NotificationIt’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 […]
– 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.
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
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 Learning Management Systems have you work with and how would you compare them? Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?
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?
– 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?
Share your thoughts Have you registered for AEW 2021 yet?
Entry #4 in the Captivate Game and Puzzle Series – Code Cracker!
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 […]
Introduction to a new series about Games and Puzzles.
An introduction to a new series of postings : The JavaScript Idea Series
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Big Sur (macOS 11) update for Adobe Captivate (2019 release) is here!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Captivate 8 and 9 updates (release date 13 June, 2017) fix some vulnerabilities when reporting quiz results to a server. In this update, we have sanitized the php files that you need for internal server reporting. For more information, read the security bulletin. Adobe recommends users of Captivate 8 and 9 to apply the fix using the instructions below: Backup the php files: Browse to the Captivate folder – the default location is %ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Captivate\Templates\Publish Rename the files internalserverread.php and internalServerReporting.php to internalserverread.old and internalServerReporting.old respectively. […]
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in having a social live stream with Google hangouts for our awesome community. I thought it would be nice if we could have a chat and maybe use our webcams, and get to know each other a bit better. A lot of you have helped me and I’m sure we’ve all helped each other, but only a few of us have probably met/seen each other in person. I would be […]
CONSIDERATIONS AFTER SUGGESTING FLUID BOX Under most circumstances hitting suggest Fluid Box would yield close to perfect results but in certain cases you may need to do some extra alterations(resizing fluid box, changing flow, wrap behavior) to the properties or even adding few Fluid Boxes manually to set the flow and wrap absolutely perfect as per the user’s preference.The target of this exercise is to achieve slide as in sample3 from sample2. You can compare the two and try making […]
I have something exciting for the Captivate course authors to try and trust me when you tell your learners they need not switch on their laptops or PC’s to access their course, they will surely be overwhelmed. Yes, following some generic guidelines you can re-design and upgrade your old Captivate blank projects to a responsive one and this time without breakpoints (Captivate 8 and 9 users will be familiar with this term) and if you are a new Captivate […]
Please make sure you have read the articles- “Using Fluid boxes: Knowledge Facts – 1” and “Using Fluid boxes: Knowledge Facts – 2“, to understand this article better. In this article, I will be discussing about Fluid box properties. While working with fluid boxes, it is very important to understand and utilize fluid box properties like Wrap, Flow, Alignment, Stretch to Fit and Padding, to create a truly responsive content. So, let us get started! Download the sample project here to […]
Please make sure you have read the article – “Using Fluid boxes: Knowledge Facts – 1“, to understand this article better. In this article, I will be discussing some facts you need to know for creating a fluid box layout. This will basically involve giving an overview on what approach needs to be followed for creating a layout with fluid boxes, how to use it and how to insert and handle objects within the layout. So, let us get started! Download […]
In this article, I will be discussing some facts you need to know for getting started on working with fluid boxes. This will basically involve giving an overview on what are fluid boxes, how to use them, insertion and selection of fluid boxes. So, let us get started! Download the sample project here to try it yourself and follow along: Using_fluid_boxes_1 What is a Fluid box? As part of Adobe Captivate 2017 release, Fluid boxes are the containers which layout your […]
Not a Captivate tutorial, but instead a tutorial on how to create a LIVESTREAM to share your Adobe Captivate tutorial with the rest of the Adobe eLearning Community. If you find this video useful, please share it with your colleagues, and don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel when you get a chance.
My favorite method for learning new or enhanced software product is through project development. I find it difficult to master new enhancements working with each in isolation, so I have a tendency to add as many of a software tools enhancements to a single personal learning project as possible. This way I can study the effects the new feathers have on each other and older features. For the new Captivate 2017 release I took a very text intensive tutorial created […]
The Planet Captivate Blog Hello, all! In this installment I’d like to extend my blog beyond the screen and into the real world, and share a bit of what my company is doing to help better engage our learners during training and to help them retain what information is most relevant to their job, all while saving precious time. And spoiler alert: Most of what drives these initiatives is a direct testament to Adobe Captivate. You can read about it […]
Join eLearning Brothers as we welcome Dr Pooja Jaisingh, renowned eLearning expert and founder of LearninGeeks. She’ll be discussing Captivate 2017’s new Fluid Box tool and breaking down a project to show you some of the more advanced uses of this new tool. This Thursday, June 8 at 10 am MDT Sign up here
