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 […]

Adobe Captivate 2019 vs. Windows 10: The Battle Continues

Recently there have been some discussions about Adobe Captivate 2019 and Windows 10’s inability to interact properly with one another. Some issues occurring once Adobe Captivate 2019 is installed on a PC, Laptop, or Mac running the Windows 10 operating system are: Receiving a fatal error message Adobe Captive 2019 fails to launch Inability to simultaneously open more than one project And a few other issues These issues have also been known to occur in previous versions 9 and 2017 […]

Silent install for Captivate 2017 10.0.1.285 patch

I’m trying to create a silent install for this patch and have been unable to.  I also repackaged this today with the creative cloud packager telling it to include updates but it doesn’t include this update.  Anyone have success with this?

How do I prevent students from advancing to the next screen until audio is done?

Hi all. In Captivate 2017, how do I prevent students from clicking next until the audio is complete?  I am working with a client who has their own custom playbar and I can’t figure out how I can prevent students from advancing until the audio is done? Thank you.

Downloading Captivate 2019

Where do I find the download button for downloading the Adobe Captivate 2019 software?  I have paid for my renewal, and have signed in, but no “download here” button is to be easily found.  I was hoping the process would be far more intuitive, but cannot find it.

My review of Captivate 2019 New Interactive Video Feature

This post is a review of the interactive video feature in Adobe Captivate 2019.

Help a Javascript Noobie!!! JavaScript in Adobe Captivate

I have very little experience with JavaScript and am trying to write some code for an interaction I am developing. What am I doing wrong??? // JavaScript Document for Tic-tac-toe check for 3 in a row //Code for Customer Retention returns wrong as wrong answer ​ //Code Checking for 3 correct in a row /* This code is for a tic-tac-toe interaction. The changing of object states is controled within Captivate. This script follows the actions of Assigning the the […]

Speeding up Captivate Published files using Javascript

Hello, We were wondering if there was any way using Javascript that we could speed up our Captivate presentations when they are being viewed. We want to create a button that when clicked speeds up the presentation, and other ones that will slow it down.

Captivate Video Demo Webcam and Personalized Backgrounds

A review of the Captivate 2019 Video Demo Webcam features

Demonstration Mode not recording simulation and does not register the camera shutter sound

I have made many demonstrations so I a familiar with how captivate should work.  currently I am creating a demonstration and it is acting differently than normal.  it does not capture each action as I go through my process, I know it is not working because I can not hear the camera shutter when maneuvering through the application.  I am forced to tap a key each time I want to capture an image which I believe this is a manual […]

5 Key features of the new Adobe Captivate 2019

A good authoring tool becomes better with whole lot of new and exciting features

Tips to Enhance the Impact of Content Curation in eLearning

Content Curation has long helped learners to find the most suitable content from different sources (both from external sources and existing repository); filter it so that they only get to see content that’s relevant to them; share the content they’ve found at the right time through the right platform; and add value to that content with additional inputs, context, or commentary. The following tips outline simple process steps that help organizations to create a curated knowledge bank. This info graphic will help you and your […]

7 Tips To Create Learning Portals For Employee Training That (Actually) Work

If you are looking for ways to create engaging learning experiences that motivate learners to come back for more, learning portals for employee training are a must-have. In this article, I share 7 tips to create learning portals that actually work. How To Create Effective Learning Portals For Employee Training L&D teams continuously seek approaches that will help learners acquire learning, apply the acquired learning effectively on the job, and perform better. They want to adopt approaches that create engaging […]