Job Aids – What you should know

A Job Aid is like a checklist, a cheat-sheet or any kind of quick reference material that employees can use in the execution of their jobs. In Adobe Captivate Prime, Job Aids are organized in Catalogs. Read more to find out what you need to know about Job Aids in Adobe Captivate Prime.

Understanding/Using System Variables – part 2

This post explains the power and use of the variables in the category Movie Control’. Terminology which is crucial is explained as well as some easy use cases.

Understanding/Using System Variables – part 1

Introduction to system variables, focus on the categories of system variables which are read only. Post includes a downloadable table with definitions and references to articles with use cases. Later articles will focus on the category Movie Control, on user variables, and on their meaning in simple, advanced and shared actions.

Setting your Adobe Captivate Dimensions

In this video tutorial, I show you how to set and resize the dimensions of various types of eLearning projects including responsive and non-responsive projects.

Using Adobe Captivate Learning Interactions

Using Adobe Captivate Learning Interactions As an Instructional Designer, I am always concerned about how to organize and present content in a way that does not overwhelm my learners. Therefore, writing style and length of text are extremely important. Enormous blocks of text on screen can make the learner reluctant to continue the course, especially in this digital age where learning is experienced on mobile devices (e.g. tablets, phones, laptops) and the social media phenomenon has created learners with short […]

Slide Notes Basics for Newbies

This quick tutorial will show Newbies what “the blue line” means and what it can do when you are adding, re-ordering, deleting, or editing lines of your slide notes.

How Does a Newbie Get Started?

Tips and recommendations for a newbie

Puzzles with Captivate 2019

How to make Puzzles with Captivate 2019…

Adobe Captivate – Advanced Answer Feedback with Images

In this video tutorial, I answer Fundació Eduard Soler’s question is there a way to insert images into an advanced answer option multiple choice question like the knowledge check I used in this video.

Adobe Captivate – Drag and Drop as an Interactive Video Overlay

In this video tutorial, I address an issue with drag and drop when used as an interactive video overlay slide.

Share Your eLearning Using Amazon AWS

If there is one thing that can be a problem for freelance elearning designer/developers that would be how we share our prototype eLearning courses with our stakeholders and subject matter experts. We don’t usually have access to the learning management system, and having our own LMS can be expensive for a small business owner like ourselves. That’s where getting your own web server comes in. I’ve been using Amazon AWS for a number of years now and I have nothing to complain about their service or the ease of use. In this video tutorial, I show you how you can sign up for an Amazon AWS account and upload your eLearning project for sharing with stakeholders and subject matter experts for review purposes.

Adobe Captivate – Customizing Learning Interactions

In this Adobe Captivate video tutorial, I show you how you can customise your learning interactions to align with your Adobe Captivate Themes. Use the chart below to align your colour palette to your theme colour choices.