Using Types in Drag&Drop interaction

Detailed workflow to create and use Types for engaging Drag&Drop interactions

Simulation assessment to test Captivate skills

One of several assessments about Captivate skills. This one is about setting up Preferences, Object Styles and completion of a custom Theme (fonts, colors, insertion and use of Metadata).

Clear Text Input Fields

I couldn’t find an easy way to clear a text input field. This tutorial will show you a simple JavaScript line of code that can clear the fields for you.

Random numbers in Captivate

For starters with Javascript in Captivate:: how to use a random number to generate a random state of a multistate object to be used for gamification.

Is it possible to create a card game that randomly pull cards from different “decks”?

Is it possible to create a card game that works similar to something like this: https://whatthedeck.psu.edu/play/ There are three card categories. Each category has about 15-25 cards in it. When the user click on the blue card, it randomly pulls a blue card from the “blue deck”. The same happens for the red and green decks. Is this possible to build in Adobe Captivate and if so, could someone point me to some tutorials on what features I would need […]

Adobe Captivate Macbook Pro No Audio Narration, System Audio, or Ability to Add Audio to Video Demos

I have been using Adobe Captivate for some time now. One of my favorite features of Captivate over other e-learning software is that although it can be a bit more complex, the trade-off is that it offers several features in one package. Thus if I want to make a very quick video demo and add that cpvc file to a responsive learning project I can. Or if I need to make just a quick video tutorial to demonstrate to my […]

Installing Neon

Neon fails to install

Dynamic navigation button

INTRODUCTION In this tutorial, I want to share my idea of creating “dynamic” navigation buttons. By saying “dynamic”, I mean that they will appear only when you need them. I will use advanced actions combined with JavaScript. PRESENTATION Since a picture is worth a thousand words, let’s start with a presentation. While watching the mini-presentation, you will notice, that an arrow button is invisible for the time when an avatar is presenting the content. It appears only when the avatar […]

Using Advanced Actions in Captivate

Using Advanced Actions to show, change the state of, and hide objects on a slide.

Using Multi-State Objects in Captivate

Using multi-state objects to effectively present multiple pieces of information on a slide without overwhelming the learner.

Grouping Items on the Captivate Timeline

This is the third in a series of videos I’m creating that walks through various features of a recent project I created in Adobe Captivate. Just to be clear, this isn’t a traditional tutorial showing a step-by-step process although there will be elements of that, it’s more an insight into how I approached my project.

Photography Skills Captivate Project (Customising the Captivate Workspace)

This is the second in a series of videos I’m creating that walks through various elements of a recent project I created in Adobe Captivate.  This video covers customising the Captivate workspace. Just to be clear, this isn’t a traditional tutorial showing a step-by-step process although there will be elements of that, it’s more an insight into how I approached my project.  My hope is that some of the ideas covered in these videos will spark some ‘aha’ moments or […]