Paul Wilson LIVE STREAM – Adobe Captivate May 8, 2017 2 PM EST

Join my live stream on Monday at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time where we will discuss all things Adobe Captivate. If you have questions for me in advance you can tweet them and use #Cp2017Live or just use the built-in chat functionality in the live stream. I plan on discussing Adobe Captivate 2017, Fluid Boxes, advanced actions, and possibly more so click the link to join in at 2 PM EST or click the link now to set up a […]

Adobe Captivate Fill In The Blank Workflow

One of my viewers was having some problems with the fill-in-the-blank workflow so I decided to record this short YouTube video to show him what I do when creating fill-in-the-blank type questions.

Lessons Learned Going Freelance

Recently I’ve had several individuals reach out to me asking for advice about going freelance or getting started in eLearning instructional design. I thought I would share my thoughts about this so that others might benefit from my answer. I think it’s important that you have the competencies that organizations are looking for when it comes to learning design. Take a look at as many eLearning job postings as you can and see what credentials these job descriptions have in […]

Is Captivate 9 Still Relevant?

I’m seeing several people on the Adobe eLearning Community and my own YouTube channel who are upset that they don’t qualify for the complimentary upgrade to Adobe Captivate 2017. Captivate 9 users qualify for the complimentary upgrade if they purchased Captivate 9 very recently. I believe that it’s approximately 1 month or less. You can check your eligibility here: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/upgrade-policy-product-announcement.html As an example, I purchased Captivate 7 very late in the Captivate 7 product life cycle. So late in fact […]

Closing Session at Adobe eLearning Conference

This live stream was shot at the closing session of the Adobe eLearning Conference and includes the keynote from Tridib Roy Chowdhury, G.M. & Sr. Director Of Products at Adobe.

Slideshow Using the WHILE Conditional Action

In this video, I show you how you could create a slideshow for a question slide that uses the new WHILE conditional advanced action feature in Adobe Captivate (2017 Edition).    

Recorded LIVE STREAM – Adobe Captivate 2017 Key Features

This morning I ran a live stream on my YouTube channel and walked my viewers through some of the key features in Adobe Captivate 2017. I’ve saved the recording for all of you to watch and get some first-hand tutorials on how to use the new features in Adobe Captivate 2017. Check it out.

Adobe Captivate 2017 Release

I’m really excited to report that the next major release of Adobe Captivate has launched. Adobe has made the decision to break from the product numbers of the past and now simply call the product Adobe Captivate 2017 Release. In this article, I cover off some of the new features for you to consider. Responsive Design The most notable addition to this software is a new way to develop responsively designed courses. A feature known as fluid boxes allows users […]

Adobe Captivate 2017 – Enhancements to Advanced Actions

In this video, I show you one of the several enhancements to advanced actions in Adobe Captivate. In the past, if you wanted to convert a standard advanced action to a conditional advanced action you would need to rewrite the advanced action from scratch. This could be problematic if you pointed to that advanced action from multiple places throughout your project. Now you can convert a standard action to advanced action just by checking a check box. Watch this video […]

Adobe Captivate 2017 – Custom Table of Contents without Advanced Actions

In this video, I show you a bonus feature in Captivate 2017 – a new visited state allows you to create multi-state buttons that show a different state when already visited without any advanced actions. This is very cool and certainly welcome for users who are not as comfortable with advanced actions.

Adobe Captivate 2017 – Typekit Integration

In this video, I show you how to work with Typekit integration in Adobe Captivate 2017.

Adobe Captivate 2017 – Convert Blank Projects to Responsive Design

In this video, I show you how to convert a blank project to a responsive design project in Captivate 2017.