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Lectora Inspire is available in the following languages:

• English
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Chinese
• Brazilian Portuguese

Yes. Lectora supports the creation of forms and surveys. Lectora’s surveys are similar to tests and can include question types such as multiple choice, true false, Likert and ordinal. Survey results can be sent to a Learning Management System, a custom database or even a Google Drive spreadsheet. Similarly, forms using controls such as entry fields, drop-down lists, check boxes and radio buttons can be created for collecting user information. Form data can be sent to a specified Google Drive spreadsheet or can be submitted to a custom script for processing.

You can include graded tests within your Lectora titles. Tests can include question types such as multiple choice, true false, matching, fill in the blank, hot spot, and drag-and-drop. If you are publishing your title to a Learning Management System (LMS), test results are sent automatically to the LMS. Otherwise, you can configure your test results to be stored in a custom database or sent to a Google Drive spreadsheet.

Titles you create with Lectora can be published to the Web, Tin Can or to an AICC- or SCORM-conformant learning management system (SCORM 2004, 1.2 and earlier are supported), to a CD or to a single, executable file (.exe). Titles that include tests and questions that are published to a Learning Management System (LMS) will automatically send test results to the LMS.

Lectora’s Web-based publishing options produce HTML pages that can be viewed through a smartphone or tablet browser such as Safari. Host your published content on a Website or a Learning Management System, and access the content through the smartphone or tablet’s browser as you would any other Website.

Lectora supports nearly all types of digital image, audio and video formats, flash animations (.swf) and rich text and text documents (.rtf, .txt). These types of files can be dragged and dropped directly from your computer’s files into the Lectora workspace. Reference the Tec Specs page to se the full list of supported media types.

Projects that you create with Lectora are referred to as titles. Your title is a file with an AWT extension. Titles are stored in your \My Documents\My Titles folder by default. Each title is comprised of the AWT file along with any images or additional media that have been added to it. When you drag and drop media into your title, Lectora copies the media file from its original location into an appropriate folder, for example images, which is stored in the same location as the AWT file.

No. Lectora is not an HTML editor. Lectora is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) application that enables you to drag-and-drop items into your title, reposition and resize them using your mouse, add and format textual content, and create interactivity using the Lectora interface. No programming is required. If you publish your content to a Web-based format, Lectora will create the appropriate HTML code that can be interpreted by Web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla® FireFox®, and Apple Safari®.

There are a number of ways you can learn more about Lectora: Lectora Information Center Lectora’s integrated help system is a comprehensive guide about all that you can do within Lectora Inspire. From within Lectora Inspire, select Contents from the Help menu icon to access the Lectora Information Center and view information by topic or search for information by keyword. Training Lectora offers several training classes – both instructor-led and online – that provide you with the skills you need to quickly become a Lectora Inspire guru. The Community Forum Search the Lectora community for answers to your questions. The Community Forum is visited regularly by Lectora users around the globe and posts are frequently answered within a short time period. Lectora University Browse hundreds of helpful video tutorials, archived Webinars, and self-paced coursesto help you develop content using Lectora.

Lectora includes a number of iPhone templates that can be used to create content specifically designed for the size and functionality of an iPhone. Content created for the iPhone must be published to the Web and accessible from a Web address through the iPhone’s Safari browser.

Lectora’s action object enables you to create actions that can be triggered by buttons, hyperlinks, form objects, mouse-overs, keystrokes or simply when a page appears. You can use actions to create small games, flash cards, trivia game shows and more. You can use actions to trigger things like the movement of an object on a page, the submitting of a form or test, and navigating within the title. You do not need any programming knowledge.

Yes. The text block object in Lectora can be used to type text directly into your title or copy and paste text into your title from an existing document. Text attributes such as font style, size, color and more can be configured directly within your title, similarly to how you use a typical word processing application. You can spell check your title and export the text for reviewers, subject-matter experts and translators.

You can purchase annual Lectora Publisher support for a minimal fee. If you do not already have technical support, contact your Lectora sales representative. You can contact the technical support team by email – Support@Lectora.com – or by phone – (513) 852-6700. Be sure to have your serial number available to give to your support representative.

No. Support services are not included with your Lectora maintenance plan. Support is an optional service that we recommend. Annual support can be purchased for $295/yr for Lectora Inspire and $195/yr for Lectora Publisher.

You can locate your version number in the Help menu within Lectora. Simply click on the Help menu and select About Lectora. In the bottom right-hand corner you will your version number. You may also contact your Lectora sales representative at 877.929.0188.

Your serial number is located in the Help menu within Lectora. Simply click on the Help menu and select About Lectora. In the bottom left-hand corner you will see your serial number. Please have this number available when calling to renew your maintenance contract.

Yes, in order to renew your maintenance you must have a valid Lectora serial number.

Please contact your Lectora sales representative at 877.929.0188 to renew your maintenance contract.

Yes, you will still receive any service packs released for your version of Lectora, but you will not receive new features or enhancements.

When your Lectora maintenance expires, your Lectora licenses go back to full price and you no longer receive new features and enhancements. In order to receive the best possible price and the most current version, please renew your maintenance before your expiration date.

Renewing your Lectora maintenance contract is $555 for Lectora Publisher users and $875 for Lectora Inspire users. This is a 65% savings.

Lectora Maintenance is an annual agreement that enables you to receive any new features and enhancements that are released each year free of charge and provides you with a highly discounted Lectora renewal fee. Maintenance must be renewed each year in order to receive new features and benefits. If your maintenance expires, you are no longer eligible for upgrades.