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 […]

The struggle is real.

Hello all, I’m an avid Storyline user and boy oh boy was I rudely awoken when using Adobe Captivate. Where’s my layers? Where’s my detailed triggers?? Ugh. Headache. Let me start from the beginning. I first used Captivate 7 with my previous company. They were extremely wet behind the ears when it came to eLearning development (as was I to be honest) so we used what we most widely saw in eLearning searches for an authoring tool. Along with the […]

ADOBE CAPTIVATE: Fix for the Object Style Manager Freeze

by Kevin Siegel, COTP, CTT+ I received an interesting distress email from a fellow eLearning developer about an issue that caused Adobe Captivate 2017 to crash frequently and otherwise behave erratically. It’s a bug I had not experienced before, and I’d like to share both the issue and the fix. During the recording process, the developer clicked the Settings button on the recording Control Panel. Clicking the Settings button is a common thing to do and opens Captivate’s Preferences dialog […]

10 Reasons Why You Should Use Mobile Apps For Learning In Your Learning Strategy

Mobile apps are increasingly being seen as the future of learning. Popularity of mobile devices and widespread adoption of mLearning or mobile learning is providing them the required push. In this article, I outline 10 reasons why your learning strategy must include mobile apps for learning. Why You Need To Use Mobile Apps For Learning In Your Learning Strategy Before deep-diving into the reasons why you should integrate mobile learning trends such as mobile apps for learning in your learning strategy, let’s take […]

Adicionando video do Youtube ao projeto, Captivate 2017

Olá Como está? Neste tutorial, demonstro em como adicionar um vídeo do youtube em seu projeto Adobe Captivate 2017, sem a utilização de um Widget, player para carregar vídeo do youtube. Lembrando que, para que o aluno possa visualizar o vídeo, o mesmo deverá estar online conectado uma rede de internet, este processo não levará o vídeo junto com compilação.  

Can you relocate the Timeline? – Captivate 9

I am running Adobe Captivate 9 and have dual monitors. The project I am currently working on has many objects and is now becoming awkward while editing. Is there a way to unpin the Timeline from the bottom of the Captivate window so that it could be moved to my 2nd monitor?  I tried to maximize Captivate so that it spans both monitors but the working slide on my canvas area then gets stuck in the seem between my 2 screens. I […]

Free responsive captivate course template download from Fastercourse.com

Hi, Everyone, here is the latest free download from fastercourse.com for captivate users. We call it Mountains, it is a short responsive template package, and includes text & image, hotspot, single choice, course starter and course end, as well as menu and help template.   Here is the source file: Mountains_Free_template.cptx   A few screenshots: Here is a captivate guide on how to use Fastercourse.com templates: https://fastercourse.com/captivate-template-guides/captivate-guide/   Karlis from FasterCourse.com

Captivate kompakt: Zeitleiste & Timing

In diesem Video zeige ich Ihnen, wie Sie mithilfe der Zeitleiste die zeitliche Abfolge sowie die Reihenfolge von Objekten in der Ebene verändern können.

New from Adobe Captivate

Hello all, I am new to adobe captivate but had an experience in Training & Development. I am so interested in learning new things from captivate like importing ppt to captivate, publishing and so on. Currently, i am browsing and watching (in youtube) some tips/guide for captivate. Although i have a bit problem with downloading and installing it from my computer. Anyways, should there be anyone can provide tips or guide, please let me know. Thanks      

Replacing the Text Expand Icons in Your Captivate Responsive Design Projects

In this Adobe Captivate tutorial, I show you how you can replace the text expand icon used in your responsive design projects for something else. I used a grey icon of a book so as to match more eLearning designs, however, you are free to use whatever style you wish. If you wish to use my icons you can download them for FREE here: Replacing the Text Expand Icons in Your Captivate Responsive Design Projects

Top 100 Content Experience Strategists of 2017

UPDATE (9/26/2017) The poll is closed. And Lieve Weymeis , KEVIN SIEGEL , and Ugur Akinci have made it to the list of winners. This is a fantastic moment for us and the community. The recognition is a testament to their contribution, knowledge, and more importantly, the thousands of users who were benefited from their advice, and still are! Each year, Mindtouch, a customer-success driven SaaS organization, publishes a list of top 100 content experience strategists. A content experience strategist is someone who […]

6 Pros Of eLearning Content Development Outsourcing

Today, outsourcing content development is a fairly well established practice for several organizations. However, what works for one organization and helps them leverage on an offshore partner may not work for another. So, how can you determine if you should evaluate eLearning content development outsourcing? The answer lies in looking at the pros of content development outsourcing and comparing them against the triggers of your outsourcing need. In this article I will outline the pros of content development outsourcing and […]

Tutorial simulação de software Adobe Captivate 2017

Neste tutorial, mostro como criar uma simulação de software como demonstração e treinamento, onde treinamento o aluno sempre terá de interagir para poder avançar para o próximo slide e gerar pontuações. É uma atividade muito bacana, onde podemos coletar dados do aluno utilizando junto com  SCORM em plataformas LMS.     Abraços   Fabio Oliveira – Fojool