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A dialogue simulation is an interactive role-playing game that imitates a real-life conversation with a customer, a colleague, or another person. It is an effective way of training sales professionals, customer service agents, and other people whose jobs require good communication skills. With a dialogue sim, they can master their communication skills in a safe environment \u2013 without the risk of wrecking a deal or ruining relationships with a client. In each dialogue, learners are required to handle real-time challenges: establish contact with a potential customer, present a product correctly, or overcome a client\u2019s objections.<\/p>\n
The main part of a conversation simulation is a branching scenario<\/a>, where every response is supposed to have a consequence. It\u2019s just like in real life \u2013 say something offensive and you\u2019ll receive a response of equal rudeness, but be polite and diplomatic and your interlocutor will open up to you.<\/p>\n Now, let\u2019s have a look at three software solutions that will let you create engaging dialogue sims.<\/p>\n iSpring Suite AI<\/a> is a complete toolkit for authoring eLearning content. It allows you to create slide-based courses, quizzes, video tutorials, short interactive modules, and conversation simulations. When building a dialogue sim, you can arrange all the questions and answers in a tree structure that makes even the most complex branching scenarios clear, and manipulate them with a single mouse click.<\/p>\n To make the conversation even more realistic, you can add characters and locations. You can choose from among your own pictures and photos or use the iSpring Content Library that includes more than 68,000 eLearning assets. This is a great collection of characters of different ages, ethnic groups, and professions, and a huge set of backgrounds suitable for various training scenarios<\/a>. To add even more credibility, you can use a voiceover, which can be recorded right in iSpring Suite AI.<\/p>\n The tool allows you to assign points for responses and, after a learner goes through a dialogue, shows the final score \u2013 how well they performed.<\/p>\n Check out this demo to get a better idea of what a dialogue sim created with iSpring looks like.<\/p>\n Learn how to create a dialogue simulation with iSpring \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> $1,290 per year. This includes the iSpring Suite AI authoring toolkit for building courses, quizzes, dialogue simulations and videos, Content Library, online space for collaboration and authoring, live priority support via phone and chat, and all updates.<\/p>\n BranchTrack<\/a> is an online tool for creating digital sims. Like iSpring, it has a simple interface and allows you to build tree-like branching scenarios by dragging and dropping the scenes. The tool also includes an image library \u2013 you can choose between dozens of ready-made characters and environments or add your own photos. You can also attach your existing training materials \u2013 various files, images and videos \u2013 to include them in scenarios.<\/p>\n BranchTrack has an analytical system that collects and interprets data on how your learners behave within scenarios so you can track learners\u2019 results. It also comes with an online mobile-friendly platform where you can store all your simulations and share them with your learners.<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> Compared to iSpring Suite AI, that lets you build an unlimited number of dialogue sims, courses, quizzes, and other learning content for only $970 per year, BranchTrack allows you to make only 10 scenarios for $999 per year.<\/p>\n Articulate 360<\/a> is a complex software that comprises nine tools, three of which are used for course creation: Storyline 360, Rise 360<\/a>, and Studio 360. Here we\u2019re talking about Rise, a web-based tool for creating simple courses. It allows you to assemble custom lessons by combining different learning blocks. One of them is a scenario block designed specifically for creating responsive branching scenarios and role-plays.<\/p>\n To build a conversation simulation, you need to create scenes and add dialogue, responses, and feedback. To make it even faster for you, Articulate also offers Content Library 360, with ready-to-go characters and backgrounds. However, unlike iSpring or BranchTrack, Rise doesn\u2019t provide a branching view that reflects the structure of a dialogue \u2013 there\u2019s no visual map of how everything connects. So, if you have complex branching, it might not be the handiest tool to use, since it\u2019s too easy to get mixed up in the scene connections. Besides, a simulation created with Rise can only be used as an educative tool, not as an assessment with a passing score.<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> The plan for businesses, which includes collaboration options, priority support, and unlimited storage, costs $1,299\/year. The plan for individuals costs $999\/year.<\/p>\n Read our Articulate 360 vs. Adobe Captivate comparison \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n A software simulation is a model of your software that lets you demonstrate its key features and operations. This is a great way to quickly teach your employees how to use a new app or explain to your customers how everything works in your program if you\u2019re a software developer.<\/p>\n There are lots of tools in the market that allow you to record screencasts<\/a> that demonstrate a series of steps and even add visual hints for each step so learners can easily repeat the actions. However, only a few of them let you build software simulations that allow learners to practice those steps. Let\u2019s take a detailed look at some of these tools.<\/p>\n Adobe Captivate<\/a> is an authoring software with plenty of robust features. It can be used to create quality courses with high levels of interactivity and customization. It\u2019s most suited for experienced professional course developers who tend to program their own training interactions, rather than using ready-made templates or even creating complex VR interactions. However, the tool for building software simulations that is included in the Adobe Captivate suite is quite simple to use and can be leveraged even by newbies.