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What is the difference between a demonstration and a simulation?
December 5, 2016
What is the difference between a demonstration and a simulation?
December 5, 2016
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- You can create simulations and demonstrations using Adobe Captivate.
- Simulations are usually interactive software simulations that allow the learner to click through and try the application being taught. Captivate allows you to set two simulation modes – training simulation and assessment simulation.
- Assessment simulations include Click Boxes (to make the lesson interactive) and Failure Captions (to help the user who clicks in the wrong place or performs the wrong step).
- Training simulations are similar to assessment simulations. However, in addition to Click Boxes and Failure Captions being automatically added, you will also gain Hint Captions—captions that appear if the learner gets close to the Click Box (hot spot) but does not actually click on the Click Box.
- Demonstrations follow more of a traditional teacher approach with the learner watching the module. This is ideal for situations where you don’t necessarily expect the learner to follow along and actually perform the steps being demonstrated. In Captivate, when you set the recording preferences to Demonstration mode, Text Captions, Highlight Boxes, and mouse movements are automatically added to your project.
- You can create simulations and demonstrations using Adobe Captivate.
- Simulations are usually interactive software simulations that allow the learner to click through and try the application being taught. Captivate allows you to set two simulation modes – training simulation and assessment simulation.
- Assessment simulations include Click Boxes (to make the lesson interactive) and Failure Captions (to help the user who clicks in the wrong place or performs the wrong step).
- Training simulations are similar to assessment simulations. However, in addition to Click Boxes and Failure Captions being automatically added, you will also gain Hint Captions—captions that appear if the learner gets close to the Click Box (hot spot) but does not actually click on the Click Box.
- Demonstrations follow more of a traditional teacher approach with the learner watching the module. This is ideal for situations where you don’t necessarily expect the learner to follow along and actually perform the steps being demonstrated. In Captivate, when you set the recording preferences to Demonstration mode, Text Captions, Highlight Boxes, and mouse movements are automatically added to your project.
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Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018
Awesome!
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018
Saurav, nice explanation and sometimes people mix these
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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Can you add the audio to a demonstration after recording the demo?
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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Yes, you can.
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