FLASH TO HTML5 CONVERSION

Convert your legacy courses to HTML for compatibility with modern technologies and devices, enabling consistent learning experiences for your learners.

For more than two decades, Flash was the undisputed king of the training world. It offered advanced, interactive content ranging from animations to explainer videos and much more. However, due to its inability to adapt to evolving learning demands (such as mobile learning) and with growing security vulnerabilities, Adobe discontinued Flash as of December 31st, 2020.

Converting your legacy Flash courses to HTML5 is an absolute necessity at the moment. If you don’t, your content will begin to fail. Minor functionality issues can occur at first as components fail to load correctly. Eventually, you will receive error messages, rendering the material useless to your learners.

Flash is dead; your legacy content doesn’t have to go the same way!

By converting to HTML5, the most significant benefit is you recoup the investment you made in Flash-based e-Learning courses. Here are four more reasons why HTML5 is the future of e-Learning:

It’s Mobile-Friendly
The average learner needs to have mobile access to e-Learning. Demand for mobile-friendly courses is on the rise and has increased exponentially. Fewer and fewer devices can run Flash content. Conversely, HTML5 has always been user-friendly, which is why it’s well-liked by e-Learning experts. They can write their e-Learning courses for any platform screen size using HMTL5 authoring software.

Greater Accessibility
With increasingly hectic lives, the typical employee lacks the time or opportunity to sit in front of a computer to access their e-Learning course. Learners must have access to e-Learning at their convenience. HTML5 enables the development of these courses to be accessed from any location and at any time the learner desires. It also supports offline storage, which means that learners can download the e-Learning course and access it at their leisure, without requiring an internet connection!

Greater Ease of Customization
HTML5 is primarily a markup language intended for use on the internet. Thus, presentation and structure are crucial. HTML5 is highly adaptable and customizable down to the smallest detail. It doesn’t have accessibility restrictions like Flash, and the content is viewable on several different screen sizes and across a range of browsers.

It is Already the New Industry Standard!
The fact is that HTML5 is now considered the new industry standard of e-Learning professionals across the globe. To ensure your content doesn’t die with Flash, you must begin to use HTML5 and convert all your legacy courses.

As the chart based on the data from W3Techs, a website monitoring web technology, reveals, Flash has been gradually disappearing from the web over the last few years. In 2011, nearly three out of ten websites used Flash content; by January 2021, that percentage had fallen to 2.2 percent.

Infographic: The End of the Flash Era | Statista
You will find more infographics at Statista

5 Reasons to Convert Flash to HTML5

1. Lack Of Support For Multi-Device Online Learning
As more people use multiple devices to accomplish their tasks, organizations believe mobile devices are an excellent medium for disseminating information. Flash-based e-Learning was designed for desktops and not mobile screens. These courses need to be rewritten to be compatible with touch-based mobile devices. This extra work can be avoided by converting Flash to HTML5. Converting Flash-based learning courses to HTML5 ensures that they run smoothly on both laptops and mobile devices.

2. Online Learning Interrupted
Mobile learning is rapidly becoming a popular choice as users turn away from Flash-based e-Learning courses due to delayed loading and high battery consumption. Flash-based e-Learning courses are usually longer, often exceeding an hour. Unfortunately, learners do not have the time or attention span for such extended periods. By converting lengthy e-Learning courses from Flash to HTML5, you will be able to provide your employees with the knowledge they need through microlearning modules. Integrating different multimedia formats, such as infographics, videos, and podcasts ensures that learners are fully engaged in the online training program.

3. Vulnerable Security of e-Learning Courses
Flash has been troubled by dependence on third-party plugins and software updates. On the other hand, upgrading your e-Learning to HTML5 would eliminate any proprietary plugins as a challenge to learners. HTML5 security updates are done through the browsers and make your online courses more secure and reliable for use.

4. Dated e-Learning Strategies
Flash courses are often lengthy and inconvenient. The new generation authoring tools can restructure existing courses to mobile-friendly micromodules and add newer interactivities during the Flash to HTML5 conversion phase. This conversion ensures that investments are not locked into courses created with older technologies such as Flash. Additionally, your company could integrate social and informal learning elements into your online training program while converting Flash to HTML5 to utilize approved frameworks such as the 70-20-10 model. HTML5 also enables the adoption and implementation of xAPI, gamification, and other cutting-edge learning techniques.

5. Costly to Redevelop Existing e-Learning Courses
Converting Flash-based e-learning courses to HTML5 enables you to save extra training dollars while avoiding the need to rewrite legacy courses completely. Despite the absence of source files, you can still convert Flash to HTML5 in a variety of different scenarios.

Our Solution

Do you worry that you will lose your organization’s legacy courses because:

  1. Your source files are missing 
  2. Created in previous versions of authoring tools 
  3. They have functional media elements that are going to waste  
  4. Contain content that has become obsolete 
  5. You’ve left it too late, and it’s way past December 2020 Flash phase-out 

We can still convert your files. And whatever your Flash to HTML5 conversion issue is, we have a solution!

  1. Your source files are missing
    We record the courses to MP4 format, embed them in a SCORM player, and ensure they are SCORM/AICC/Tin Can compatible. 
  2. Created in previous versions of authoring tools
    We republish them to the newer version of the same tool for HTML5 output. 
  3. They have functional media elements that are going to waste
    We rebuild the courses in HTML5 using the reusable assets for cross-platform, cross-device compatibility. 
  4. Contain content that has become obsolete
    We redesign the courses using a new authoring tool while updating the content and using new-age interactions.  
  5. You’ve left it too late, and it’s way past the December 2020 Flash phase-out
    It’s never too late! 

Don’t wait!

HTML5 has fundamentally altered the way content loads on a variety of devices. It has increased the need for creating engaging and responsive interactive learning solutions for a variety of devices.

If your organization wishes to avoid losing valuable learning content built over time, it is time to migrate your Flash-based e-learning courses to HTML5.

Contact us for a free consultation.