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 […]

Quiz Preferences Error – Internal Server Reporting

Has anyone else had this issue where Account ID and Password fields overlay the Server field, and does anyone know a fix? I can’t figure out why they’ve shown up (only the Server field appeared previously) and I can’t seem to get rid of them: Yes I’ve tried entering my ID and password as well as restarting the application and computer.

Chat and network with your peers on trending eLearning topics

The birds of a feather sessions are designed to encourage you to engage directly with peers on topics relevant to your discipline.  This is your chance to sound off, and let your voice be heard. These sessions will be recorded, and the aggregate insights discovered will be collected into industry white papers on the topic(s).  Sharing specific examples is encouraged – feel free to leave out information about your specific institution if you have privacy concerns. In each section, you […]

Game Design Workshop: Create Game Mechanics with Adobe Captivate

This Workshop will provide an overview of game mechanics with best practices lecture, followed by a hands-on demo presentation about how to build progress bars and other simple game mechanics, such as timers and counters, in Adobe Captivate. We will share tips for success, as well as challenges we have run into, from our experience in the industry. After this virtual workshop session, you will understand ways to integrate game mechanics into your training experiences developed with this software. Download […]

Instructional Design Workshop: Design Thinking for Learning Design

The 21st-century workforce is unique; people have endless options for learning and they may be busier than ever. How can L&D innovate to meet the needs of the modern workforce? That’s where Design Thinking can help. It’s a creative approach to problem-solving that’s iterative, collaborative, experimental and fun. In this active session, we will explore how Design Thinking is a mindset as well as a method for generating innovative solutions to workplace and educational performance problems. You will have an […]

JavaScript in eLearning for beginners Workshop

Join us for a session on the fundamentals of JavaScript. During this session, you will learn about: • What is JavaScript • Tools used to write and test JavaScript • Discovering and Accessing Captivate Elements with JavaScript • Updating Captivate Course Styles and Functionality with JavaScript

Visual Design Workshop

Visual Design aims to build on improving the user experience through illustrations, photography, fonts, space, layout and colours. However, most people working in the eLearning field do not have formal training as a graphic designer. How do you improve the user experience through Visual Design? This stimulating lighthearted session will show you some simple techniques to help make you visually literate. Your screens will pop when you follow some of the tips provided to you. We will look at some […]

Discover Virtual Reality projects and learn how to create them

Virtual reality training is an amazing way to provide realistic immersion for your learners, and now it’s incredibly easy to create this experience with Adobe Captivate (2019 release). This approach is perfect for orientation, simulations, location and product training. Join Debbie Richards to learn how to create two interactive virtual reality based training projects using Adobe Captivate. You will learn how to easily import 360° media assets and add trackable hotspots, quizzes, and other interactive elements to engage your learners […]

Use Quick Start Project slides to create eLearning courses

One of the most exciting innovations in Adobe Captivate 2019 is the addition of beautiful Quick Start Projects (QSP’s) designed to do the heavy lifting for you by giving you comprehensive pre-built slides for all of the most common use cases. Captivate authors can kick start their project development easily by starting with projects and slides that solve the layout and content presentation problems, and are optimized to let you quickly and easily swap images and text for those that […]

A tour of Adobe Captivate Prime – probably world’s most awarded LMS

Adobe’s freshly minted Learning Platform, Captivate Prime has been collecting praise from industry and community alike. Join us for this exciting tour of the incredible features set and the amazing technologies that power it and help Captivate Prime stand out from the crowd. We will demonstrate the incredible ease of use features, the powerful authoring solutions and the comprehensive data reporting and visualization tools that make Adobe Captivate Prime LMS such a phenomenal tool for offering modern learning experiences across […]

Kickstart Your Virtual Classrooms with Adobe Connect

As more classes are moved online, it’s important to take advantage of the benefits going virtual can offer. Join us to learn how to design interaction in your virtual classrooms using Adobe Connect. You’ll see how to create compelling layouts that increase engagement, design breakout rooms that foster collaboration, and learn how to measure engagement and read digital body language.