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 […]

English User Dictionary Editor

A side application installed with Adobe Captivate 2019 is the “English User Dictionary Editor”. Unfortunately, the csv file which accompanies this application is also installed in the Programs Files of my computer. Due to my company’s security protocols, this csv file becomes read-only when stored in this location. Is there a way to move the csv file to a “read/write” location and still have my Captivate program access it for source/target words?

Captivate Undo for Drag Drop

Hi, I can use advanced actions with drop target in drag and drop interaction, here i am using it to increment a variable say A. But if i want to add a undo button, i need the last drop source to reset and also decrements the value of the variable A, that i changed just now. The problem is there is no option of using advanced action with undo button. — is there a way that i can add an […]

A 5-Step Plan To Create A Captivating Scenario-Based Corporate Training

Scenario-Based Learning (SBL) is a popular strategy that can checkpoint learning and help learners improve their decision-making skills. In this article, I outline a 5-step plan you can use to create a captivating scenario-based corporate training. What Is Scenario-Based Learning? Scenario-Based Learning (SBL) is a popular instructional strategy and is used extensively in online training. It uses the “active learning” approach. As it uses real-life situations, it provides a relatable and highly relevant learning experience to the learners. Its immersive […]

Tooltip is missing in menu items when hover

Course is published with Captivate 9, HTML output. When mouse over the menu items, tooltip doesnt display. Is it limitation in captivate that it does not support menu item tooltip.

Help requested – adding a variable to a smart shape in a template

The problem: I want to put a variable on a smart shape in a template. The nice format master slide I like has a “Title Placeholder” that has the “Style Name” of “Default Title Smart Shape Style_1” However, that shape that won’t let me insert a variable, which I would like to do because it’s in my tutorial and I suspect that may generate a table of contents later Would I instead need to put a text caption on top […]

Issue with Captivate Advanced Action not Showing Image

I set up a series of advanced action which involve: Clicking on an image, changing the state of the content in the text box, showing a supporting image, and hiding all other images.  I set up s series of these and they were working, then after about 5, they stopped working all together.  I can click, the content in the box updates, but the images that are supposed to show no longer do. I deleted ALL of them, started from […]

Using Captivate Draft as part of a storyboard process

A developing idea for storyboarding projects using Captivate Draft on iOS.

What steps are being taken to address issues with accessibility?

I’m reaching out to find out if anyone is aware of any specific steps that Adobe is taking to address issues with accessibility? I’ve seen various posts about specific issues and I’m wondering if Adobe is making a concentrated effort to collect information and address them?  It, periodically, flares up as an issue in my organization and I’d like to find out if there’s anyway to keep up to date with what Adobe is doing. Thanks. Jay

Toggle to Slide In/Out

Step-by-step workflow explaining the creation of a slider box for a project. A toggle button with states is used to slide the box in and out of slides.

Adobe Captivate performs slow on Mac Retina displays

Adobe Captivate performs slower than expected on Mac Retina High Resolution displays, for examples, iMac 4K/5K. We are working on fixing this issue and meanwhile, as a work-around, run Captivate in a lower resolution. Perform the steps below: Right-click the Adobe Captivate app and click Get Info. 2. Enable the option Open in Low Resolution. 3. Restart Adobe Captivate and open the project.

White flashes between slides on playback in html5

Hi everyone, I found white flashes between slides on html5. Can anyone help me how to find a solution for this? I am using the captivate 2019 version.