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 […]

Grouping Rollover caption with an image

Hi, I am using rollover captions as in the screenshot below. I would like to add an arrow so that each time the rollover caption appears the arrow does too. I’ve tried to group the arrow image with the rollover caption but that is not working. Please advise how I can do this? Thanks Tom

Responsive eLearning with Captivate 2017 – Part 8: Using Optional Fluid Boxes

In the first seven parts of this blog-series, we’ve learned how to create a responsive project, rescale it (if required), add Fluid Boxes to the slides, add objects to the Fluid Boxes, apply background fill, and modify the flow, wrap, and alignment properties of the Fluid Boxes. We also learned how to convert Fluid Boxes to Static Fluid Boxes. Now let’s learn about the workflow to mark some of the objects or Fluid Boxes as optional. If you are planning […]

Automatically Advancing Slides at the End of Web Object Videos?

Using Captivate 2017, I would like to be able to automatically advance between slides after a user has watched a video within my course. I understand that this is possible through the deployment of a standard Captivate Video Object, however it does not seem that I can use those objects to deploy videos that are hosted on my Learning Management System. Instead, I have to deploy the video as a Web Object. I’ve played around with all the surface-level options […]

Can I use CP without an LMS?

Can CP be used without an LMS? For instance, if I just wanted to use it for instructional lessons but I didn’t need to keep track of users…like in a help article. Can this be done, and if so, is there a certain way I save it…what do I do? Thank you, Tanya

Can’t make simple “AND” conditional work (Captivate 9)

Advanced Action conditional fails for “All conditions are true”

Gamification In Learning: Featuring Gains Through A Serious Game Concept

Wikipedia defines Gamification as “the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems”. While Gamification has been applied in several domains, our focus has been on its application in learning. Research certainly confirms the advantages of learning through Gamification. Let me share a case study that compares the gains in learning achieved through serious game concept vs a traditional eLearning approach. Gamification In Learning Wikipedia defines Gamification as “the use of game thinking and […]

Insta360 Air Review

I’m a big believer in adding new tools to your eLearning tool belt and this latest tool has got me really excited for the potential that In this video tutorial, I review the Insta360 Air for the purposes of using for eLearning once the software catches up with the technology.

Force Clicking Hotspots: Comparison 2 Workflows

Compares two workflows to use hotspots for extra information, and tracking the clicking to show a Next button when all spots have been tapped or clicked. The old workflow with Show/Hide objects, and the newer workflow using one Multistate object.

Trouble displaying a next button

I am having a trouble with displaying a next button using advanced actions. This is what I have set up and I can’t figure out why it is not working. Any help would be great 4 Slides Slide 1 has 3 buttons which direct to slide 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Once slides 2,3, and 4 have been visited I want a 4th hidden button to display on slide 2 which would direct learners past slides 2,3, and 4 to […]

Decision Tabs and Conditional Actions

How do conditional decision tabs work where multiple conditions might be true?

6 Takeaways From Over 6000 Hours Of Custom eLearning Development

This article is triggered by our global ranking in the Top 10 eLearning Content Development Companies For 2015. This recognition coincides with completion of over 6000 hours of custom eLearning development by us and I take this opportunity to reflect on what has worked and what should be our focus areas in the future. Custom eLearning Development: 6 Takeaways From Our Experience In this article, I look back at our journey and share 6 important takeaways from our extensive experience […]

Story-Based Learning: How Good Storytelling In eLearning Can Engage Learners In A Meaningful Way

Wondering what story-based learning is and how good Storytelling In eLearning can engage learners in a meaningful way today? Check all facts on story-based learning and explanations on how good Storytelling In eLearning can engage learners.