How to Build Your Own ActivePresenter
Replace ActivePresenter with a custom build. AI-powered eLearning authoring tool
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 64 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
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PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 64 features
Design(10 features)
Portray real-world and conceptual visuals for projects using three-dimensional objects
Visually illustrate numerical and statistical data or store and display data in rows and columns
Write pixel-perfect equations and formulas for presentations or quizzes on math or any science, with support for copying from Microsoft Office
Automatically align and distribute space for a group of objects to manage layout and spacing consistently and efficiently
Group objects on a slide into one single object to change their properties simultaneously or apply styles to group container
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AI(9 features)
Comprehensive AI toolkit for generating learning materials and content
Generate text content quickly with AI for slides, quizzes, or course materials
Automatically generate captions from audio to make content accessible and easier to follow
Remove image backgrounds instantly to create clean, professional-looking visuals
Generate images from text prompts or ideas to create custom visuals for projects
+4 more in this category
Editing(7 features)
Edit audio and video without quality loss with supported operations including cut, delete, crop, split, join, change playback speed, change volume, insert freeze-frame, and video proxy
Hide sensitive information in videos or images by blurring moving and static objects, and draw viewers attention to specific regions in videos
Apply filter effects to media to enhance visuals and create a desired style or mood
Inline image editing for common tasks such as blur, crop, remove/change/blur background
Use media tools to edit images and videos, adjusting appearance, size, position, and effects
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Recording(7 features)
Emulate the cursor movement with flexible cursor path and add more visual to cursor path with highlight and click sound
Record system audio and audio from microphone simultaneously while recording screen, with voice-overs and narration available separately
Capture screen when mouse clicked or key pressed, with each action captured as a slide which explains in detail what the viewer should follow
Record ActivePresenter itself to demonstrate features, workflows, or tutorials directly within the app
Record screen as a full-motion video and embed it in a slide for further editing with annotations, voice-over, zoom-n-pan, closed captions, and animation effects
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Export(6 features)
Export contents to HTML5 which can run on any modern web browsers and devices including PC, macOS, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone
Export slides as images in popular formats for easy sharing or further editing
Export to most popular document formats including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for further editing with Microsoft Office
Export content to PDF format
Support SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and xAPI (Tin Can API), the leading eLearning standards that are compatible with most LMSs
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Interactivity(6 features)
Use visually customizable digital timers and progress bars to count up or down at run time and trigger an action when the time is up
Contain a dropdown menu with a hidden list of options that allows learners to select from
The flexible event-action, condition, and advanced action mechanism allows for adding greater interactions in creating various learning scenarios, educational games, and quizzes
Convert any object into a multi-state object to develop interactive contents easily without using multiple objects or hide and show technique
Allow learners to select a particular value or drag to define a range along the bar
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Assessment(5 features)
Allow users to enter the review mode from the report slide to review their answers after completion
Offer a consistent look and feel across feedback layers throughout a course, design each feedback layer with text, images, videos, and more
Import format-compatible questions from GIFT and CSV files, useful when adding a large number of questions at once
Create virtually any kind of assessments or surveys using thirteen different types of questions available within the app
Design professional random quizzes with different colored slide pools and random slides to prevent viewers from remembering and predicting answers
Audio(3 features)
Apply advanced audio effects to fade audio in and out, remove background noise by AI, and keep the sound level consistent between slides
Automatically lower background audio volume when narration or other sounds play for clearer listening
Apply advanced audio effects to keep the sound level consistent between slides
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