<\/p>\n With Adobe Captivate, you can record software simulations in three modes in a single recording session by capturing all on-screen actions, including mouse movements, system audio, and keyboard activity:<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> $33.99\/month or $1,299.00 (Perpetual License)<\/p>\n ActivePresenter<\/a> is an all-in-one screen recorder and eLearning authoring software. It has a wide range of tools, including an audio and video editor, a quiz builder, and a software simulation maker. It allows you to create interactive courses with different learning scenarios that depend on learners\u2019 actions. However, building interactions can seem quite a daunting and time-consuming process because you need to insert buttons and any other kinds of objects you want, in order to add interactivity<\/a> to and then assign actions to each of them, which needs to be done manually.<\/p>\n Still, Active Presenter is quite a capable solution, especially in terms of creating software simulations. You can record any app on the screen and save the process as a slide-based project. Like Adobe Captivate, ActivePresenter offers you a few modes. It lets you publish your sims separately to Demonstration, Tutorial, Practice, and Test lessons, but you can\u2019t combine modes in one lesson like first showing a demo and then allowing the learner to practice.<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> The standard plan costs $199\/license, but doesn\u2019t include such important options as HTML5 export, responsive design, interactions, and quizzes. The advanced Pro plan costs $399\/license.<\/p>\n Behavioral simulations are somewhat similar to dialogue sims. They also can imitate real-life situations and let learners practice their skills in a safe environment. Behavioral sims are often serious games that look like real video games, with characters and branching scenarios, but are used for learning rather than entertainment. However, they can also be produced as virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) simulators.<\/p>\n Such simulations are leveraged by various industries, including defense, scientific exploration, healthcare, emergency management, engineering, and city planning. For example, there are serious games that are used in the training and recruitment of soldiers, and there are VR simulations that are designed for training doctors.<\/p>\n Now, let\u2019s explore some tools that allow you to create engaging behavioral simulations.<\/p>\n ITyStudio<\/a> is an authoring tool for creating serious games and 2D and 3D behavioral simulations that don\u2019t require programming or design skills. The vendor claims that the only technical skills a user should have are drag-and-drop and right-click.<\/p>\n The software comes with a built-in library of ready-made 2D and 3D characters, and settings that make the sims look extremely realistic. But unlike dialogue simulations, learners can interact not only with characters, but also with objects and maps that move them forward to another scene of a simulation.<\/p>\n To make the content authoring process easier, ITyStudio allows you to display your creations in the form of scenario trees. It also provides a flexible scoring system for assessing different skills, such as empathy, engagement, and listening. You can set the evaluation criteria on your own as well as giving feedback to your learners so they have an understanding of which skills they have mastered and which areas they need to improve in.<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> The vendor offers two subscription plans: ITyStudio , for $35\/month or $350\/year, and ITyStudio Full Pack, for $1,790\/year. The latter includes classroom training and 5 hours of instructional hotline.<\/p>\n Uptale<\/a> is an immersive learning solution for creating, sharing, and tracking training modules<\/a> in 360\u00b0 and in Virtual Reality. It allows you to create software simulations in a matter of hours without writing a single line of code. To build a sim, you need to shoot your 360\u00b0 videos and photos and upload them to the platform, along with other media you want to use, set up the built-in interactions (there are over 40 interaction combinations), and publish it to the appropriate format, like SCORM<\/a> or xAPI<\/a>.<\/p>\n Uptale has a robust analytics and reporting engine. You can track your learners\u2019 performance either from its native dashboard or through your LMS. The system enables you to get an overview of your learners\u2019 scores and results, as well as advanced data like their behaviors, voice recognition, and analysis. Simulations created with Uptale are compatible with all devices: VR headsets, computers, tablets, and smartphones.<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> On request<\/p>\n Vuforia Enterprise AR Suite<\/a> is a platform for augmented reality application development. It includes a complete set of tools:<\/p>\n Altogether, they allow you to build and deliver AR simulations for manufacturing, service, sales, and marketing. The authoring software has a drag-and-drop interface that makes it possible for you to create AR sims without the need for coding skills but, of course, you need to invest some time and effort in training.<\/p>\n Simulations designed with the Vuforia Enterprise AR Suite can be deployed to the cloud or on premise, and accessed from smartphones, tablets, or wearable devices via a single viewer app \u2013 Vuforia View.<\/p>\n Pricing:<\/strong> The Basic plan costs $42 per month, and the Basic plan with the included cloud database is $99 per month. To learn the price of the Pro plan, you\u2019ll need to contact the Vuforia Sales Team.<\/p>\n Also read:\u00a0<\/strong>The Ultimate Guide to Lecture Capture<\/a><\/p>\n eLearning simulations are an effective way of training that prepares employees for on-the-job tasks they are likely to face. Whether you want your staff to learn how to deal with a customer, handle equipment, or interact with software, simulations will provide your learners all the possibilities for practicing and will let you reduce overall training time and cost.<\/p>\n We hope this blog will help you choose the right eLearning simulation software that will fit your teams\u2019 needs perfectly.<\/p>\n Have you already integrated simulations into your training program<\/a>? If so, what results or improvements have you achieved? Please tell us in the article comments section.<\/p>\n1. iSpring Suite AI<\/h3>\n
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3. Articulate 360<\/h3>\n
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4. Adobe Captivate 2019<\/h3>\n
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5. Atomi ActivePresenter 8<\/h3>\n
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