NotificationWelcome to the second installment of the Hottest Buzzwords for 2018. In the first post, we looked at four honorable mention buzzwords that did not make the final list: Honorable Mention: Wearable Technologies Honorable Mention: Learning Management Systems Honorable Mention: Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) Honorable Mention: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) In this post, we begin the count down of the top ten buzzwords for 2018, starting with buzzword number 10, Content Curation. 10. Content Curation Learners today are […]
Buzzwords and clichés – those are stock and trade. There’s nothing wrong with them. ~ Michael Nesmith Love them or hate them, buzzwords are a fact of life. Here one year, gone the next, they emerge from the public conversations we have in our professional lives, and the eLearning profession is no exception to the buzzword phenomenon. This article is the first of three posts that present the cold hard results of a search for the hottest buzzwords eLearning professionals […]
I was having difficulty positioning background graphics in my simulations. I posted a question on the matter and got very quick response. The moderator provided the information I needed to access the position properties of the graphics via the Expert UI. Thank you for a quick response and issue resolution.
The mobile-first approach is exactly as it sounds: designing for the smallest screen and working your way up. It is one of the best strategies to create either a responsive or adaptive design. ~ Ben Gremillion | A Hands-On Guide to Mobile-First Responsive Design If an eLearning professional wants to engage end users on a personal level, they must first connect with them on a technical level. And, doing so involves addressing any of a number of technical challenges ranging from […]
If you design or develop eLearning content, you’ve likely run into issues displaying content on multiple devices, such as desktop computers, tablets and smartphones. For example, a really nice graphic may display well on a laptop, but look too small or be cut off on a smartphone. Authoring packages that generate “responsive” content have solved the issue of displaying on different devices by allowing the content to rearrange itself based on the type of device. The advantage is that you […]
I’m used to zooming using the scroll wheel on my mouse. However, Captivate uses Ctrl+ and Ctr-. Is there a setting in preferences where I can enable zooming with the scroll wheel?
I’m editing a Demo Simulation created with Captivate 9 for a responsive project using breakpoints. I was able to adjust the position of the background graphic (or the position of viewed area of the graphic), but I can’t position it precisely. As a result, the background “jumps” between slides. Is there an option to precisely position the background graphic for a simulation, for example, set the position of the graphic to 100,100 for two successive slides?
