Survey of Higher Education Use of Course Authoring Applications

This report looks closely at the kinds of programs and applications being used in higher education for course authoring and development. The study provides use data for many specific applications such as Camtasia, Articulate, Captivate, Lectora and many others, as well as course management systems such as Blackboard. Survey participants comment on how urgent their need is for course authoring expertise, which programs they use the most, and what their needs are in this increasingly critical area. They also comment on who in their institutions makes use of course authoring applications most often. Survey participants also discuss their use of open access applications in this area.