NotificationI have something exciting for the Captivate course authors to try and trust me when you tell your learners they need not switch on their laptops or PC’s to access their course, they will surely be overwhelmed. Yes, following some generic guidelines you can re-design and upgrade your old Captivate blank projects to a responsive one and this time without breakpoints (Captivate 8 and 9 users will be familiar with this term) and if you are a new Captivate […]
My favorite method for learning new or enhanced software product is through project development. I find it difficult to master new enhancements working with each in isolation, so I have a tendency to add as many of a software tools enhancements to a single personal learning project as possible. This way I can study the effects the new feathers have on each other and older features. For the new Captivate 2017 release I took a very text intensive tutorial created […]
If you need to use the same preferences for every project, or maybe different prefferences for different types of projects, you’re in luck with the time saving tip. You are able to export and import preferences within Captivate. Step 1 – Saving Preferences To create the desired preferences, find the ‘Edit’ menu on the top left of your screen and select ‘Preferences’ at the bottom of the menu. Here you are able to set the specific preferences of your choice […]
As elearning creators we understand the benefits of creating elearning for the learners of an organisation, business or even the public and I’ve noticed it can be easy for us to stop learning ourselves. Lately at work I’ve been going out of my comfort zone as a developer, by exploring more of what Captivate can really do. We still use version 8 at work right now and even after 2 years of using it every day, I’ve realised I have so […]
I have created a microlearning project to test new responsive features of Captivate 2017. (Here is the link.) In this article, I will review several issues that I faced while creating this demo. The introduction of fluid boxes is a step forward compared to previous breakpoint mode. Designing for mobile devices is less time-consuming now. I only wish that Captivate had a separate tab for fluid boxes. It takes a lot of random clicking and moving a mouse before you […]
A few weeks ago, I downloaded Knudge.me, a mobile application that intends to help its users master the English language. What attracted me at first, was that I could choose from different Courses based on my English level. Once downloaded, I discovered a smart application, that really got me motivated to learn. It inspired me for my future eLearning projects, and that’s an experience I want to share with you. As described on their site, “Knudge.me is a mobile learning […]
Background Two weeks ago I was approached by a Curriculum Design Specialist (CDS) on our team who wanted to make use of a very long interview that she had recorded. Initially she wished to splice the audio file into several podcasts but was grappling with the idea of making her learners do more than just listen. We came up with an idea for integrating other events of instruction, namely: THINK-LISTEN-COMPARE. In order to promote a more active listener during independent […]
A few of my clients who have hired me to teach them about Adobe Captivate 2017 have asked about two things they used to do when designing responsive courses and how to do the same thing using fluid boxes. The first is the idea of having optional content. In previous versions of adobe captivate you could simply select one of your smaller breakpoints and place optional content off the stage and into the scrap area. When these projects were displayed […]
Getting started on Fluid Boxes – Adobe Captivate 2017 release What is a Fluid Box Download the Workbook – Getting Started with Fluid Boxes in Adobe Captivate 2017 In the 2017 release of Adobe Captivate, a Fluid Box is a layout mode that provides the arrangement of objects on a slide so that the objects behave predictably when the slide accommodates different screen sizes and devices. A Fluid Box is an easy to use layout model for e-learning designers. You can […]
Hi everyone, I’ve recently been fed up with the spell checker in Captivate and decided to find another way/tool. My spelling is pretty good, but I often work on huge projects with lots of slides, and sometimes errors slip through. My first solution was to copy and paste every bit of text on each slide into a word document, but this took forever. It also delayed the delivery date and things still got missed because of hidden layers and hidden groups […]
