, users have access to a new tool for creating electronic courses from office documents. It is enough to take existing tutorials, notes, lectures - any ready-made files of DOC, PDF or PPT formats - and iSpring Flip converts them into e-books with a flipping effect. The books are published in HTML5 format and support modern SCORM, AICC, cmi5 and Tin Can API (xAPI) distance learning standards. Now it has become possible to download them into the distance learning system (RES) and receive statistics: to control which of the students and at what speed studies the material.

• quick and accurate knowledge assessment
  • iSpring Suite 8.7 has improved the knowledge assessment of students in the iSpring TalkMaster dialog simulator. Starting from version 8.7, you can assign points for each response option in any of the scenes. In addition, a negative score can be assigned for incorrect answers.

iSpring releases major updates several times a year: today's is the third in the last 12 months. Our customers should always have modern and technologically advanced tools. Yuri Uskov, founder and director of iSpring

2016

iSpring 8.5

On November 14, 2016, iSpring announced the release of version 8.5 of its iSpring Suite product.

The iSpring Suite 8.5 version ensures compatibility of courses, tests, dialog simulators, screencasts and video lectures with Russian and foreign distance learning systems. According to the company, iSpring Suite 8.5 is the world's first tool for creating courses in PowerPoint, which supports the cmi5 mobile learning standard (the protocol allows you to track the work of students who study through mobile devices).

The cmi5 standard is likely to replace SCORM, which is not intended for mobile learning. SCORM binds students to RES, and even a second failure of the Internet connection can lead to the fact that the data will be lost and the course will have to be completed again. The new cmi5 protocol allows you to track the activity of students even outside the RES, offline, and then collect and analyze data in the same way as RES working on SCORM do. Students will be able to view courses anywhere, anytime, and teachers will receive detailed and visual reports. Vyacheslav Uskov, iSpring Product Development Director

Added Training and Knowledge Testing Options in iSpring 8.5

• Deep training of customer communication skills. Dialog simulators created using the iSpring TalkMaster tool can now send a detailed report on training to the e-mail of the teacher and student, as well as to the server. In version 8.5, you can add links to other sections of the course or to external resources in the dialog, and automatic spelling will speed up the preparation of training materials.
• Improved support for PowerPoint effects. E-courses based on PowerPoint presentations are widely used in distance learning. iSpring products provide high precision conversion of presentations to the modern online HTML5 format and support 97% of PowerPoint effects. iSpring is the first e-Learning tool to support Transformation, one of the most impressive transition effects. It not only adds entertainment, but also allows you to clearly explain complex information.
• Send results to the test subject's email. After passing a test or dialog simulator, students can independently analyze their academic performance and identify weaknesses.
• Enable course re-entry. If a student fails the test, they will not be able to pass it again until they have reviewed the theoretical material.

A 30-day full-featured trial of iSpring Suite 8.5 is available for download. To Russian buyers, iSpring offers its products at special prices - half as much as abroad. Owners of previous versions of the iSpring Suite can receive a discount upgrade. The license includes a year of free updates and technical support.

iSpring Suite DX

On January 18, 2016, ISpring Solutions announced the release of the iSpring Suite DX.

The iSpring Suite DX is a professional e-Learning version of the iSpring Suite. Allows you to embed and manage e-courses, tests, and business presentations into sites, portals, and mobile applications after publication.

Features of Suite DX:

• is based on an extended version of the iSpring Suite, with an API that allows you to control the appearance and viewing functions.
• Using the iSpring Player SDK, you can customize the presentation playback and develop your own player.
• control playback Flash with and. JavaScript API
• receiving notifications about the progress of the presentation for analyzing user behavior.

2015

iSpring Suite 8.1

On December 9, 2015, iSpring announced the release of the 8.1 iSpring Suite update.

Version 8.1 includes changes marked by users as the most anticipated in 2016. However, the correction was carried out earlier to make the product more convenient to work with. In particular, the dialogue simulator received a new functionality - the ability to add your own characters and backgrounds. Image cropping is available in the Test and Interactivity Editor.

The developers attributed the significant changes to:

1. Simplify the installation of the demo version of the program - now you do not need a key to activate the trial version, just download and install the program.
2. The installation of the program has accelerated significantly.
3. Improved picture quality when converting a PowerPoint presentation to HTML
4. Added the ability to leave feedback directly from the product. The user can write to developers at any time about the necessary improvements or new functionality
5. Expedited the re-publication of ready-made courses. Even projects with large audio and video files now convert much faster
6. As part of the player configuration functions for video lectures, it became possible to design not only the Universal player in a unique corporate style, but also the new 50/50 player for video lectures.

Improved interaction with the cloud service - Cloud. The publication of the course in the iSpring Cloud service has become available with the ability to view it in the iSpring Play mobile application. The version has the ability to place a ready-made course in iSpringCloud, share it with users and they will be able to view the course on their iPad or Android devices, and even offline.

The developers paid attention to the fonts used in the product. The version uses the font popular in modern web design - Open Sans, it replaced the outdated Arial.

As of December 9, 2015, iSpring Suite 8.1 is a powerful training development tool in PowerPoint, in its class that combines capabilities for creating dialog simulators, video lectures, screencasts and tests.

author = Yuri Uskov, founder and CEO of ISpring Solutions Just 2 months after the release of the main version of the product, we made a significant upgrade. In this release, we included everything that was planned, but was not included in version 8.0. All the new features that come out in minor versions, we offer consumers completely free. And we do it several times a year. No one offers this in the e-learning market today. That is why our product is so popular, develops so quickly and tears competitors so hard.

iSpring Suite 8

On October 14, 2015, ISpring Solutions announced the release of iSpring Suite 8. The power and efficiency of the tool increased by 80% compared to the previous version.

iSpring Suite 8 is a tool that combines the capabilities of creating dialog simulators, video lectures, screencasts and tests.

