A free tool from Microsoft Learning: LCDS v2.5

Download LCDS v2.5 now!

The Microsoft Learning Content Development System (LCDS) is a free tool that enables you to create high-quality, interactive, online courses. The LCDS allows anyone to build e-learning courses by completing the easy-to-use LCDS forms that seamlessly generate highly customized content, including interactive activities, quizzes, games, assessments, animations, demos, and other instructionally engaging elements.

Highlights of this release

New v2.5 features include:

• LCDS authoring is 64 bit–compatible
• E-learning created is compatible with Firefox 3.5.9 and Firefox 3.6.3
• New Silverlight 4 Media Player for animations that includes closed captioning and full screen option
• Enhanced keyboard accessibility for the sort and tile games, adventure interactivity, and Voice of the Expert element
• LCDS authoring and e-learning created are completely Microsoft Silverlight 4.0–compatible
• Content is now permitted at the Lesson level

Also available on the site are seven localized LCDS v2.3 versions: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Russian, Hindi, Polish, Turkish, and Spanish.

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 27, 2010
  Ok and thanks for LCDS v2.5. Continue this good job always. bcdalai

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2011
  great job. thanks for sharing.  

• Anonymous
  December 12, 2012
  link to download no longer working, goes to learning homepage where also link to download can no longer be found please fix!

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2013
  Is there any way it can output as HTML5 rather than silverlight ??

• Anonymous
  October 22, 2013
  I'd love to try this software, but keep getting the run-around trying to find it!!!! Please fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Anonymous
  January 20, 2014
  I would like some help with microsoft lcds. I've created a eLearning Course, how can I export or save it so that I can open it from another computer?

• Anonymous
  April 14, 2015
  Hello, it seems that the links of the product no is not valid outside this well helped me for my students last year. is it possible to have other links?

• Anonymous
  November 10, 2015
  Do Microsoft still support this product in 2015? Seems unlikely as there is not much info around. Be good if they do - love the simplicity of the UI.

• Anonymous
  March 13, 2016
  many thanks for you help