Features of
dominKnow | ONE Elearning Authoring Tool

Authors can specify adjust ARIA roles and Hidden status from the default setting for any element on the page to address unique design choices, e.g., an image treated as a button instead of presentation. ARIA Patterns are actively used for common components such as Tabs, Accordions, drop down selectors, matching and more.

During a Review, reviewers can easily see which items are set to be focusable and understand a page’s tab order. They can also identify what, if any alt or screen reader text has been added to elements – all without any special tools. If they find an issue they can comment on the accessibility text and the comment is automatically flagged as an accessibility issue in the review comment tracking.

For any item, add additional supportive accessibility text read by screen readers and enable or disable focus on each element. Do all this, inline, while creating your content. No need to open additional windows or pop ups.

Closed captions may be uploaded as a SRT, VTT, SBV, or SUB file.

Creating a useful content structure using H1-H6 tags is critical to providing accessible content. When adding content to your page the Add a Section bar automatically adjusts suggestions based on the location on the page such as suggesting H1 Heading Text at the top of the page and changing that that suggestion to H2 as you add content further down.

The Accessibility Settings tab includes context-specific tips and advice to help you make content more accessible to all learners and meet WCAG standards.

When adding elements to your page, if the element is missing accessibility related features (e.g., alt text) authors are warned inline as they work on the element.

No need for special IDs to support Flash content, following HTML5 standards localized content automatically identifies the course language.

Save time and money when you add images to your content. Your image description is auto added to the ALT text field, making it easy to create accessibility text once, and instantly use it for all cases, even allowing updates to individual unique cases.

Supports learners using assistive technologies that enables you to make sure all learners can maximize the use of your content. See our ACR (VPAT) for more information: https://dki.io/a78c2bf8

Add complete page, audio and/or video transcripts to courses.

Closed captions can be triggered on and off using action/button controls.

WCAG compliant themes ensure that primary navigation controls and options such as skip are all taken care of without any need for authoring effort.

WCAG training sessions are available to help dominKnow | ONE users learn best practices for making accessible content and how best to take advantage of all dominKnow | ONE has to offer.

On Flow pages the adaptive Add Sections bar will suggest common content section options based on where you are in a page. For a first section, selections like H1 text and Decorative Headings will appear. As you add more sections these options are replaced with others such as Add Video, Branching or Tabsets.

Adapt the user interface to fit your team's individual skill levels and requirements. Choose from Essentials, Essential Plus, or Designer interfaces to ensure team members have the tools they need for their specific role. Authors can turn on or off the ribbon bar as they see fit and can also customize their own favorites on the Add to Your Page panel.

Reopen courses to the exact page you were last developing using the built-in authoring bookmark.

Using our quick search, filter, and find, insert content into dozens of prebuilt, easily-adjustable, interactive widget components that include tabs, steps, panels, tile cards, inline questions, carousels, flip cards, click to reveal, billboards, callouts, timelines, accordions, and more.

The Container Inspector gives quick access and insight into your page structure and how various options like background colors, images, and designs are impacting your content.

eLearning isn’t just slides based. Using our starter templates or your own designs, create all types of training and support content such as: course, presentation, activity, assessment, scenario, simulation, comic, gamification, job aid, knowledge base, product tour and guide, pin board, support portal, and interactive video.

Author and preview content simultaneously. Notifications appear during previews when a change is made to the stage.

Every type of element features a set of element controls which provide quick access to common functions related to that element such as editing, setting up actions, accessibility settings, formatting, animation features and more.

Opening courses reveals quick, in-depth, real-time properties that includes recent review notes, items checked out, who is assigned to course, last published, translations, current review status, attached resources, life-cycles and more.

Need help with adjusting your responsive design (Flow) layout? The Design Assistant provides authors with several layout options based on the selected elements.

Authors can easily adjust page and layer layout and size of elements on page by dragging and dropping. This is available for both Slides based learning (Claro) and Responsive (Flow).

Inline help directly linked to community articles is available for elements on a page, as well as use the inline search of the community site while authoring.

Theme styles allow for automatic intuitive color change; altering background colors automatically changes text color.

A library of Widgets make it easy for authors to create interactivity with no need for programming. These include a Scenario Builder for creating branching conversations, a Playlist to drag and drop YouTube or Vimeo videos into a single lesson structure, as well as Flip, Flash, Card Sort and Match Card sets to create interactive activities.

A familiar interface based on the Microsoft Ribbon found in programs like PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

Authors can set Flow Sections and Claro Layers as Favorites for either their own use or use by anyone authoring within a Project.

Guided onboarding allowing for a first-step introduction geared towards each user role.

Develop, manage and provide different sets of templates for all the authors in your organization to meet all your needs and enable authors to more quickly create content and follow established organization guidelines. Even develop responsive sections so that authors can easily assemble items into longer pages in Flow or as unique layers in Claro.

