I’ve been seeing quite a bit of posts come through on udutu (pronounced you do to… clever, huh?).  udutu is somewhat unique in what it does.  First, it is a type of rapid eLearning software.  One key aspect is that it’s web based, which is nice because it allows for anyone to collaborate on the development of a web based training.  I’ve always found it difficult to get together with the subject matter experts, instructional design folks, graphics people, etc… so this allows everyone to work together a little more seamlessly.  I realize there are other similar web based software apps out there (Shift, etc…), but this is where the next unique factor comes in.

udutu is free.  Or so their website says.  From what I can tell, it’s free to create your own trainings, zip them up and unpack/host them in your own LMS.  They even offer a moodle module to make the process easier if you are using moodle, which we do.  You can host the training on their system, but there is a watermark.  If you pay, you can have the watermark removed.

So far, udutu looks to have a lot of potential.  If there are any experienced users out there I would love to hear your likes and dislikes