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 […]

Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 5

There is a lot to love in the new Adobe Captivate 5. Yesterday I told you about on-demand seminars, today let me tell you about a 50+ minute video featuring demos, an overview and tons of great information hosted on the new eLearning Channel on Adobe TV. We’ve kicked things off with loads of great videos, including highlights of the new features, stories about people just like you using Captivate and eLearning Suite, and seminars to give you a deeper […]

Online on demand eSeminars for Captivate 5 and eLearning Suite 2

I’ve posted six new online on demand eSeminars to help you sort out all the cool new features in Adobe Captivate 5 and Adobe eLearning suite 2. Each is approximately one hour and features extensive demos. Just use your Adobe ID to jump through the login and Enjoy! What’s new in Adobe Captivate 5 Adobe Captivate 5 for Mac Getting Started in Adobe Captivate 5 What’s New in Adobe eLearning Suite 2 Adobe eLearning Suite 2 for Mac Getting Started […]

Before I tell you what’s new…

…even if you’ve used Captivate in previous versions – even dating back a long long way, you’ll know immediately where you are and what you are doing.

JUST LAUNCHED! -Captivate 5 and Adobe eLearning Suite 2

We just announced the launch of Captivate 5 and the new Adobe eLearning Suite 2! This is a release the team has been working on for 2 years now. Captivate in its current form and as Robodemo previously, has been around for close to 9 versions. Having started out as an application capture tool, Captivate has since blossomed into the market leader in end-to-end elearning authoring for everything from softskills training to self-running presentations. The growing feature demands in this […]

Captivate wins gold in the inaugural Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology

This week, Brandon Hall announced the results of it’s inaugural Excellence in Learning Technology Awards. And Captivate 4 bagged Gold in the Best Advance in Technology for Rapid Authoring category. ‘This category looks for functionality that expands the capability of rapid authoring or that makes rapid authoring easier, faster, or better. Any functionality that makes it easy to generate learning content, or to convert existing documents into learning content, is relevant to this category.’ The young Adobe eLearning Suite has […]

Forrester Webinar on Rapid eLearning -Live Today!

I missed posting this earlier, but hopefully most of you have received the Adobe mailer inviting you to the webinar. This would be a great opportunity for anyone who missed the webinar last month. I will be hosting Forrester’s Claire Schooley as she demystifies ‘Rapid eLearning’ and discusses its use in corporate learning. So if you are a fence sitter on ‘Rapid eLearning’ and wanted to hear from the early adopters, here’s your chance to find out about this learning […]

Acrobat.com workspaces- streamline elearning authoring

Most elearning authoring processes involve multiple stakeholders- across departments and organizations. It also involves multiple back-and-forth’s in getting feedback and signoffs on the storyboards and prototypes; coordinating across different stakeholders contributing assets like graphics and animations that eventually get aggregated in your Captivate project. And from what we’ve heard, majority of this still happens via email and conference calls, and this process is the single most time consuming task in the authoring process. This process can also be the single […]

Recording: Forrester webinar on Rapid eLearning

Last week’s Forrester webinar saw a huge turnout, and was very well received. Claire Schooley shared a wealth of information on the trends in Rapid eLearning, backed up with detailed survey data from among the early adopters. The survey focused on the large and medium enterprises, with majority of the respondents being in the VP/ Director or C-Level executives – decision makers in their organization’s choice of training methodologies. This webinar presents their view on the impact Rapid eLearning is […]

Rapid eLearning: Impact and Trends. Adobe-Forrester Webinar

On March 9th, we will be hosting Forrester’s Claire Schooley as she demystifies ‘Rapid eLearning’ and discusses its use in corporate learning. So if you are a fence sitter on ‘Rapid eLearning’ and wanted to hear from the early adopters, here’s your chance to find out about this learning content creation approach and hear how it is saving companies money and allowing them to produce more content. Claire will talk about: The meaning of Rapid eLearning in a learning and […]

New online training for Captivate 4

The Virtual Training Company (VTC) has introduced a comprehensive online training module for Captivate 4. The course is authored by Mark Fletcher, one of our most active community experts, multiple years running. A monthly subscription of $30, provides you access to the 780+ courses on VTC . I believe at this price, the VTC course is the most comprehensive coverage of Captivate (also, the first 3 modules are free). The course runs 9 hrs, but is well organized into comfortable […]

Locating the Text-to-Speech voices

We receive many enquiries on how to download the Text-to-Speech voices from our site… I have to say the experience can be a little bit of a treasure hunt. For now, RJ, our senior evangelist, has created a quick how-to movie to help users with locating and installing this content:  http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/text2speechdwnld/ captivate,text-to-speech

Printed version of an E-Learning course? Ironical!..Well not always…

Adobe Captivate,printed version of E-learning course,publish to word,E-Learning Well yes!.. Printed versions of your e-learning courses prove to be instrumental in re-iterating the learning. They can turn out to be of huge help when you need a reference at future point of time when the e-learning course is no more accessible.  Recently, I took an e-learning course on how to file income tax returns. Boy!! Believe me filing IT returns in India is pretty taxing. When I actually sat down […]