PowerPoint wizard for point-&-click conversion of slides to online learning.

Step by step wizards help authors quickly and simply set up many content element types, such as Branching Scenarios, Quiz Exercises, Carousels and Timeline components and more.

Immediately upon log-in, gain insight for recent courses worked on and course updates, reviewer activity, number of reviewer notes, active users online and more.

Use our fully editable, interactive templates to jump-start your project. Easily customize look and feel to match your organizations.

Publish your content in AICC-compliant format.

Turn on or off Learners ability to search across the entire textual content of a course and its meta tags for any content or media item.

Migrate from another XML export applicable system to dominKnow, utilizing our services team to assist you with a mass-migration.

The desktop player allows for content to be played directly on CD's or shared network drives.

Single-source design allows authors to develop courses for both online and document delivery. Create Word, PDF, and ePub documents such as stand-alone training guides or manuals to support individual or classroom-based training initiatives or for compliance records.

Create content once, no matter the device or platform the learner uses. All projects are vendor neutral, fully data portable, and HTML5-compliant.

With the Publishing Profile, Theme, and Publishing Target settings, you can centrally manage your instructor’s presentations with minimal extra effort. Instructors can present the content in the same manner as they do with PowerPoint’s presentation mode, have their speaker notes in a separate window, elements of the content hidden or displayed automatically for presentation, change the display experience and utilize their “clicker” to provide visual presentation support for the classroom experience. Centrally managing and creating single source designs for all your learning content has never been easier.

Learners can consume content with iOS or Android devices and integrate downloadable learning content for offline use. The dominKnow app can be used as a standalone or even customized with your LMS solution to provide synchronization with SCORM or xAPI courses and send results back to the system when online.

Managing a single project with multiple languages is here. Authors can easily develop and manage individual projects that contain multiple translations. Upon launching these courses, the course will utilize these translations and automatically switch to learners preferred language. Authors can take advantage of 60+ languages including native support for double byte, right to left, and font specific language needs. Media assets can also be customized in alignment with languages for localization.

Load subtitles for multiple languages to a single file for easy reuse of videos across translated courses in cases where the full video isn’t translated.

When publishing a project, include transcripts or page notes. Transcripts are viewable to learners using the transcript button in the navbar. Authors can export either for easy distribution.

PENS compliance allows publishing courses directly to a PENS-compliant LMS, saving authors countless hours manually publishing and updating their content into their LMS.

Point & click converts and incorporates slides into online, editable pages within content using the PowerPoint wizard. (Claro only)

Authors can make unique changes to different print versions (Instructor, Learner, Guide, etc.) of a course without effecting online/LMS versions.

Enable printing of any page in the course be it course results, a certificate or a learning page.

Edit the properties of a topic within a course and set it to not be included in your published version. Turn it back on when you are ready to include it.

Preserve all your favorite publishing choices for eLearning standards, Themes, Publishing Profiles, Publishing Targets, xAPI data collection, and more as a Publishing Recipe Card so you can simply click “Refresh” when you want to update your content.

Users can add unlimited publishing profiles to configure and organize publishing settings as desired and reuse them across multiple courses and control access through permissions and locks. Publishing profiles include more than 90 toggle-controlled options such as: display passing score on results screens, display test summaries, display question feedback, question attempts, keep forward enabled, open speaker notes in a new window, autolink glossary terms, preload images, SCORM and xAPI adjustments and many many more.

Courses can be packaged as SCORM compliant, with several options to meet variations in LMS support. We provide support for all SCORM question interactive data and statuses including bookmarks to specific page sections for longer responsive style pages.

With one step, create a link to an editable version of a project package to share with another dominKnow user on any other dominKnow site (such as a client at another company). The other user can then seamlessly import a copy of the project into the second dominKnow system all with no saving, downloading or uploading of packages.

Quickly import questions into a course, module or learning object from Excel. Once questions are imported, they can be shared and reused in any project. (Claro only)

The timed content feature allows author to set a timer for how long learners are required to be in the content and to control content completion as needed. No programming required.

Publish content such as quick training or performance support tools directly to any web server location without requiring an LMS.

Word document import automatically creates pages, practice and test questions which match the set word styles.

Track and measure dozens of interactions and experience with xAPI. dominKnow | ONE automatically tracks dozens of different interactions for you. Authors can easily add custom xAPI statements through the point and click interface and easily configure the content to send statements to an LRS, send SCORM data and xAPI data at the same time, or anonymize user data.

Create an unlimited number of click, scroll, roll over or time-driven interactions on any page such as: animation entrance effects (appear, slide in, drop in, fly in, shake, roll in, tada, bounce, swing, fade), player controls (next, back, take test, show transcript), show/hide, toggle, lightbox, swap, play/pause/replay media, closed captioning, send xAPI statement, set variables, and more..