Screenshot of the monitor screen recording window (2015)

iSpring Suite 8 includes a number of features:

• built-in editor for creating dialog simulators and screencasts.
• PowerPoint effects support.
• Highly qualified technical support.
• prices are twice as low as those on the market.

Why the version is 80% more powerful:

• creating dialog simulators for processing customer communication skills.
• capture the monitor to record training video tutorials and upload them to YouTube.
• 50/50 player for video lectures to combine the speaker video and the presentation slide in one window.
• audio-video editor for fast processing of recordings:
  • noise removal,
  • clip trimming,
  • volume control.

• Improved test editor for easy processing of several questions at once.
• view presentations from the video on. iPhone

Yuri Uskov, founder and CEO of ISpring Solutions, noted: "By releasing the new iSpring Suite 8, we are actually changing the rules of the game in the global e-Learning market. Our company does not just offer high-quality, powerful and affordable tools, we want every expert in their field to be able to share their knowledge quickly and easily with our products. The 21st century will be the century of total e-learning and the one who can offer the most competitive product will win. "

Function	Opportunities
Dialog simulator	Quickly Create Extensive Dialog Scripts Built-in set of ready-made characters and backgrounds Scripting for Knowledge Testing
Monitor Screen Recording	Recording Audio from a Microphone Highlight the cursor and voice mouse clicks Convert to video (.mp4), upload to YouTube, insert to slide presentation Edit a record
Audio/Video Editor	Removing Audio/Video Snippets Volume change Mute sound Smooth sound growth/attenuation in the fragment Removing background noise in audio Export video to MP4 format Export audio to MP3 format
Maintenance Editor	Improved import of audio and video clips Improved tracking synchronization mode
Player 50/50	Dynamically change the slide-video ratio Mobile Adaptations
Test and Survey Editor	Apply design to multiple questions Cancel/Return all actions in the editor window Added a panel with information about the number of slides and the theme used
Playlists for background music	Create lists with audio files Applying Lists to Different Slides in a Presentation
Mobile application for iPhone	Download presentations and courses to your offline viewer Add courses to favorites Playing Video Presentations
Support for Windows 10 and Office 2016

2012: iSpring Suite 6.0

iSpring Solutions, Inc. announced in early 2012 the release in Russian of iSpring Suite 6.0, a new set of tools for the rapid development of electronic courses. The enhanced iSpring Suite 6.0 includes the following features:

• Create professional Flash presentations and training courses in a PowerPoint environment
• development of interactive tests, surveys and questionnaires in Flash format;
• Create Flash interactivity to enhance the illustrative capabilities of e-courses created with iSpring.

iSpring Suite is an extended version of the popular iSpring Presenter product, with which tens of thousands of users around the world create Flash presentations and training courses. The new iSpring Suite 6.0 includes three products: iSpring Pro, iSpring QuizMaker and iSpring Kinetics, taking the e-course development process to a whole new level.

iSpring Pro allows you to combine PowerPoint animations with audio/video accompaniment and convert presentations to Flash format with high accuracy.

iSpring QuizMaker allows you to create interactive tests and surveys using 23 types of questions with the insertion of formulas, images, audio and video files. QuizMaker also makes it possible to develop adaptive tests with branching, allowing you to determine the next question depending on the answer to the current one.

iSpring Kinetics is iSpring's all-new tool for creating interactive learning components. In version 6.0, four components are available: an interactive e-book, a catalog of terms (subjects, personalities), an event timeline, and a database of frequently asked questions and answers.

iSpring Pro and QuizMaker are still available as standalone products. iSpring Kinetics can only be purchased as part of the iSpring Suite.

"We are

committed to making iSpring's professional products as affordable as possible. To support the development of e-learning Russia in, we offer unique prices for products of the new line: 2 times lower than in foreign markets. Special conditions for educational institutions. They can purchase our products at a 40% discount, "explains the chief executive of iSpring. Uskov Yuri

2009: iSpring 5.6

iSpring products, which have proven themselves well in foreign markets, allow you to create multimedia content in a standard Flash environment Microsoft PowerPoint for distribution and sharing on the Internet, iSpring Solutions said in a statement. According to the developer, with iSpring, the process does not require the involvement of programmers and designers, which reduces IT costs.

A distinctive feature of version 5.6 of the iSpring Presenter and iSpring QuizMaker products, designed to create training content, is the full compatibility of the created courses with most distance learning systems (RES). Especially carefully worked out compatibility with the commercial RES BlackBoard, emphasized in iSpring Solutions.

The iSpring 5.6 line has also improved support for new PowerPoint 2010 features. In addition, the tools for expanding the standard PowerPoint capabilities have been significantly improved, providing flexible navigation in the presentations being created and creating Flash tests and questionnaires, iSpring Solutions said.

All iSpring products are available for review for free. You can download the demo versions and purchase licenses on the iSpring Solutions website. The cost of iSpring Pro 5.6 is 2490 rubles, iSpring Presenter 5.6 - 4490 rubles, iSpring QuizMaker 5.6 - 1990 rubles. When buying multiple copies, a discount is provided, and educational institutions can purchase iSpring products with a special 40% discount.