Lieve Weymeis, Author at eLearning

Simulation assessment to test Captivate skills

One of several assessments about Captivate skills. This one is about setting up Preferences, Object Styles and completion of a custom Theme (fonts, colors, insertion and use of Metadata).

Random numbers in Captivate

For starters with Javascript in Captivate:: how to use a random number to generate a random state of a multistate object to be used for gamification.

Comparing Shared and Advanced actions

Following up another post about automatic Hint after an number of wrong clicks on a hotspot, this use case demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of Shared actions over Advanced actions.

Step-by-step: Automatic Hint after 2 Wrong Clicks

Detailed step-by-step workflow to create an automatic Hint appearing after a number of wrong clicks on any button. Can be used as intro to user variables and advanced actions.

Automatic Hint after 2 wrong hotspot clicks.

Use case shows tweaking of the built in messages for an interactive object to achieve the goal: show a different message (Hint) after two failed clicks on a hotspot. Introduction to user variables, events and advanced actions (decisions).

Video Demo – practical Tips

Some personal, practical tips for preparation, creation and editing of Video Demo projects.

Automatic exit on too long inactivity – Timer interaction

Based on a community request: easy workflow to force automatic exit of a course when a slide remains too long without activity. It will solve issues with some LMSs.

Do more with InBuilt and Custom Button States

Basics about states in Buttons of all types, 6 practical tips to use that knowledge in your projects.

Fractioning Motion paths – workflow

Step by step explanation of the workflow to create a fractioned motion path, alternative for gradually display of a graphic, a list, eventually combined with a Reveal functionality. You also define what has to happen after the end of the path.

Fractioning Motion Paths

Cutting a long motion path in fractions, using Pause and Delay actions allows to create alternatives for linear lists, flip cards. Each slide has a forced view setup as well.

Challenge: checking Captivate skills

Challenge: check your Captivate skills(quiz)?

Avoiding multiple audio clips to play at the same time

Setup for the combination of narration (slide audio) with multiple audio clips which are started with the ‘Play Audio’ command. Micro-navigation and shared actions are used in the solution.

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