NotificationIn this video I’m going to show you how you can use a more traditional show / hide advanced actions as an alternative to using multi state objects in your Adobe Captivate projects. This is ideal for folks still using Adobe Captivate 8 or earlier.
I have been working for a while now with the Adobe Captivate engineering team and several customers on a project that should be nicknamed, Project Light Speed. This is a project that normally wouldn’t garner much focus, because the focus of the project was to optimize performance of the Captivate Projects playback on mobile devices, on desktops, and even within the authoring tool. I know – that doesn’t sound all that glamorous at first pass, but I want you to think about […]
eLearning designers and consumers are constantly looking for ways to “spice up” their courses through the use of graphics, interactions, characters and even games. Adobe Captivate has always given you many ways to incorporate these assets into your course, but with the newest release (Captivate 9.0.2) they made it even easier. In the newest release of Captivate 9.0.2, you may have noticed several changes: increased speed, better access to the Adobe Stock library, and a new and improved Assets widget. […]
1.In an open project that you want to publish as 508-compliant, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS). 2.In the Category panel, expand Project, and select Publish Settings. 3.Select Enable Accessibility in the Project panel. For detailed information on creating 508-compliant projects, see Creating accessible projects in Adobe Captivate.
Enabling 508 Compliance makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if 508 Compliance is enabled, and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. The following Adobe Captivate elements are accessible when 508 Compliance is enabled: ´Project name (derived from Project Properties) ´Project description (derived from Project Properties) ´Slide […]
What!!! You haven’t created a responsive eLearning course yet using Adobe Captivate 8 or 9? Well, I hate to inform you, but you are already behind the times. So let me help you get with it and get with it fast!!! A little bit of history on my experience with responsive design. I am NOT a coder. I am not prolific with HTLM or CSS. That is why I love Adobe Captivate’s ability to provide responsive design. I helped Kevin Siegel […]
And here comes a new update for Adobe Captivate 9, which makes this eLearning authoring tool even more amazing with the power of new eLearning community, integration with Adobe Stock, and some major performance and runtime enhancements. To get the new update, open Adobe Captivate 9, and click Help > Updates and install the new update. Once the update is installed, your new Captivate version will be 9.0.2.421. Here are the detailed installation instructions and release notes. Now let’s talk […]
This page is intended for sample projects that utilize Adobe eLearning Suite, Adobe Captivate, and/or Adobe Presenter. You may download and use any of the project files or samples you find here for your own learning. You may not extract the media from the files and use that media for your own purposes without the express written permission of Adobe Systems Inc. What can I do with these files? Use them to learn about how Captivate, Presenter and eLearning Suite […]
Check out my recent eSeminar on Using Object States in Adobe Captivate 9. If you’ve been looking for ways to simplify creating great eLearning interactions, or if you just hate any kind of programming – you’ll find some great tips in this 1 hour eSeminar on the new Object States in Adobe Captivate. It’s a great way to amp up the interactivity inside your projects and you won’t need to do any programming at all if you don’t want to. […]
As an eLearning designer, wouldn’t it be great if you could create training material quickly and easily without having to spend a whole lot of time and money designing your assets from scratch or having someone do them for you? Adobe Captivate 9 now comes with an offering that is almost too good to be true – the Asset Store! This complimentary service for customers was released with Captivate 9 in August 2015, along with some other very cool features […]
