Hello Everyone!

In this post – I just wanted to share a resource with you.

Those who have frequented these pages and have seen a number of my postings know that I am a big advocate of interactivity and feel that it is the true purpose for building with this tool.

Hey: Captivate is a pretty expensive replacement for PowerPoint if that is all you plan to do with it. So c’mon and step up your game. We’re lifelong learners, here, right?

OK – so this is nothing more than a couple slides containing four different “brainstorming” sessions I had while playing around with Captivate and the Greensock animation libraries. These concepts are functional to an extent but they are not fully polished and integrated into any sort of lesson nor are they necessarily “bug free” but I think you can maybe see some potential in these sorts of interactions.

I am always trying to think of new ways to create engaging interactive modules for all ages and that means finding new ways for them to interact.

Here is a brief description of the ideas that I toyed with.

1. Tanagrams – an idea from Ludovic Mercier
2. Vertical Slider with defined scope and points which tie to state changes based on position
3. Horizontal slider with defined scope and tied to speed of animated object
4. Rotating tuner knob with defined scope and tied to state changes of what is supposed to be an LED panel

I am providing the project for you to study but please know that it will require the use of two different Greensock libraries. The GSAP core and the Draggable plug-in if you wish to make any changes and publish from your own computer.

Working File

Project File (approx 6MB – will require v.11.5.0.476 or newer)

Miscellaneous Concepts Project File

Enjoy!