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 […]
In case you missed it, here is the recording from yesterday’s Adobe Captivate Live Stream on Paul Wilson Adobe Captivate Tutorials
If you need to use the same preferences for every project, or maybe different prefferences for different types of projects, you’re in luck with the time saving tip. You are able to export and import preferences within Captivate. Step 1 – Saving Preferences To create the desired preferences, find the ‘Edit’ menu on the top left of your screen and select ‘Preferences’ at the bottom of the menu. Here you are able to set the specific preferences of your choice […]
I’m creating a series of Quick Tips for Adobe Captivate, which will hopefully save you time whilst developing. These tips are things I’ve learnt along the way from day-to-day developing and exploring the different menus. I find it really helps getting away from what you do every day and learning all of the different menus. Tip # 1. Changing Smart Shapes Quickly. Let’s say you’ve created a smart shape from the drop down menu and later you want to change it, […]
We’ve all been there. Our courses have dozens of images, animations, videos and other assets, which takes its toll on our computer’s performance and Captivate starts to struggle working One way to get rid of assets no longer needed, you can cleanup your library, which will help speed up your computer during development. Step 1 – Opening The Library To open your libary, find the ‘Window’ menu on the top of the screen and select ‘Library’. Your Library should now […]
I always thought it would be nice to have more control of the Smartshapes we make in Captivate and after a bit of exploration with the different options, I found exactly what I needed. From this tool/option, you’ll now be able to add some fine tuning and dramatically change Smartshapes. Step 1 – Create A Smartshape. Click on the Shapes menu in the top ‘ribbon’ in Adobe Captivate and select a Smartshape you’d like to create. This will now place […]
As elearning creators we understand the benefits of creating elearning for the learners of an organisation, business or even the public and I’ve noticed it can be easy for us to stop learning ourselves. Lately at work I’ve been going out of my comfort zone as a developer, by exploring more of what Captivate can really do. We still use version 8 at work right now and even after 2 years of using it every day, I’ve realised I have so […]
Hi all, I’m really interested in seeing where people go in their elearning career when you’re an elearning developer. Like many of you, I fell into elearning by accident during a career change and really enjoy it. I was wondering if some stay as a developer throughout their career and become really specalised in their craft, or do you move into a management type role or even into a consulting area? I want to move into consulting/freelance role eventually and […]
I have created a microlearning project to test new responsive features of Captivate 2017. (Here is the link.) In this article, I will review several issues that I faced while creating this demo. The introduction of fluid boxes is a step forward compared to previous breakpoint mode. Designing for mobile devices is less time-consuming now. I only wish that Captivate had a separate tab for fluid boxes. It takes a lot of random clicking and moving a mouse before you […]
I’m starting out as a freelance elearning designer/developer and for those who are self-employed, I was wondering who do you target when trying to sell elearning to a company. Do you talk to HR, the MD or someone else? I’d really appreciate your help as I’ve never done this before and struggling a bit lol.
Another aspect of keyboard accessibility when it comes to 508 compliance is not losing the focus on the screen. How can this happen you ask? Well, imagine you have a Captivate course that uses the show/hide commands in Advanced Actions to maneuver multi-state objects on the screen. Say you have something programmed where a user presses a button and it pops up a lightbox with more information about the course. Typically when you select a button, the focus field indicator […]
A few weeks ago, I downloaded Knudge.me, a mobile application that intends to help its users master the English language. What attracted me at first, was that I could choose from different Courses based on my English level. Once downloaded, I discovered a smart application, that really got me motivated to learn. It inspired me for my future eLearning projects, and that’s an experience I want to share with you. As described on their site, “Knudge.me is a mobile learning […]
When it comes to accessibility, people usually first think of closed captions and alternative text. But a major issue often overlooked is the importance of keyboard focus. There are individuals out there who are unable to use a mouse and rely exclusively on the keyboard to navigate on the computer. When you storyboard and develop your courses in Captivate, ensure that you have a visible keyboard focus indicator in the browser(s) that your organization/company is using! I had this problem […]
