ToolBook was a Microsoft Windows based e-learning content authoring application, initially released in 1990 by Asymetrix Corporation, now SumTotal Systems. ToolBook uses a book metaphor — a project file is thought of as a book containing pages of content. This is very similar to Microsoft PowerPoint’s use of the metaphor where presentations contain various slides. ToolBook was often compared to HyperCard[1][2][3] and Visual Basic.[4][5][6]
The first version of ToolBook was demonstrated in 1990 episode of The Computer Chronicles, in an episode about Windows 3.0.[7]
The final version of ToolBook, 11.5, was released in December 2012. SumTotal Systems ended all sales and support of Toolbook on December 31, 2021.[8]
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- ^ Windows 3.0, 1990, retrieved 2018-12-30
- ^ "PRODUCT END OF LIFE (EOL) NOTICE". SumTotal. June 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.