Udutu.com - DIY Course Authoring for Educators Near You

Do-it-yourself app platforms have lately become popular, will the same go for self-made online education tools? Udutu now provides a means for educators or small businesses to get in on the elearning trend that has been limited to larger organizations till now. Subject matter experts can create their own courses accessible anywhere, without needing an IT department. Creating and customizing your courses is painless with Udutu’s WYSIWYG software. They provide the tools to make your courses more interactive quickly and easily. Udutu can be used by teachers, corporate trainers, human resource managers and even professors and government administrators. Users are charged not for authoring or using the software but for using Udutu’s servers; they charge $1 per screen per month. Demonstrations are available as well as professional tips and guidance.

“Udutu wants to make it easy for anybody to create and deliver online learning, and to move the tools and infrastructure required out of the realm of an enterprise investment, and into an inexpensive pay-as-you-go model. We are convinced that Web-based online learning is one of the hot emerging industries of this decade. As a group of experts in the field, we want to bring effective products and solutions to this new market. Our vision is that everyone is potentially both a teacher and a learner.”

Udutu is cost-effective and reduces the risks inherent in moving from Face to face teaching to online courses. It opens new markets for elearning to be used as a marketing tool reaching consumers, as well as empowering the champions who get blocked by internal processes, budgets, and conflicting agendas. Rather than having to spend a fortune on IT services and development, users pay only for hosting or customizations. Udutu gives users control—they formulate the courses and shape them as they desire, without having to rely on anyone else. Educators no longer have stumble over technology; they can configure to their needs and their students needs. Most significantly, this approach reduces the enterprise selling cycle from years to months or even weeks when elearning is first introduced into an organization.

Would trainers, subject matter experts, HR departments, small businessmen and educators et al really use this? How readily available is tech support? Can you expect quality courses if it’s done by non pros?