by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT+ I received an interesting distress email from a fellow eLearning developer about an issue that caused Adobe Captivate 2017 to crash frequently and otherwise behave erratically. It’s a bug I had not experienced before, and I’d like to share both the issue and the fix. During the recording process, the developer clicked the Settings button on the recording Control Panel. Clicking the Settings button is a common thing to do and opens Captivate’s Preferences dialog […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP You’ve imported your corporate logo into your project, and you’ve used the logo throughout the project (on both master slides and Filmstrip slides). One day, and without much fanfare, your marketing department updates the logo. Did anyone bother to tell you? Well, yes… there was that memo. However, your project was just about done; and now you’re going to have to scour through the project, delete each occurrence of the logo, and replace it with the new […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT Creating eLearning these days has never been easier. However, easy does not mean instant. Unfortunately, the boss heard about how fast it can be to crank out eLearning content and asked if you can have 60 minutes of content ready to go within a week. Yikes! But seriously, how long does it take to create eLearning? A few years ago, we created a tool that helps eLearning developers determine how long it can take to develop […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT Fluid Boxes, introduced with Adobe Captivate 2017, make the process of creating a responsive eLearning project faster than ever. If you’ve spent any time playing them I think you’ll agree that they’re pretty, well for lack of a better word, fluid. However, if the amount of email I’ve received recently is any indication, I’m betting you’re struggling a bit with how to control the way content flows (wraps) in a Fluid Box when learners either resize their […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT When it comes to accessibility, Adobe’s products have always been some of the best available. Nevertheless, Adobe found a way to improve them. Take Captivate’s closed captions for example. Closed captioning is the process of adding text to the screen to support learners with a hearing disability. The idea behind closed captions is for the hearing challenged learner to see exactly what the narrator is saying as the narrator is saying it. While Captivate has […]
by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT During the first day of my Adobe Captivate Beginner class, attendees learn how to import and work with both images and videos. During the video portion of the class, we import a Flash Video (flv) which students love because without the background color in the video, it’s possible to include an animated guide throughout a lesson. The problem with Flash Videos is that they can be difficult to create on your own and, worse, there […]