Create custom CSS animations or use animations such as: bounce, pulsate, flash, move across the screen (Claro only), scale to (Claro only), zoom to (Claro only), shake, swing, resize, rotate, and fade.

Have a phrase animate as it appears using the animated text option. Styles include: type, flash, bounce, shake, tada and swing.

Create interactive buttons instantly with pre-wired button options.

Create a stack of flash cards that users can navigate through that flip to reveal information and media.

Add hotspots to create actions/triggers on a page. Hotspots may be added to images, videos and just about anything on a page.

Gather text responses from learners using input boxes which automatically pair with a variable enabling the author to leverage the response on any page.

Create custom-written JavaScript HTML widgets to execute unique actions or to trigger actions.

Create a modal window and add one or more pages into the light box that can contain virtually any content and interactivity.

Create actions to control media elements such as playing, stopping, pausing, or starting midway through an audio or video file.

Add timed events to audio or video, such as showing and hiding images, text panels, and more. Just add an event and set the timing.

Authors can provide menus with options available to learners, driving interactivity. Actions and variables can be tied to menus to collect responses on the page or for later use in the course.

Create transitions between pages, at the end of modules, or both.

Create actions to trigger any of the built-in player controls: turning on/off the next button, showing the glossary, activating search, taking a test, resetting a page, completing the learning, marking the assessment passed, invalidate a module, print and more.

Progress bars check and measure learner progress, and you can link them to any system or custom variables/measures.

Create an action to rotate any object within the interface.

Sliders can trigger any action and are connected to variables which gather data from the learner.

Objects can respond to page or a learner’s actions. Create multiple states for the object that vary based on the current state of the course.

Use configurable temperature gauges to encourage learners and display how they are performing on any measurable item.

Highlight part, or all of the text to add any interaction to your text element.

Add narration-timed events (animations and triggers) instantly with the built-in intuitive visual timeline editor. Time the events to the page, audio narration, or make an interactive video.

Use built-in time widgets to create timed events for gaming exercises or compliance. No need to integrate a custom JavaScript widget.

Add a tooltip by highlighting any text for a mini pop-up tip.

Trigger an action to set the transparency of any item on the page.

Actions are triggered by any number of user/page actions.

Oversee usage of all your variable and create greater efficiencies across your content with a central interface where you can initialize variables, identify where variables are used and where they are set, reset the variable's initial value, and search across your entire repository.

Create, manage and trigger actions and dynamic content based off stored system and custom variables to enable and track complex branching, add scoring, conditions and other gamification features. Custom variables can be set as local to a page, project or reusable across all projects.

Flow content pages allow authors to set a variety of entrance or exit effects such as fade, slide and fade, swoop, whirl, shrink, expand, drop, fly, roll, bounce, and more that are triggered as content scrolls into or out of view.

Add a zoom to a part of a page and activate the zoom to magnify part of your page. Alternatively, add a pan and zoom and provide an overview of a specific element.

Enhanced layout features such as smart layout guides, auto alignment, align object sizes, definable gridlines, snap-to-grid, and smart select and deselect.

Quickly apply backgrounds to any section of the page. Choose from images, gradients, decorations and colors. Leverage advanced features such as position, zoom in and out, parallax, blur, shadow, scrolling and much more to create a dynamic page.

A central media library for uploading, storing, tagging, searching and tracking all your organization’s images, audio, video, Capture lessons, attached resources, custom HTML widgets and source content.

Upload media to the central repository by selecting multiple files or a zip file through the media library, or dragging and dropping from an author’s desktop to the authoring stage.

Insert responsive or non-responsive third-party HTML widgets or create your own and add them to your project. HTML widgets can control navigation and other player attributes as well as store variables using our content API.

Add integrated captions to your images overlaying the image, below it and more all with configurable options.

Rotate, re-size, crop, make color changes, add shadow and borders and more, right within the platform. No need to use an external editor.

Directly import Google images into your authoring environment. Contact dominKnow to create custom integration with a private shared resource such as Google Drive, Box or Dropbox.

Drag and drop your YouTube videos to the page or easily link content from other web sources such as Vimeo, TedTalks or streaming servers directly into learning content as a single video or playlist.

Add fully responsive configurable markers to elements on the page. Configure markers with options for pop-up text symbols and more.

Authors can add images (WEBP, PNG, JPG, JFIF, GIF, SVG), videos (MP4, M4V, embedded and streaming), audio (MP3, M4A, embedded and streaming) to any learning content - and then easily share and reuse these with any other content project.

A library of dozens of characters. Each character comes in more than 100 poses, gestures and facial expressions. Photo-based characters are available in three different clothing styles for each pose.

