Editing Smart Shape Gradients

In this video, I show you how you can easily edit your Smart Shape’s gradient.

Adobe Presenter Video Express – Initial Thoughts

In this video, I’m going to provide you with my initial thoughts around Adobe Presenter Video Express.

Linking to External Content in eLearning

The Internet is filled with free and easy resources for you to link to within your e-Learning.  It’s tempting to reuse much of this material rather than recreating it for your on-line learning.  In fact in these busy times, it makes sense to do so.  One of the steps that is considered an accepted part of the design and development process is to determine if training already exists elsewhere.  The notion of not reinventing the wheel is of course an […]

Complex Text Formatting Using a Web Object

In this video, I’ll show you how you can Use web objects for displaying more complex text formatting.

New To Captivate? The First 10 Tutorials You Should Watch

Many first time viewers of my YouTube channel have asked me in what order they should watch my Adobe Captivate tutorials. I wish I thought of that 180 videos ago. I recorded these tutorials as questions from other viewers came in, or when I thought of a good idea for a tutorial. I never thought anyone would want to sit down and start with one tutorial and work their way through them all.   I began to think about this […]

5 Things to Never Put in eLearning

Actual Employees I’m all for saving some money when creating your content, but using pictures of actual company employees is a risk. Imagine using a photo of several of your employees for your harassment prevention online course. Several months later, one of those employees is fired for sexual harassment. Suddenly your eLearning will be very inappropriate and will require unnecessary updating. Content You Don’t Own Whether you are a freelance contractor or an employee this can get you into hot water when the […]

Using Copyrighted Images in Online Training

Here is an old video I recorded when I didn’t really know what my YouTube channel was going to be about. In this video, I discuss my thoughts about using copyrighted images in online learning. 

Objects as Buttons with Roll Over Effects

In this video, I show you how you can use objects as buttons with rollover effects in Adobe Captivate. This video was created with Adobe Captivate 8 but is still applicable with newer versions of Captivate.

Workspaces

In this video, I’ll show you how you can decrease your development time and improve your productivity with Workspaces.

Using the Pan and Zoom Feature in Your Video Demos

In this video, I show you how to use the Zoom-In feature in your Adobe Captivate Video Demos. 

Making Captivate 8 Drag & Drop Behave Like Other Quiz Questions

Are you still on Adobe Captivate 8 but want Drag and Drop to behave more like it does in Captivate 9? In this video, I show you how to do exactly that.

Password Protect a Branch of Your eLearning Project

In this video, I show you how to password protect a branch of your eLearning project.