Responsive eLearning with Captivate 2017 – Part 1: Creating a responsive project

You can create responsive courses in Adobe Captivate using two different ways: The first way, which is available in version 8, 9, and 2017 is with the use of Breakpoints. You can learn more about using breakpoints to create responsive courses here. The second way, which was introduced in Captivate 2017, is by using Fluid Boxes to create responsive courses. This new workflow allows you to easily create responsive projects, which makes it possible for you to design content for […]

Accessibility in Adobe Captivate

It’s a big day today in the world of accessibility, as the W3C today introduced the latest update to WCAG Standards. These are the guidelines used to ensure that content and software accommodates the needs of diverse audiences. The new standard augments the previous set (version 2.0) and is given the new version number (2.1.)  You can read all about it in this fantastic overview from Andrew Kirkpatrick, Adobe’s Group Product Manager for Accessibly. You may at this point find […]

GIF Animation Tool – SnagIt

SnagIt is another great tool for creating animated GIF files the work well with Captivate.

Micro-Navigation with Shared Action (Step-By-Step)

Last post about using Micro-navigation to skip first seconds in a slide. Post describes how to create a shared action from an advanced action, how to decide which variables and literals should be defined as parameters.

Changing States vs Animation – (A Reason to Learn JavaScript)

Learning to use JavaScript can allow you to make projects that offer something with just a little more polish than the next developer. Here is a simple example of a subtle difference between using JavaScript vs native Captivate functionality.

Webinar Recording – How to create a portfolio of eLearning samples when you’re starting out

In this webinar, we teach you how to create your very own eLearning portfolio through MyPortfolio, a free tool available as part of a Creative Cloud plan. Using Adobe Captivate, we’ll guide you through how to create a video demonstration of your projects, and how to export this to your eLearning portfolio. Don’t have a project to showcase? We’ll show you how to create your first project, from brainstorming and conceptualising your ideas to producing them in Adobe Captivate. By […]

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.