Authors can easily record HTML5 compliant audio directly with the tool or add their own recorded elements to any page.

A library of more than 10,000 high quality royalty-free images included at no additional cost — with powerful image filtering to find and insert images quickly.

Choose from a variety of shapes to accent your content or provide droppable locations. Easily customize shapes with drop shadows or with changes to the background, border and hover colors with theme-based designs or your own custom colors.

Design interactive dialogues, pure CSS controlled (for optimal responsive design) speech bubbles which allow for creation of Bubbles with text and easily changeable designs through the ribbon tool bar.

Utilize a variety of vertical design functions including section designs and backgrounds, vertical themes, page position triggers, animations, sticky elements, sequencing based on vertical pages, and more.

Hide, show, change, resize or re-position all content based on different screen sizes.

Hide and show triggers at each device break point to allow for adjustment of content elements or groups. Set custom break points and create triggers.

Full native support such as swiping, dragging and pinch to zoom.

Existing templates can be used and modified, predefined layouts can be used, or authors can create pages from a blank stage.

Without the need to publish, review courses on any device via QR code scan.

Vertical and horizontal spacing can be made to rows and groups for more refined design. Alignment, offset adjustments and the creation of min and max widths can be easily added and altered.

View pages live, across multiple widths while creating content and/or via live preview, simultaneously.

Responsive templates available that can be used as is, modified, and saved as a new template for re-use.

Projects created are automatically formatted for each break point expelling the need to create multiple versions of the same project for different devices.

Create touch-enabled interactions for mobile devices using multi-touch content framework.

With Capture you can choose to publish as an animated gif and add to any page.

Add multiple hotspots to provide alternate options to move along the same path. Create alternate paths and branching to allow a users to explore a side path or complete the exercise using a different approach. When authoring review the visual paths and options.

Creating simulations, may result in capturing private information. Censor controls enable you to censor areas of the screen, duplicate those across steps and even mask other areas, replacing the masked are with appropariate generic text.

Simulations are automatically uploaded to the Cloud. Data can be captured by one team member, edited and/or used by any other team member and made available to any project.

Download Capture to the desktop using the install client (compatible with Mac and Windows). Send captured packages to the cloud authoring environment, enabling course collaboration.

Easily update and edit your software simulations post capture. With the built in editor you can easily edit, move, duplicate and adjust steps and scenes. You can adjust step text formatting including adding hyperlinks and images. Your stp images can be enhanced by adding arrows, circles, other images, markers and more into any captured screen.

Need to make quick changes to any images or audio files or import audio or images from outside Capture, you can easily adjust content and create captures all within a workflow that is optimal for you!

With hints you can help your learner out in Try Me scenarios, providing some textual information along with a visual indicator for the next step.

Projects are automatically available for publishing as a doc, PDF or ePub file. Each captured step is provided as an image, along with inserted instructional text.

Do your learners want a PDF to print out or keep handy? With the Job Aid feature, you can turn on or off the ability for a learner to download a job aid. Job aid designs are customize-able and require no extra work to create!

When capturing the screen, Capture automatically grabs the area clicked and the name of the item selected directly from the software being captured for the most precise data.

Simulations adapt for the best possible device experience.

Include an integrated introduction and/or summary to any simulation you create for your Show Me and Guide Me simulations. Have unique intros for your Test format.

Using the built in Capture, snap the screen then drag and drop it into the page.

With single-packaged steps in a software simulation, changes to specific steps can be made without the need to re-record your entire project.

With a simple setting change, content developers can use simulations for a specific experience or enable the learner to choose. Show me: step-by-step demonstration. Try me: unstructured task exploration. Guide me: user interactions, with hints as needed. Test me: Practice and scored testing exercise as an assessment by itself or as part of an assessment with additional question types.

Any software simulation can be output to an LMS, the web, desktop, mobile, MP4 video, or print using the single-source, responsive architecture.

Import downloadable resources (PDFs, images, media, etc.) to a project and link them directly to course content, even reusing them across multiple courses.

Insert a resource from another website using the embed URL option, allowing for integration of contents directly into any page.

Create easy-to-review, reusable multimedia definitions and link them to text in your content page. Save additional time by marking terms as Global or Project so they can be included in other courses automatically as a part of a company or business group glossary. Finally, use the Auto Link glossary terms feature to automatically link all or the first mention of any terms to their definition throughout your project.

Allow users to link to assets for download or URLs opening in a modal window or popup/tab. Make all resources available in the course resource list.

Insert notes and transcripts to a page for learners and for development purposes.

Cite reference sources which are shown as numbered and linked notes on the page. References are automatically formatted into sourced information based on the type being cited. Number schema is automatically created and formats into a bibliography.

Utilize any custom web object in a course, include web based games, videos, and more. Apply the content API to enable custom web object to interact with the course content and variables in the course.