Why use an empty Normal state?

An invisible Normal state i a multistate object can be very useful, both for static and interactive objects.

Convert to Shared Action: Tips & Tricks

Intro Recently i presented ‘Deep dive into Captivate with Shared and Advanced actions’ at the Adobe eLearning Word  202 conference.  During that presentation I used the ‘newbie’ scenario because the start poll pointed out that the majority of attendees were not really familiar with those actions. For the intermediate or advanced user, will try to post some blogs about tips which I would have included in my alternative scenario.  You may have seen the memory game which I published yesterday, […]

Memory games (Javascript IN shared actions)

Game to demonstrate the possibility of having Javascript embedded in a shared action.

Do you use ‘Advanced Interaction’ panel?

In-depth exploration of the Advanced Interaction panel. Terminology is clarified, use cases for this panel as well.

Deep dive into Adobe Captivate with Shared & Advanced Actions

To create engaging interactions you will need to use Shared/Advanced actions, maybe in combination with JavaScript. Before diving, preparing and climbing is necessary. What are you diving for? Is your equipment ready? Will you dive with a team, with a guide or alone? From projects you’ll discover the main differences between Shared and Advanced actions. Examples like games, click/reveal interactions, toggle buttons, forced first navigation, and also updating legacy courses for HTML5 output. This will enable you to choose the […]

Find the Pairs (shared actions game)

Game created with SVGs and Shared actions.

Rollover replacement: Click/Reveal (back to basics)

Very basic workflow to create Click/Reveal interaction using multistate objects.

Slider with Plus/Minus buttons

Use case from Adobe forum question. Illustration of the power of State commands and Multistate objects.

Game: Complete the Sequence

Game created with SVGs (Illustrator), Drag&Drop, Shared actions. Has 4 test slides, score on each slide is decremented for each failure.

(re)Use Shared Actions – Lesson 2 (crash course)

This video shows how to transfer shared actions to another project, and how to use them.

Reusing Shared Actions

Third blog in series about ‘using’ (not creating) shared actions. Fpcussed on: reuse of existing shared actions and variables in new projects.

Use Shared Actions: Lesson 1 (crash course)

Video tutorial to show use of existing shared actions to create a slideshow interaction