Many first time viewers of my YouTube channel have asked me in what order they should watch my Adobe Captivate tutorials. I wish I thought of that 180 videos ago. I recorded these tutorials as questions from other viewers came in, or when I thought of a good idea for a tutorial. I never thought anyone would want to sit down and start with one tutorial and work their way through them all.

I began to think about this problem and I thought I would come up with a top 10 list of tutorials, someone new to Adobe Captivate should watch. Here is what I came up with. They are in order of how you should watch them and not in order of importance.

Importing PowerPoint into Captivate – While I don’t recommend that in the long term you use PowerPoint to create your eLearning, it is a good way to get started. Usually, your first Captivate project has a firm deadline. You will be expected to learn the software while developing your first course. I would encourage you to only use this method to get you by until you have learned some of the core principles of Captivate design.

Set Pass / Fail Options – Your eLearning will need to have a passing grade established at one point. You will need to know how to set this.

Perform Multiple Actions on Slide Entry – While persons new to Adobe Captivate should probably hold off on building complex advanced actions, this tutorial will show you a simple advanced action you can create to do more than one action on slide entry.

Table of Contents Feature – I like to build my own table of contents, however, that might be a little too advanced for a first time user. This tutorial will review and demonstrate all the capabilities of this useful feature.

Embedding Job Aids in Your eLearning – It’s not uncommon to supply users with job aids to use back on the job. In this tutorial, I show you how to link to other documents in your eLearning.

Multiple Choice Questions – At some point, you will need to evaluate if your learners are recalling their new knowledge. This video will give you all the skills needed to create own multiple choice question.

Knowledge Check Questions – Knowledge checks are like regular quiz questions except that they don’t contribute to the final score. If you want to provide your learners with some practise questions this video will show you how to do it.

Pretest Questions – Sometimes it’s necessary to evaluate what your learners already know before they begin training. This video will show you everything you need to know to create a pretest.

Rapid Development for mLearning – I chose this video for the list because the demand for rapid development and mobile learning has steadily grown and will continue to grow. Apply these principles to your design to make yourself indispensable to your organization and remain competitive with other eLearning designers.

If you and your team are just getting started with Adobe Captivate, be sure to share this blog post with your teammates. If you need help building your first eLearning projects, let your manager know that I’m available for hire. My focus is to create effective learning that helps your organization meet its business goals. If you would like to get notified when I post new videos to YouTube, you can subscribe to my channel at https://www.youtube.com/paulwilsonlearning