Let’s celebrate this festive season with some fun projects and ideas!

It’s that time of the year again when we gather around with our family and friends, or take a vacation to celebrate these most awaited festivals. Talking of festivals, we’re curious to know if you’ve ever created an interactive project on any festival, or would fancy creating one. Please feel free to share those with us. The best projects will get showcased on the Free Projects page, newsletters, and Adobe social media pages. In the past we have seen some […]

Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your journey in the field of eLearning.

– What motivated you to enter the field of eLearning? – Are there any influencers who helped you learn faster along the way? – Share 2-3 challenges that helped you grow in this field.

Share your design resources

Hi all, I was wondering, what are your main go to places where you get some inspiration on how to visually design your content? These are some places I go to: Humaaans Freepik Unsplash Storyset Canva Please help me add on to this list

Which is your primary tool for conducting virtual classes, meetings, and webinars?

Additional discussion questions: – What are your main requirements from a virtual conferencing tool in your line of work? – Highlight some issues that you face during virtual conferencing and suggest some UI/UX solutions to overcome those problems. Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?  

Which workflows or features do you like the most in your current Learning Management System (LMS)?

– Which Learning Management Systems have you work with and how would you compare them?   Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?  

Software Simulations or Video Demos? Which one do you prefer and why?

This question is not limited to just Adobe Captivate. You can share your experience in working with other tools as well.   Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?  

In the age of addictive smartphones, what strategies do you use to engage your online learners?

– Do you devise your own strategies that have shown favorable results in the past? – Do you follow pedagogical theories and adapt them to your eLearning? – Anything out of the box? Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?  

What should every newcomer know about eLearning today?

Share your thoughts   Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?  

Code Cracker – Captivate Game and Puzzle Series

Entry #4 in the Captivate Game and Puzzle Series – Code Cracker!

Announcing the Adobe eLearning Showcase Challenge – Summer 2021!

The Heat is On. Welcome Summers! And welcome back, the Adobe eLearning Showcase Challenge – SUMMER 2021, your chance to flaunt off your eLearning skills! Submit your projects to us and stand a chance to win and get recognized. Top 5 winners shall receive a $500 Amazon gift card from Adobe* Here’s how to enter the contest :- – All individual participants need to create projects using the Adobe Captivate software with a minimum of 3 project slides (see examples […]

Advice?

what advice would you give to someone starting out in ID?

Game and Puzzle Series by Greg Stager

Introduction to a new series about Games and Puzzles.

JavaScript Idea Series by Greg Stager

An introduction to a new series of postings : The JavaScript Idea Series

Join us for Adobe eLearning World 2021 in September

Adobe eLearning World (AEW) 2021 brings with it an opportunity for you to deep-dive into eLearning. As one of the biggest virtual eLearning conferences, it will help you gain key insights into the ever-changing world of eLearning. By participating, you will not only discover diverse points of view, but also get an exclusive sneak-peek into the latest innovations from Adobe’s labs. UPDATE: We’ve just moved Adobe eLearning World 2021 to September to ensure that all our colleagues may gather online […]

Introducing Adobe Captivate Creators’ Workshop Series

Register now Date: May 25, 2021 at 8 AM PT When it comes to authoring tools, Adobe Captivate is among the most recommended by users. The authoring tool has quickly managed to capture the minds of all eLearning professionals, whether their expertise level stands at beginner, intermediate, or advanced. But to truly maximize its functionality, you need an inside scoop on the best ways to create courses with it. Presenting the Creators’ Workshop Series!  Prepare to take your knowledge of […]

Announcing the winners of the Adobe eLearning Design Awards powered by eLearning Industry

Let us take a deep breath first! If we have overused our superlatives in describing any previous contests on this forum, we will like to take it back, and place it here,  as what we have witness in these last few weeks on elearning.adobe.com/projects page was nothing short of a phenomenon. This has also left our judges in a tizzy in scoring easily, due to the sheer professional quality of projects that all have created through the Adobe Captivate authoring […]

Update for Mac Users – Adobe Captivate 2019 Build for macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) is here!

Big Sur (macOS 11) update for Adobe Captivate (2019 release) is here!

What are eLearning Devs and IDs reading?

