Quiz in Captivate 2019 is significantly slow. Submit button requires two clicks

Hello, I’m working on quizzes with the 2019 version of Captivate, and I can’t help but notice it loads and advances thru slides significantly slower than regular projects.  The quizzes are multiple choice; After submitting the answer and receiving the correct/incorrect prompt, it can take up to 30 seconds or more to advance to the next slide on it’s own. Otherwise, the ‘Submit’ button has to be clicked a second time to advance. I’ve looked at the options for the […]

Two Significant Accessibility Issues with Captivate 2019

Though Adobe documentation certifies compatibility using JAWS and Fire Fox, it is not practical, or financially feasible in many cases, to expect screen reader users to switch their standard browser / screen reader combinations in accordance with each application they need. NVDA with FF is among the top screen reader and browser combinations used by persons with visual disabilities, running head-to-head with JAWS https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey7/. These are just two of the accessibility issues reported by the AUL. They just happen to be the most significant and important.

BOOK – Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 – available for pre-order

The next installment of the “Mastering Adobe Captivate” series is now available for pre-order. You can now pre-order “Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019” from the following page on the Packt Publishing website : https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/mastering-adobe-captivate-2019-fifth-edition. The actual release of the book is around the corner. We don’t have an exact date to share just yet, but it might still be before the one of this month, early February 2019 at the latest! Once again, it has been quite a ride to get […]

Creating Custom Themes: Tips & Takeaways

Earlier this month, I gave a presentation on Creating Custom Themes at our local Adobe Captivate User Group. As I was going through the step-by-step process of creating a theme, I found myself reflecting on my experience over the years – what worked, what didn’t work, and how to save time. In this article, I will share some of those lessons learned – as opposed to the step-by-step technique of creating a theme.

Printing feature with Fluid Boxes not displaying slides properly

Problem with printing to Word when course created with fluid boxes.

Training Simulation: images as feedback

Steo-by-step tutorial to replace the text feedback message by an image as fill in a shape. Newbies.

Themes Q&A

Supplementary to the Help about topics like Theme Colors and Master slides. Help is not very accurate and lacks lot of information.

Details of the Adobe Captivate (2019) Specialist Certification experience: Getting started – Part 1 of 3 in a series

I completed the Adobe Captivate (2019) Specialist certification in Las Vegas this past fall. But, before I even got to Nevada, the learning experience had begun. 

4 Websites to inspire the design of your next eLearning course

Blog post about where to find inspiration for your next eLearning project online.

Old project(published as SWF in CP6), not working when republished for HTML5 in CP2017

I used captivate CS 5.5 and then CS6 a lot in 2014. (At that time), I preferred all my O/P publication in SWF.  Then, was engaged in a projects that uses another software/tools Visual studio …. But as HTML5 is now growing as default standard, I just republished my old Captivate projects in HTML5, but it is not giving any output in HTML5. It gives problem the moment I add Random Question slide(from Q. Pool) in the project. What could […]

Captivate 17 to 19 wont play in LMS

Hello, I have projects that were developed in Captivate 17.  When the new update came out, I found my self working in 19 without knowing.  So when I went to save and had to convert to 19 or lose my work. I do not backups to revert too so I now have 6 responsive projects that will play in the mobile or tablet view. (100 slides x 3 views x 6 projects) at this point are they trash because of […]

QR Code Not Working on “Same Network”

QR Code Not Working on Same Network