UX Design Automation: Transforming the Future of User-Centered Design

This blog explores how AI enhances user experience, highlights key tools, and showcases real-world use cases to glimpse its future.

Add Bookmarks & Overlay Slides in Adobe Captivate

Want to make your eLearning projects more engaging with overlay slides in Adobe Captivate? In this step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you exactly how to do it—from adding synchronized slide videos to inserting transparent overlay slides with text, narration, and interactive buttons. I’ll walk you through how to use bookmarks, set custom actions, and take advantage of overlays for branching scenarios or interactive video quizzes.

✨ Here’s what you’ll learn in this video:
▪️ The difference between slide video and video blocks in Captivate
▪️ How to synchronize overlays with video playback using bookmarks
▪️ Adding narration using text-to-speech
▪️ Making transparent overlays for seamless video integration
▪️ Creating interactive buttons to control video playback and restart points

This video is perfect for instructional designers, educators, or anyone who wants to level up their Adobe Captivate skills! If you find it helpful, please like, share, and subscribe for more eLearning tips.

Utilizing Bookmarks for Interactive Storytelling in Adobe Captivate

The blog explains how Adobe Captivate’s Bookmarking feature enhances interactive storytelling by allowing learners to mark important moments, revisit key points, and explore multiple paths without losing progress. This feature promotes deeper engagement and smoother navigation, transforming traditional linear eLearning into a dynamic, choice-driven experience.

Copying slides from one All New Adobe Captivate Project (12.6) to Another

Copying and pasting slides or blocks from one project to another is not working

Understanding Dimensions in Adobe Captivate 12

In this video, I delve into understanding dimensions in Adobe Captivate 12, providing insights into how fixed and proportional settings can affect your elearning projects. This guide is essential if you’re looking to optimize your content’s dimensions for different viewports.

How to Trigger Audio and Auto-Advance Slides in Adobe Captivate 12

Join me, Paul Wilson, as I show you how to enhance your Adobe Captivate projects by triggering additional audio with a button click and automatically advancing to the next slide after the audio finishes. I’ll walk you through setting up audio narration using AI voices and leveraging bookmarks and actions for seamless slide transitions. This video is perfect for eLearning professionals looking to add smooth audio-visual interactions to their courses.

How to Use xAPI in Adobe Captivate for Smarter Learner Tracking

This blog post explains how to integrate xAPI (Experience API) with Adobe Captivate to enable smarter, more detailed learner tracking beyond traditional SCORM limitations. It walks through how to publish Captivate projects using xAPI, why it’s valuable for modern instructional design, and how it enhances learning analytics and personalization. A real-world example is included to show practical impact.

Enhancing Interactivity in Adobe Captivate Using Advanced and Shared Actions

Learn how to boost interactivity in Adobe Captivate using Advanced and Shared Actions. These powerful features help personalize learning, create branching scenarios, and streamline your development process. Perfect for new instructional designers aiming to build smarter, learner-driven eLearning!

Mastering Headers and Footers in E-Learnings

The blog discusses how Adobe Captivate 12.5

Captivate crash, new install

Captivate crashes on a clean install when attempting to create a new project.

Working with Image Grids for Visual Storytelling in All-new Adobe Captivate

The blog introduces Adobe Captivate’s image grid feature as a simple yet powerful tool for creating engaging visual narratives in eLearning. It walks users through building and customizing image grids to enhance comprehension, maintain visual flow, and ensure responsive design across devices.

Creating Natural Narration with Adobe Captivate’s Text-to-Speech using AI voices

Adobe Captivate’s text-to-speech feature lets course creators transform closed captions into natural-sounding narration using AI voices, saving time and resources compared to traditional recording methods. The tool offers multiple languages, accents, and voice styles, allowing for consistent quality across courses, easy updates when content changes, and improved accessibility, making it especially valuable for multilingual content.