Hello all,

I’m an avid Storyline user and boy oh boy was I rudely awoken when using Adobe Captivate. Where’s my layers? Where’s my detailed triggers?? Ugh. Headache.

Let me start from the beginning. I first used Captivate 7 with my previous company. They were extremely wet behind the ears when it came to eLearning development (as was I to be honest) so we used what we most widely saw in eLearning searches for an authoring tool. Along with the help of Lynda.com, I began getting used to the ways of Captivate. Learning all that I could in as little time as possible. Much to my eager minds surprise, my company made a shift. Turns out that another company we absorbed was already using Articulate Storyline for their authoring tool.

So, there I go again learning another authoring tool software by using the wonderful site of Lynda.com and some gracious YouTuber’s. This time the learning seemed to come much easier. Why you ask? Because Captivate already established a base for me to start from. Storyline and Captivate may seem similar but there are significant differences that truly show how unique each software is. I used Storyline for two years, creating 100’s of various eLearning courses – a few of which included gamification. I was pretty proud of myself for being able to learn this software so quickly and then to be able to create such intricate courses/games.

Fast forward to today, I am with a new company doing what I did for the other company, creating eLearning content. However, this company does not use Storyline; they use Captivate. So where I began I begin again. Using Lynda.com and VERY gracious YouTuber’s to learn Adobe Captivate as quickly as possible. It’s been a slow process because things I would like to do are not done the same way or are not possible within Captivate as it is in Storyline.

I am positive and believe I will too become a lover of the Captivate software but as of right now, well, let’s just say it’s an ongoing journey.

Thanks for reading!