Will Gamification Work for Everyone?

Gamification is one of the hottest topics in eLearning today. In short, Gamification involves adding elements to eLearning similar to what you would find in an online game. For example, participants are given “avatars” and compete with each other for points, badges, or access to higher levels of the “game.” Gamification’s benefits are reported to include rapid feedback and higher levels of engagement and excitement. For as long as I’ve been involved in learning, educators have searched for ways to […]

A Responsive Theme with Fluid Boxes and Selected Vector Graphics

Launch a Published Version of the Getaway Theme (.cptx): Download Your Getaway Theme (.cptm) Captivate 2019 offers two work streams that allow you to create responsive projects: Break Points and Fluid Boxes. Initially I gravitated toward Break Points, because they offered more flexibility in how you could use graphics. However, in the back of my mind I knew I had to come grips with Fluid Boxes because they are likely the wave of the future. Fluid Boxes remind me of […]

Presenting Event Video with Portable Network Graphics and JavaScript

Click to Play Project Some time ago I pitched a presentation design to a potential client who worked in video post production. Though they ultimately went “in house”, I really liked the final design as it relied heavily on their award winning videos and graphics. This showcase presents an Adobe Captivate 2019 presentation based on that design. Central to the design was including a video player within the presentation. While experimenting with the graphics and video, I found that the […]

Mars Colony 01: A Journey Into JavaScript and Gamification

Launch the Mission: Mars Colony 01 Project:  Adobe Captivate 2019 incorporates a rich variety of accessible features and functions that allow developers to produce effective eLearning courses. However, whether the result of client requirements, or your own professional development goals, you may want to extend Captivate’s capabilities through the use of JavaScript or JQuery. My interest in using JavaScript and JQuery was twofold. First, I wanted to brush up on my JavaScript skills, as I don’t specialize in JavaScript programming. […]

A Financial Literacy Program Created with Captivate 2019

This showcase presents a module taken from a larger Financial Literacy program created for a client. The module was originally created in PowerPoint as a backdrop for a recorded video that would delivered as a self study course via the web. All content has been “sanitized” but the general structure is similar. Specifically, each module was presented as a series of lessons with the first being an overview, the second exploring myths and the final consisting of a series of […]

A Responsive Company Overview Template Using Captivate 2019 and Breakpoints

Captivate 2019 is a powerful tool for creating interactive eLearning content with advanced features, such as interactive video and virtual reality. However, Captivate 2019 is also useful for less demanding learning projects and for projects that are considered “communications”. This showcase presents a responsive company overview template, developed for a client, that has been recreated in Adobe Captivate 2019. The client requested a template that could be used in a variety of contexts, including internal meetings, conference presentations and employee […]

Position Properties Window: Set all Drop Down Default Values to Pixels

Is there a way to set all the default values in the Position Properties window to pixels? I’ve looked around and can’t seem to find a way to do it. Its not a major issue, just a preference of mine. thanks in advance for your response. Jim

A Responsive IE10 Quick Start Guide Using Breakpoints

This showcase presents a responsive Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) quick start guide. Though originally created in a prior version of Captivate, the project was converted to Captivate 2019 prior to publishing. Click to Launch IE10 Quick Start Guide The content for project is based on a quick start guide used during a large scale operating system upgrade. The purpose was to provide employees the opportunity to learn the essential functions of IE10, without overwhelming them with a complete manual. Some […]

Show/Hide Playbar Elements with Advanced Actions & Javascript – Issue Resizing Window

I’ve created a responsive project with break points using Captivate 2019. For navigation, I’m using the default Captivate Playbar, but making the various Playbar elements “visible” or “hidden” on page “enter” using Advanced Actions.  For example, on the Menu Page, I only have the “Exit” element visible. (Window is set to “current” in advanced actions). After publishing (Publish for Devices) everything works within the various break point views, providing I don’t resize the browser. When I resize, the hidden playbar […]

The Hottest eLearning Buzzwords for 2018 – Part 03: Countdown From 5 to 1

In this final installment of The Hottest eLearning Buzzwords for 2018, we complete our top ten countdown with the top five buzzwords, as revealed by a Google search. We start with the fifth most popular buzzword, Mobile Learning. 5. Mobile Learning Mobile Learning, also know as M-Learning, is a form of remote learning where participants use mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. As noted by Asha Pandey, a key advantage to the Mobile Learning approach is that it […]

Captivate 2019: New Opportunities for Immersive Learning and Interactivity

With the release of Captivate 2019, Adobe now provides eLearning professionals with new features that allow the development of more immersive and interactive learning experiences. New for Captivate 2019 is the Virtual Reality (VR) workflow that enables the creation of projects that take advantage of VR headsets. In addition, Captivate 2019 not only allows the use of 360º images within the VR workflow, developers can add hot spots and other elements to create a more interactive and engaging learning experience. […]

Guidelines for Blog Graphics (e.g., attribution)

I did a search, but couldn’t find an answer on the use of graphics in a blog post. If you are using a graphic that requires mentioning the photographer, is there a guideline for how that should appear (e.g., add as link to photo, put in a reference section at bottom of blog post). Also, are your required to only use Adobe stock photos? thx.