Listen only once to the narration – micro-navigation

Use case for micro-navigation. Learner has to listen to a narration on first visit of a slide, but the audio will not play again on later visits.

Force View of Slide on First Visit

First use case for micro-navigation: learner has to view all the content on a slide before the Next button appears. But on a later visit the Next button has to be available immediately.

Adobe Captivate – Workflow for Adding Closed Captions

In this video tutorial, I show you my workflow for adding Closed Captions to my eLearning projects created in Adobe Captivate.

Variables and Conditional Actions – Some Encouragement

Some encouragement on using variables and conditional actions for newer users.

Making it easy to design your project with Captivate built-in tools

Combine the use of Themes and Master Slides as well as individual adjustments to design a project that is exactly what you want it to look like. Investment in setting up your Theme and Master Slides will be well worth it with savings in the creation of your project with a consistent look.

Creating a Simple Timeline Animation in Adobe Animate CC

In a previous post, I showed how to bring an animation made in Adobe AnimateCC into your Captivate project. This blog will show you how to create a basic timeline HTML5 animation. The simple steps in this blog will help you create some unique animations for your projects.

Animation of Objects – Three Examples (Part 2)

Explanation of code behind the animations.

Animation of Objects – Three Examples (Part 1)

A slide with three different executions for animating an object on the screen.

About Slides and Frames – Intro to Micro-navigation

Introduction to navigation within frames instead of slides: macro- versus micro-navigation. Includes a fun exercise to reinforce the learning, as preparation for advanced use cases.

Transitioning from Rollover Objects to HTML5

With the rise in HTML5 for multiple device enabled presentations, this project explores ways to modernize the older Rollover objects in Captivate.

Add Animate CC to Your Captivate Project

When you publish an Animate CC file, you’re creating a HTML5/JavaScript file. Captivate when published to a web format uses HTML5/JavaScript. So it makes sense that you can not only combine these projects, but you can also get the two projects to talk to each other using JavaScript. This blog shows you a few steps on how you can combine these two platforms.

Synchronize video and animated objects

Adding Video to your eLearning project can make it more engaging. In this article I show you how I overcame the challenge of synchronizing my video with animated objects on the slide.