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by Kevin Siegel, CTT, COTP When trying to find quality images for use in PowerPoint presentations or eLearning projects created with any development tool such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, or TechSmith Camtasia, most people turn to Google. And why not? With a quick search you are sure to find the image you’re looking for. For instance, I recently wanted to find an image of a puppy for use in an eLearning project. Check out some of the awesome puppy images […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP Inserting and editing video in Adobe Presenter is as easy as accessing the Adobe Presenter tab on the Ribbon and then clicking the Video tool. Once videos have been added to a PowerPoint slide, they can be manipulated just like any other PowerPoint object. I received an email recently from a new Presenter developer. He wanted to insert a video, but instead of adding the video to the slide, he wanted it to appear to the […]
by Kevin Siegel, CTT+, COTP We received the following distress email a few days ago: I am using your workbook (Adobe Captivate 2017: The Essentials) and I’m in Module 11: Working with PowerPoint. I have a PowerPoint (presentation) I created with voice recording. The PowerPoint imports just like the books says and the hyperlinks work. However, the audio is not coming working. When I spoke with Adobe support regarding the issue, I was informed that the recording file in Microsoft PowerPoint uses […]
by Kevin Siegel, CTT+, COTP If you need to share an Adobe Presenter presentation with another developer, you’ll find the Presenter’s Package tool very useful. Presenter projects begin as a single, self-contained PowerPoint presentation. You can transfer them from one computer to another without worrying about leaving a part of the presentation behind. However, once you add audio or videos assets to a PowerPoint slide via the Presenter tab on the PowerPoint Ribbon, those assets aren’t embedded into the presentation. Instead, […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP Over the past few months, I’ve received more and more calls and emails about the pros and cons of adding background music to eLearning projects (specifically projects created using Adobe Captivate). First and foremost, it’s a simple process to add background in Captivate via Audio > Import to > Background. In the image below, I’ve imported a music file called Acoustic Mellow.mp3. The file comes with Captivate and can be used in your Captivate projects royalty-free. […]
by Kevin Siegel, CTT+, COTP When I teach my live, online Certified Online Training Professional course, one of the core concepts I encourage is blended learning (combining online digital media with traditional classroom teaching concepts). Specifically, there’s great value in integrating eLearning (asynchronous training) with live (synchronous) training by providing access to eLearning content from within the virtual training space. Published eLearning content can typically be provided to online students via a Materials pod or direct link (URL) you type […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT+ As a publisher of such step-by-step workbooks such as “Adobe Captivate: The Essentials” and more, I know first-hand how frustrating it can be when assets mentioned in my books are moved or removed by the software vendors. Take Adobe’s eLearning assets used by Adobe Captivate. With every new release of Adobe Captivate, Adobe posts new (fresh) assets to support the latest and greatest release of Captivate. That’s great. However, the old assets seem to disappear entirely from […]
Not so long ago we were tasked with creating an eLearning project that included a software demonstration of an iPhone mobile app. We experimented with several techniques for capturing the app including using a program that reflected the iPhone onto the computer. To reflect our iPhone to the computer, we used a program called, wait for it, Reflector. Once the phone and computer were on the same wireless network, it was easy to get Reflector to show the mobile device […]
When importing PowerPoint presentations into Adobe Captivate, how high has your blood pressure gone? If you get error messages about damaged PowerPoint presentations, a lack of system resources, or both, I’m betting it’s pretty high: Here are a few quick steps you can take that almost always resolve the error messages shown above. Open your copy of PowerPoint, and open the file you want to import into Captivate. Use Save As to re-save the file. (This makes your copy of PowerPoint the last […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT One of Adobe Captivate’s most often overlooked features is its ability to generate support documentation for your eLearning content. By simply choosing File > Print and opening the Print dialog box, you gain the ability to create Word documents that can be printed, emailed to your learners, or uploaded to a Learning Management System as course materials. In the image below, notice that there is a Type drop-down menu in the Print dialog box that […]
