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All eLearning looks terrible!
I’m testing Captivate as a potential tool to create a number of eLearning projects over the next year or so. It seems the natural choice because I use Adobe CC and have used Adobe products for many (many) years.
I’m confused though. It looks like elearning is in the dark ages from a design point of view. Everything I see looks fresh out of 1995 and no attention to basic design seems to be paid at all.
Am I looking in the wrong place or have I entered a parallel universe?
I’m testing Captivate as a potential tool to create a number of eLearning projects over the next year or so. It seems the natural choice because I use Adobe CC and have used Adobe products for many (many) years.
I’m confused though. It looks like elearning is in the dark ages from a design point of view. Everything I see looks fresh out of 1995 and no attention to basic design seems to be paid at all.
Am I looking in the wrong place or have I entered a parallel universe?
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Lack of skill on the part of many designers is likely the number one reason. Still, I think there is another reason that the quality of sample projects is so low. In my case, the best examples of my work are not out there for all to see because I only show it to potential clients who might license it for their organization. If I put that work up on the internet for all to see, I could be losing many tens of thousands of dollars in residuals by essentially giving it away for everyone to copy.
In another situation, the most sophisticated course I ever designed looks like a cross between a graphic novel and an episode of Cartoon President. Due to an agreement with the client, I can’t share this work because, while I designed and developed the course, they retain ownership of the course. It isn’t mine to show.
You may have heard these sayings. “Don’t judge the book by its cover.” and “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
The look, feel, and effectiveness of your eLearning project is in your hands.
If you think an eLearning project looks terrible – blame the designer – not the tool.
Captivate is a highly capable tool in the right hands.
For what it is worth, I have several tools that I use. Captivate provides the framework that brings it all together for delivery as an eLearning project.
- Adobe Captivate
- Camtasia Studio
- SnagIt
- PowerPoint
- Audacity
- Brackets/Notepad++
You are confusing the UI of Captivate with its functionality and the eLearning courses it can produce. The interface is indeed not at all the Adobe CC interface. I am Adobe Community Professional, have been teaching Photoshop and other CC applications since decades, but love Captivate because of its myriad of functionalities which have allowed me since many year to produce eLearning courses with the efficiency I needed. Know that I have tried out many authoring tools. Moreover its collaboration (roundtripping) with Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, PhoneGap, Adobe fonts result in having Captivate stand out high above concurrent tools.
Microsoft users do not like the UI of Adobe, Adobe users do not like the UI of Microsoft… IMO only the results are important.
