Responsive eLearning with Captivate 2017 – Part 10: Using Fluid Boxes with master slides

In this 14-part blog series, so far we’ve learned how to create a responsive project, rescale it, add Fluid Boxes to the slides, add objects to the Fluid Boxes, apply background fill, modify the properties of the Fluid Boxes, use the static and optional properties, and best practices for adding text in responsive projects. Now let’s learn how to use Fluid Boxes in master slides. Also learn how they are different from Fluid Boxes added to the Filmstrip slides. When […]

FREE WEBINAR – Working with Image in Adobe Captivate

DATE: Wed 29th August 2018 TIME: 12.00pm AEST REGISTER NOW: https://adobe.ly/2MRe4Ji So we know how to insert an image, but what about all the other fun and time-saving things we can do with images in Adobe Captivate . . ? What about using animated GIFs? Or working with images in responsive projects? Do images behave differently when designing a responsive project? Those are great questions and we’re glad you asked! In this webinar, we’ll examine image behaviours, tips and workarounds. We’ll […]

Captivate Reviewer not working. Anyone else experiencing this?

Adobe Captivate Reviewer not Publishing the images of Captivate 2017 project. New test projects have been created with a few images and the problem is seen there as well.

Forced Clicking Hotspots in Fluid Boxes Project

Two workflows for conditional appearance of a Next button after having clicked all hotsptos as described in a previous article for non-responsive projects is tested in a Fluid Boxes setup. What has to change, which workflow is the most appropriate?

Top 5 App UX Design Tools for Newbie Designers

As a new designer when you decide to work on the UX it was the decision when you take steps to the world of technology which offer you immense opportunity. User experience (UX) design has become a massive part of working in the design sector. UX designers are all about providing the imagination on the screen. UX design is displayed with the information they’re looking for in the easiest, cleanest, and most intuitive way possible – whether that be a […]

Publishing Content – Items not displaying correctly

Hi, My project is a non-responsive type. Attached is my settings.  Now, in prior projects I’ve published, there were no issues.  For some reason, in this project, there are a bunch of slides, that have issues with text appearing on slides, the animations are delayed, and narration text boxes not changing.  So, I’m not sure if I’m missing something. Any feedback would great be appreciated.

Audio not playing on one slide

I have a Captivate project where the first slide has audio to introduce the project.  Then it proceeds to the next slide where students click on various buttons to learn more about a particular topic.  There is also audio on the slides with each topic, but no audio on the slide they click on.  For some reason, the audio does not play on the first slide.  It proceeds to the next slide, then when the buttons are clicked it plays […]

My first Captivate Project!

My first Captivate Project! I don’t feel I have a lot to contribute – most of the blogs featured here are written by eLearning professionals or Adobe Evangelists whereas I am a total beginner. The following is my first experience using Captivate:- I didn’t have a clue where to start but I had a deadline – approximately 3 weeks and no prior knowledge (not even PowerPoint)! Pre-production I created a storyboard for the workshop including all the elements and the […]

Adobe Captivate 2017: Creating Responsive Simulations

Learn how to create responsive simulations using Adobe Captivate 2017 including all three modes and they are:
Demo
Training
Assessment

Unusual Use of Shared Actions

Even if you are a frequent user of shared actions, you may be unaware of the use cases described in this blog post. It can help you save time.

Responsive eLearning with Captivate 2017 – Part 9: Using responsive text

In this 14-part blog series, so far we’ve learned how to create a responsive project, rescale it, add Fluid Boxes to the slides, add objects to the Fluid Boxes, apply background fill, and modify the properties of the Fluid Boxes. We also learned how to convert Fluid Boxes to Static Fluid Boxes and mark some of the objects or Fluid Boxes as optional. Now let’s learn how to work with text in responsive projects. When you add text to Fluid […]

Water and Fire? Fluid Box with Rollovers

In a non-responsive project with HTML output you can add rollover items. For a non-responsive project with Fluid Boxes that is impossible. This post offers two suggestions to mimick a rollover, which will only appear when using a mouse on desktop/laptop screens, not on mobile devices (not even with a stylus).