NotificationWhy? Shared actions were a new feature in Captivate 7 and were improved in Captivate 8. Nevertheless I rarely see examples of shared actions, and there is also lot of misunderstanding. Some users think they can only be reused in other projects. I did see experts claiming that they are totally useless, that it is much easier to duplicate advanced actions. I don’t agree with that opinion, about 90% of all the project I have developed do include shared actions. […]
When managing Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate, I recommend that you open the Advanced Actions window from the drop down menu rather than from the Actions tab in the Properties of a slide or object. This way you reduce the risk of accidentally selecting a new Advanced Action in place of what was there from the start. Click on the Project dropdown menu and select Advanced Actions. Alternatively, you can press SHIFT+F9 (which doesn’t always work for me) to open […]
If you have ever made rollover captions and tried to preview or publish a project in HTML5, I am guessing you have seen this box at some point. Wait… What…? Not supported…? UGH! but rollover captions are really cool! In this blog post, I hope to share with you an idea that, while it may not be perfect for every scenario, may help you with some future projects. Not only should it remove the box above when you try to […]
I began using Captivate three days ago. Yup, only three days ago, and I’ve made three responsive projects already! Captivate is so easy to learn, and the results are impressive. Most of the features are intuitive. A few times I was stuck, but there are plenty of great instructional videos to help you.
Join me on January 15th, 16:00 EST / 21:00 UTC to learn how you can use Adobe Presenter Video Express to create your software eLearning projects. Follow the link now to set a reminder. https://youtu.be/3JI5PtP95Ic
I’ve just begun using Captivate and Articulate. I am a Master’s Candidate in Instructional Technology and Design. Thus far, I am enjoying using Captivate more than Articulate. Perfect timing at work…two projects came up that needed an Instructional Designer. Perfect! Thus my first foray into integrating Captivate with Canvas. I’ll keep you posted on the comparison of products.
Inserting Multi-Slide MP4 video presents Connection Error on Playback of projects published to local machine. 1. Captivate 2017 ver 10.0.192. (Updates controlled by server. In process of validating current version with IT) 2. Project IS NOT published to LMS. Issue presents when published to and viewed from Local Machine. 2. MP4 videos were created using the Software Simulation function in Captivate 2017. (MP4s reside in the publishing directory on the local machine). 3. I have used a relative path as well as a local […]
Here is an example for using States and Advanced Actions to “animate” an object. The setup was quite simple: 1. Import a sequence of bitmaps 2. Create custom states and add the images 3. Create some navigational elements 4. Create Advanced Actions that change the state of the image object, based on a counter variable This great new feature opens up lots of possibilities for interactive elements. Well done Captivate! I will keep experimenting with multi-state objects and use them […]
Smart shapes come in handy when working in Captivate. When working in Captivate, I try to use smart shapes as much as possible for elements such as buttons or simple graphics. I like the fact size, shape and color can all be easily changed all from within Captivate and not a graphics program. Smart shapes allow you to test concepts and prototype quickly. I often use smart shape rectangles to put together projects knowing I can easily right click and […]
Learn JQuery Rotate, Also some basic javascript programming, embedding external javascript libraries into your projects, and more! Here are the basic steps to creating the ‘seesaw – type’ object: 1. Create the object and give it an id name ‘bar’ 2. Create two variables ‘sRot’, and ‘eRot’. Give both a value of 0 3. Create two buttons that execute javascript. (unclick advance project ) Javascript code for right button is: sRot = eRot; eRot = eRot + 7; […]
Generate Random Quotes and Messages
I hope this blog is useful to anyone who wants to incorporate a random motivational quote or ‘tip of the day’ message into their projects. I attached a sample .cptx file as well. randomQuotes Step 1: Write the Quotations in an Array The hardest part about creating any random quote generator is finding, copying and pasting the actual quotes. Luckily there are lots of websites such as textfiles.com that could help you out – that’s where I got this file. Your array must […]