Greetings all. I am always looking for resources and things to learn from.  I have read some articles recommending books and unfortunately some that seem really interesting I haven’t been able to find, but I will continue to look. Thought I would pose the question here. What are some good resources that you recommend? They don’t have to specifically be direct to eLearning or Instructional Design, but they obviously can. But if there is something that relates and you feel […]

JavaScript Book Recommendation

Hi, Can someone recommend JavaScript, HTML and CSS books for beginners that would be a best fit for Adobe Captivate? I keep researching but do not find anything in particular. However, if anyone can recommend any books that were of great help to you and Captivate, let me know! Currently, I have a few in my Amazon cart but just not sure which would be good. Plan on also heading to a Barnes and Nobles this weekend and see what’s […]

Adobe eLearning Design Awards powered by eLearning Industry

The Most Exciting eLearning Design Challenge of 2021 is here!** eLearning Industry and Adobe have joined hands to honor the best in the field of eLearning authoring and design, and you can be one of them! Submit your projects and earn a ticket to the spotlight in the world of eLearning. The best talents across the globe will be picked by a panel of distinguished eLearning experts. The top 3 winners will be rewarded  jointly by eLearning Industry and Adobe […]

Multiple Failure messages for Drag&Drop KC slide

Intro This article is written as an answer to a question on the forums: Drag&Drop with Advanced Action For quiz slides it is possible to show different Failure messages based on the attempt number. That functionality is not available for Drag&Drop slides. As you can read in the thread, another user posted a solution using the Object actions which are executed after each drag action.  I posted some comments about the limitations of that solution. In this article the described solution is […]

Fast-Track Your Training: Rapid E-Learning Development Tips with Adobe Captivate

Deadlines are tighter. Budgets are leaner. But the demand for quality training? Still sky-high. Adobe Captivate offers the perfect balance of power and speed to help instructional designers and L&D professionals develop engaging e-learning—fast. Whether you’re creating compliance training, onboarding, or skills development, here’s how to streamline your workflow for rapid development without sacrificing quality.

Level Up Workplace Skills: Building Soft Skills Simulations in Adobe Captivate

In today’s workplaces, soft skills like communication, leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork are just as critical as technical expertise. Adobe Captivate provides a dynamic platform to build interactive soft skills simulations that allow adult learners to practice these crucial abilities in safe, realistic environments.

Virtual Labs in Your Classroom: Creating Interactive Science Experiments with Adobe Captivate

Hands-on experiments are a vital part of STEM education, but real-world labs aren’t always possible due to time, cost, or safety concerns. Adobe Captivate makes it easy for teachers to bring science labs into the virtual space, offering safe, interactive learning experiences for K–12 students.

Bring Stories to Life: Designing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Activities with Adobe Captivate

Choose-Your-Own-Adventure (CYOA) stories aren’t just entertaining—they’re a powerful instructional tool that teaches K–12 students critical thinking, creativity, and decision-making. Adobe Captivate’s branching features make it easy to build interactive adventures that captivate young learners.

Boosting Engagement: Creating Interactive Quizzes for K–12 Learners in Adobe Captivate

Interactive quizzes are not just a way to check what students know; they’re a powerful tool to drive deeper engagement and learning. Adobe Captivate provides versatile features that make it easy for educators to design fun, interactive, and educational quizzes tailored to K–12 learners.

Understanding URL vs Embed Code: How to Add 360 degree YouTube Videos in Adobe Captivate (Part 1)

Understanding URL vs Embed Code: How to Add 360 degree YouTube Videos in Adobe Captivate (Part 1)

Microlearning Magic: Bite-Sized Learning Modules Using Adobe Captivate Classic

Microlearning delivers content in short, focused segments designed to fit naturally into busy schedules and enhance information retention. Adobe Captivate Classic is an ideal tool for creating concise, impactful microlearning modules tailored to adult learners in professional and corporate training settings.

Gamifying Your K–12 Classroom with Adobe Captivate

Gamification uses game elements like points, badges, leaderboards, and interactive challenges to engage and motivate learners. Adobe Captivate offers powerful features to integrate gamification into your K–12 classroom, transforming learning into an exciting, interactive experience.

Using Adobe Captivate to Create Immersive Scenario-Based Learning for Adults

Scenario-based learning immerses learners in real-life situations, challenging them to make decisions and experience the consequences in a safe, virtual environment. Adobe Captivate provides robust tools to create effective scenario-based e-learning, particularly valuable for adult learners in corporate training, compliance, and professional development.

How to code a button so it will go to different quiz slides each time it is clicked – GRRR

I have tried javascript and interactions to create a button that when clicked multiple times will open a different quiz slide but cannot get it to work. I am in the new Captivate.

Captivate bugs

“Something Went Wrong”

Who is driving this crazy bus? Untangling Ethics, Safety, and Strategy in AI-Generated Content

  Let’s not pretend this is business as usual. The moment we invited AI to join our content teams—ghostwriters with silicon souls, tireless illustrators, teaching assistants who never sleep—we also opened the door to a host of questions that are more than technical. They are ethical. Legal. Human. And increasingly, urgent. In corporate learning, marketing, customer education, and beyond, generative AI tools are reshaping how content gets made. But for every hour saved, a question lingers in the margins: “Are […]