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INTRODUCTION
In today’s digital learning environment, interactivity isn’t just a
“nice-to-have” — it’s essential. As an instructional designer transitioning from
16+ years in academia, I’ve found Adobe Captivate’s Advanced Actions and Shared
Actions ...

In today’s fast-paced world, eLearning needs to captivate and engage learners.
One way to achieve this is through interactive design. By using elements such as
quizzes, gamification, and branching scenarios, learners become active
participants rather...

WHY ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY ARE ESSENTIAL IN MODERN E-LEARNING?
In the present context of the digital learning world, the trend towards
accessibility and integration extends well beyond mere convenience or function;
it is a requirement. Conside...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various industries, and
education is no exception. In the realm of eLearning, AI is reshaping how
educational content is delivered, how learners engage with material, and how
institutions manage educati...

Lifelong learning is not just a buzzword; it's a transformative approach to
personal and professional development that has the power to unleash human
potential and drive progress in our rapidly evolving world. In this article, we
explore the signific...

The effect of exact match domains (EMDs) on search engine rankings has been a
topic of discussion in the field of search engine optimization (SEO) for many
years. Historically, people have thought of exact match search queries (EMDs) as
a quick route...

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In 2024, thе dynamic landscapе of digital markеting, two crucial еlеmеnts play a
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Sеarch Enginе Optimization (SEO). Whilе oftеn considеrеd sеparatе еntitiеs,
rеcеnt rеsеarch su...

How do I turn the interface into Hebrew?

Modernizing L&D – Technology Trends to Help Design, Develop, and Deliver
Impactful Learning Programs
HOW IS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMING LEARNING?
Traditional learning approaches struggle to meet the dynamic demands of the
digital age. Yet, in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, reskilling and
upskilling have become imperative for individuals an...

INTRODUCTION
I have the impression that a while loop is not used too often by content
creators. In this post I will show an example, how to use this feature for
creating an animation that you can start and stop with a click of a button.
First, let's ...

WARNING
At this moment two versions of Captivate are functional with the same license:
Captivate Classic (version 11.8) and Captivate (version 12, also named Charm).
The workflows described in this post are only functional in Captivate Classic.
In ve...

INTRO
Review the output tutorial published in thispost. The two first use cases were
about a knowledge check question where the learner needs to create physics
formulas, by clicking the terms in the formula. Those terms are multistate
objects, used a...

INTRO
This is a short blog post, answering a software simulation (assessment mode)
question on the forum. If you are interested, here is thelink. You probably know
that in such an assessment scores are attached to one interactive object on each
slide...

INTRO
Coincidence because this blog, answer to anotherforum question, is an
alternative workflow to my most recent blog post aboutSoftware Simulation
Assessments. Summary of the request: * Learner needs to click a specific region,
two attempts are...

We recently released a free update for Adobe Captivate 7 and it includes some
stunning new features and enhancements like support for iOS 7.0.3, Android 4.2
and later, Mac OS 10.9, and Windows 8.1, color swatches, lock size and position
of objects, s...

INTRO
Recently I posted an example project, showing the result of this workflow and
explaining the goal.Automatic Hint after 2 wrong hotspot clicks. - eLearning
(adobe.com)This blog post explains the setup elaborately, because the original
user was n...

INTRO: DECISION (TAB)
The Advanced Actions dialog box in its default setup for a new action, shows 3
decisions with the generic names 'Untitled-1', 'Untitled-2' and 'Untitled-3'.It
is possible to replace the generic names of course. In this screensho...

INTRO
When talking about Advanced/Shared actions most developers think immediately
about rather complicated scripts, with conditional branching. However the first
reason to start using those actions replacing simple actions (from the dropdown
list un...

INTRO
This second tip is closely related to the firsttip about labeling. If you have
read that post you'll have seen that good labeling could facilitate filtering
for dropdown lists, using this screenshot. It shows the Parameters dialog box
(Shared A...

WHY?
Many Captivate developers use advanced actions, which is an easy way to extend
the functionality of the application without needing to learn the rules of a
programming language. When published those actions are converted to JavaScript.
Same is v...

Gamification for learning (or, notably, serious learning) is all about using the
principles and key elements of gaming to meet the required learning objectives.
The value that Gamification brings in is summarized very effectively in the
following sta...

In this video, I show how you can perform multiple actions on slide entry in
Adobe Captivate. This video was originally created in Adobe Captivate 8 but the
principles taught here are applicable to many other versions of Adobe Captivate.
This is a gr...

When I work with large projects, one of the challenges I face is to debug the
project when something is not working correctly. The things that can go wrong
are incorrect navigation, incorrect association of actions, number of attempts
in question sli...

Scenario: Many times having a custom button to mute or unmute the sound being
played helps a lot. In this post we will discuss how to do that step-by-step.
BTW, there is mute/unmute audio button is available in the Playbar as well. This
one is to hav...

In this article, I would like to add usage of ‘Effects’ in ‘Advance Actions’ to
make captivate movie look more effective and jazzy. If you are not familiar with
‘Effects’ feature you might want to refer to this blog post.
https://elearning.adobe.com/...

We know that ‘Advanced Actions’ help you develop dynamic content rapidly. I
would like to add few tips on Advanced Actions in this tutorial. Probably most
of you would already have found these workarounds/hacks. Let me take you through
the topics tha...

This article emphasizes more on enhancements/refinements done in the
AdvancedActions feature. You can see a fresh look of the UI that is completely
different from Captivate 4. The idea behind refactoring the UI is to make users
feel more comfortable ...

We had a great time at this week's eSeminar, where the focus was on creating
custom learning interactions using Adobe Captivate 5's new Advanced Actions
tools. This one is fairly advanced as Captivate authoring goes, but if you've
had a little exposu...