Hi all, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in having a social live stream with Google hangouts for our awesome community. I thought it would be nice if we could have a chat and maybe use our webcams, and get to know each other a bit better. A lot of you have helped me and I’m sure we’ve all helped each other, but only a few of us have probably met/seen each other in person. I would be […]
A lot of the interactions I make at work are based on not allowing users to continue until all of the interactions on a slide have been completed. An exmaple could be there are four buttons, which need to be clicked so they show all of the popups, and then the next button will appear. I’ve heard from videos online that there are mixed views on this approach and am interested to hear what are your thoughts. I know from […]
Hi all, When I create shapes in Captivate 8, I’ve always had the issue of blurry text, in the browser, when I write inside of the shapes. You can write in any shape by double clicking on the them once created. But finally I found a way to work around this. After you’ve created the shape you want, create a text caption and place it on top of the shape. By doing this you won’t have any of the blurred […]
Shortcuts are a great way to speed up your development and when you get to know the main ones you can use in your day-to-day work, it will make a huge difference in your workflow. I found this link, https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/shortcut-keys.html, which has all of the shortcuts for Adobe Captivate and seems to work on different versions (tested on version 8 and 2017). I’m still going through all of them and if there’s anything that doesn’t work, I’ll let you know. […]
If you need to use the same preferences for every project, or maybe different prefferences for different types of projects, you’re in luck with the time saving tip. You are able to export and import preferences within Captivate. Step 1 – Saving Preferences To create the desired preferences, find the ‘Edit’ menu on the top left of your screen and select ‘Preferences’ at the bottom of the menu. Here you are able to set the specific preferences of your choice […]
I’m creating a series of Quick Tips for Adobe Captivate, which will hopefully save you time whilst developing. These tips are things I’ve learnt along the way from day-to-day developing and exploring the different menus. I find it really helps getting away from what you do every day and learning all of the different menus. Tip # 1. Changing Smart Shapes Quickly. Let’s say you’ve created a smart shape from the drop down menu and later you want to change it, […]
We’ve all been there. Our courses have dozens of images, animations, videos and other assets, which takes its toll on our computer’s performance and Captivate starts to struggle working One way to get rid of assets no longer needed, you can cleanup your library, which will help speed up your computer during development. Step 1 – Opening The Library To open your libary, find the ‘Window’ menu on the top of the screen and select ‘Library’. Your Library should now […]
I always thought it would be nice to have more control of the Smartshapes we make in Captivate and after a bit of exploration with the different options, I found exactly what I needed. From this tool/option, you’ll now be able to add some fine tuning and dramatically change Smartshapes. Step 1 – Create A Smartshape. Click on the Shapes menu in the top ‘ribbon’ in Adobe Captivate and select a Smartshape you’d like to create. This will now place […]
As elearning creators we understand the benefits of creating elearning for the learners of an organisation, business or even the public and I’ve noticed it can be easy for us to stop learning ourselves. Lately at work I’ve been going out of my comfort zone as a developer, by exploring more of what Captivate can really do. We still use version 8 at work right now and even after 2 years of using it every day, I’ve realised I have so […]
Hi all, I’m really interested in seeing where people go in their elearning career when you’re an elearning developer. Like many of you, I fell into elearning by accident during a career change and really enjoy it. I was wondering if some stay as a developer throughout their career and become really specalised in their craft, or do you move into a management type role or even into a consulting area? I want to move into consulting/freelance role eventually and […]
I’m starting out as a freelance elearning designer/developer and for those who are self-employed, I was wondering who do you target when trying to sell elearning to a company. Do you talk to HR, the MD or someone else? I’d really appreciate your help as I’ve never done this before and struggling a bit lol.
Hi all, I’m currently making a series of tutorials for the new release of Adobe Captivate. It will be aimed at new users who are just getting started, but I also want them to be helpful for experienced users who want to go back to basics and refresh old skills. If there’s anything in particular you would like me to look at in detail, whether it’s new features or something you’ve never used before in Captivate, please let me know. There will […]
