The e-Learning Authoring Conference

The e-Learning Authoring Conference is the best source for "how to" tips on creating e-Learning content in ToolBook, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, JavaScript, and other technologies as well as Instructional Design. It is also has special sessions for e-Learning managers. You can:

  • Meet other developers
  • Learn the latest techniques for creating e-Learning
  • Trade training and development stories
  • Learn the why part of e-Learning through special Instructional Design sessions.
  • Get inside information about ToolBook, Flash, Flex, Silverlight, JavaScript, and related technologies
  • Improve your knowledge of SCORM, estimating, quality assurance, and project management
  • Have a great time
Mark your calendars for August 3 - 5, 2011 (preconference training August 1 and 2)
We hope that you will join us each summer for what we think is the world's best conference for training and web developers.

Best and most productive conference I've ever been to!

   -- comment from a 2006 attendee

I can emphatically state that attending my very first ToolBook User's Conference / e-Learning Authoring Conference has been one of the most defining moments of my business. The business has not been the same ever since I've learned how to integrate a database with a ToolBook file. After making our entire CBT load from a database, we then used the VBTrain.Net controls and what we learned at TBCON to do the same thing with our ASP.NET content. The nice part is that we create a web version or a tbk version literally at the click of a button. Unlike the past, we now spend most of our time proofing rather than assembling, which is a really good thing.

   -- Kim Halat, Avsoft, Inc., 2004

This is the only conference I have ever attended that is not primarily a sales pitch. Great job!

   -- comment from a 2005 attendee

Learning & Mastering ToolBook 10.5 Available
Completely updated for ToolBook 10.5, this popular CBT adds new content on Geolocation, creating mp3 files from Voice Recordings, Pasting unformatted text, Mobile Device development, and more. "Learning & Mastering ToolBook" contains over 30 hours of training with 80 Show Me demonstrations, 61 Let Me Try simulations, 431 Expert Information topics, 174 Web Hints, and 180 OpenScript Tips. It also includes extensive content on the Quiz Summary, Importing from PowerPoint, Voice Recordings, SmartPages/SmartStyles, Certificates, Actions Editor, OpenScript, Flash™, XML, HTTP Post, ADO, Automation, and much more.

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2010 e-Learning Authoring Conference "Archives For Attendees" Available
Download the sample applications and presentations from the 40+ e-Learning Conference sessions. At only $50, this is a real steal!

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ToolBook 10.5 Available for Purchase from Platte Canyon
ToolBook developers in the U.S. and Canada may now upgrade to the exciting new ToolBook 10.5 release. This version adds the Geolocation support, a new Quick Start tab, iPad support, improved exit functionality, and much more. Receive a $50 credit off any Platte Canyon product with each upgrade. Or receive $100 for each full version purchased!

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Join the e-Learning Authoring Conference Faculty
Submit a proposal to be a presenter at the 2010 conference.

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Order Programming for e-Learning Developers
Order this new book by Jeff Rhodes that covers both basic programming concepts as well as more advanced tasks like dynamically adding hyperlinks, loading media, making SCORM calls, and more. Best of all, learn how to do these tasks in ToolBook, Flash, JavaScript, and Silverlight.

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Marketing Opportunities
Do you have a product for ToolBook, Flash, and/or e-Learning developers using other tools? Are you a consultant or development company that uses these or related authoring systems? Sponsor part of the conference or "show your stuff" at a product showcase.

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Why Attend TBCON?
Need to sell the value of TBCON to your boss (or yourself)? Peter Jackson and Robin McDermott demonstrate the return on investment in this great article. And that's not even counting all the fun!

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2011 e-Learning Authoring Conference Resources
While the 2010 edition of The e-Learning Authoring Conference is over, you can still get a taste of it by viewing the group photo, Hack Ack winners, and more.

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Attendee Comments:
  • This was another great conference with a tremendous amount of useful information shared. It's always great to come and see old friends and acquaintances. Jeff, as always, did a fantastic job.  (2010)
  • Thanks for a great conference!  (2010)
  • TBCON was time well spent and I will be back again next year without a doubt.  (2009)
  • If you haven't been to a ToolBook User's Conference, you need to go. It will give you plenty of ideas and you'll have fun too.  (2008)
  • The conference was 5++ (out of 5).  (2007)
  • The info and tools I got here saved me more than the conference costs.  (2006)
  • The conference was great! I learned a lot and have already tried some new things. Hope to be back next year.  (2006)
  • I must say that the TBCOM in Colorado Springs really exceeded my expectations. I had a great time meeting everyone at every social event (formal and not-so-formal). I really do appreciate everyone's hospitality. I feel as though I am part of "the family" now. The people were great, the events were great, the knowledge was endless, the location was beautiful, well organized (kudos to the Platte Canyon crew), SumTotal's presence was very much appreciated, and the sessions were very informative. Who could ask for anything more from a conference?  (2001)
  • It kind of reminds me of something Johnny Carson used to do with the "Amazing Karnack" where he would hold the envelope up to his head and name the content inside based on some clue written on the outside. In this case I could envision the outside saying "Sex and Platte Canyon' s ToolBook Conference". The inside would say "name two great experiences you have to personally be a player in order to appreciate". Words do not describe the value and rewards from attending this conference. I continue to tell my management that if there is only one thing we get to attend due to budgetary issues I want it to be this conference.  (2001)
  • The conference was so beneficial that one of our team members paid for everything out of their pocket because our company said conferences aren't helpful. That person is planning on writing a letter explaining the experience and the information and knowledge gained by attending this "unexplainable" mind-blowing conference.  (2001)
  • The conference lived up to everything it was advertised to be and more. While the regular conference was great, I really enjoyed the pre conference. Those who did not attend the preconference really missed seeing you guys in action and what you have to share. I have already incorporated a couple of the things I learned at the conference.  (1999)
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