In this episode of The Adapt Tips Podcast, Chuck and Simon talk to Sam Howell who is the go-to Adapt expert for the production team at Learning Nexus, a UK-based e-learning agency.

Throughout this episode, we discuss the responsibilities of an Adapt expert within a team. This Adapt expert may perform tasks which are completely removed from project-based content development, such as upskilling staff, enabling more efficient collaboration, discovering new plugins and creating new themes for clients. We discuss the benefits that this role can bring to the team as a whole.

Sam also shares information about his own free learning initiative which combines his interest of free open-source software and open education.

• You can see Sam's freelearn courses here
• You can learn more about Learning Nexus here

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In this episode of The Adapt Tips Podcast, Chuck and Simon talk to Caleb Foster from Mindboost Learning about how they use and manage multiple Adapt Authoring Tools in their production lifecycle.

We discuss the benefits of having multiple authoring tools for different stages of production, from a development environment where new plugins can be created and tested, to a production environment where courses are created to a post-release environment for the updating and maintenance of courses.  Each step has different levels of precaution to allow for experiments to happen without the risk of it affecting the production server.

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In this episode of The Adapt Tips Podcast, Chuck and Simon talk about the process of creating plugins in Adapt.

They cover different types of plugin development plugins including creating components, extensions, themes and menus. They discuss design considerations and how they approach plugin creation projects that they take on for their clients.

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In this episode of the Podcast, we talk about the open-source movement and how it relates to Adapt. Open-source is a term that encapsulates licences that allow users to freely use, change and distribute the changes. Adapt uses the GPLv3 licence which grants these freedoms.

Chuck and Simon discuss the pros and cons of open-source software versus proprietary software. They discuss the rationale behind open-source and some of the limitations of open-source licences. 

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In this episode of the Podcast, we've invited Ollie Foster from Kineo to talk about Accessibility in Adapt.

Accessibility is an often blanket term used so during this episode we dive into some of the specific needs of learners that benefit from these elements and how Adapt has managed to address them. We discuss how Adapt has incorporated feedback from users to ensure it remains one of the most accessible Authoring Tools on the market.

Kineo has created an extension with accessibility improvements that allow a learner to choose which elements should be turned off or on inside of the course. If you'd like to try it yourself and give feedback you can do so here - https://github.com/cgkineo/adapt-visua11y

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In this episode of the Podcast, we've invited Aaron Murray from Ken Cook to talk about what he coins "Just In Time" learning.

Ken Cook uses Adapt to create learning which is designed to be taken at the point of need. Whether it's on the shop floor with QR codes or the factory floor with Bluetooth beacons, learners are able to access the knowledge exactly when they need it.

Over this episode, Aaron shares why Adapt is perfect for this kind of delivery. Thanks to Adapt's mobile-first design, deep linking to specific components allowing learners to get to the exact knowledge point they need and the benefit of extensions like Search and Glossary to make the most navigable learning experience.

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In this episode of the podcast, we are discussing creating high-budget, bespoke content in Adapt. We are joined by Ben Sharp, Head of Operations at Bloc Digital.

Bloc Digital are a digital visualisation and learning studio which uses Adapt to create bespoke learning content for their clients, which mostly consist of multinational, blue-chip companies.

These complex and creative solutions have to meet their client's unique demands and requirements particularly regarding learning content with impact. For Bloc, it's imperative that their main Authoring Tool is both capable, and flexible, enough to deliver.
 
 Over the course of this episode, we discuss why Adapt is perfect for creating this sort of content. Covering topics such as:

• Why Adapt is so well suited for bespoke content
• A typical Adapt workflow for a team using Adapt
• Creating themes that match a client's brand guidelines
• Creating custom plugins for projects and making use of open-source plugins
• Making use of Adapt's licence-free nature to enable clients to create their own content or make amends after delivery
• Some of the challenges of working with Adapt and hopes of future features.

If you work for an e-learning agency that creates content for clients who require custom e-learning this really is a must-listen episode.

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In this special two-part episode of the podcast Tom Taylor, Open-source Learning Technologies Developer at Kineo joins Chuck and Simon to talk about the 1.0 release of the Adapt Authoring Tool.

In this second part, Simon asks Tom if he thinks Modules will be shared like Framework plugins currently are and when teams should be planning to upgrade to AT 1.0, as well as how they can migrate.

Thanks again to Tom for joining us and everyone who worked on the 1.0 release of the Authoring Tool.

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In this special two-part episode of the podcast Tom Taylor, Open-source Learning Technologies Developer at Kineo joins Chuck and Simon to talk about the 1.0 release of the Adapt Authoring Tool. 

In this first part, Tom shares the rationale behind the new release, the improvements made and what it will hopefully enable teams to do with the Authoring Tool in the future. 

Thanks again to Tom for joining us and everyone who worked on the 1.0 release of the Authoring Tool.

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In this episode of the podcast, Chuck and Simon talk about third-party plugins. They discuss what we mean by third-party plugins. How you can determine which ones to you and some of the approaches out there for discovering them.

If you listened to the end you'll know we've created our very own recommended list of plugins. We hope that we can make the experience of discovering the best third-party plugins out there much easier for you!

You can download this resource from here https://adapt.tips/adapt-tips-recommended-plugins/

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