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 […]

How to publish a Captivate project as an Android app?

Choose Publish for Devices (App) from Publish menu. Log in to PhoneGap using PhoneGap user name and password or Adobe ID login credentials. Click Register to register for PhoneGap or Adobe ID accounts if you do not have an existing account. Choose App> Create New for new application. Mention the version number, name of the app and the Package name for the app. While mentioning the package name, ensure that you give unique package name otherwise the existing project is […]

How to publish Captivate projects as MS Word lessons?

In an open project, Select File > Print. A Print dialog appears. In Project Title, enter the desired name without the filename extension (.doc). In Folder, enter the full path to the folder in which to save the file or click Browse to locate the folder. Select an export range. The export range is made up of the slides that you want to export to Word. You can select all slides, only the current slide, only the current selection, or […]

How to publish Captivate projects as storyboards?

Open an Adobe Captivate project and select File > Print to open the Print dialog box. In Project Title, enter the desired name without the filename extension (.doc). In Folder, enter the full path to the folder in which to save the file or click Browse to locate the folder. Select an export range. The export range is made up of the slides that you want to export to Word. You can select all slides, only the current slide, only […]

Does Captivate support 32-bit operating systems?

Captivate 9 and above supports both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

Does Captivate offer retina support?

Yes, Adobe Captivate 9 offers retina support with high-resolution icons and UI assets that make your program elements look crisp.

Customizing the Playback Controls

I had a viewer ask about the progress bar in an Adobe Captivate project and realized I had never addressed this topic on my YouTube channel. In this video I show how you can customize the playback controls for the Skin Editor in Captivate.

Create a Progress Indicator

One of my viewers asked about creating a progress indicator for their eLearning course. I created this video that outlines the steps to add a simple progress indicator using two different but related system variables.

Show / Hide Button Advanced Action Radio Buttons

In this video I’m going to show you how you can use a more traditional show / hide advanced actions as an alternative to using multi state objects in your Adobe Captivate  projects. This is ideal for folks still using Adobe Captivate 8 or earlier.

Create Your Own Radio Buttons

In this video I will show you how you can use shapes and iconography to create radio buttons and check boxes.

Drag and Drop that only Accepts 1 Source

In this Quick Tip I’ll show you how to restrict your drag and drop interactions from accepting more than one object.

Per-slide progress bars for Captivate tutorial

One of the more common requests I used to receive when developing trainings in Captivate was to have the progress bar show the duration and progress of each slide instead of the duration and progress of the entire project. While you can’t natively change the progress bar’s behavior to do this, I realized you can use tools available in Captivate to simulate this behavior on each slide. The tutorial video below will show you how to use smart shapes and […]

Creating a Simple Animated Title Page for Adobe Captivate 9 Courses — With video tutorial and exercise file

Why create an animated title page for your course? Well, title pages are the face of eLearning courses and give the first impression of the course to the learners. The title of the course, graphics, look-and-feel, and navigation options are some of the factors which will make it appealing for the learners to click the Begin Course button and start taking the course. So, how should you design your title pages? There are several things you can consider. You need […]