Custom Show/Hide Glossary that works in Captivate 8, 9, and 2017

Okay, so I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “Hey Paul, you promised to never do a Captivate 8 or 9 tutorial again”, and that’s right. I did say that but this is actually a Captivate 2017 tutorial that just happens to include steps that would work for Captivate 8 or 9 as well. In this video, I show you how you can create a custom interaction that can be used as a glossary page in your Adobe Captivate project. […]

Preview your Adobe Captivate Project in SCORM Cloud

In this Adobe Captivate video tutorial, I will show you how the Preview in SCORM Cloud works and what information you can get from it.

Microlearning: The Emerging Instructional Design Strategy in Elearning

“As an Instructional Designer, I Feel Learner Engagement Is a Big Deal And One Cannot Afford to Ignore It…” Microlearning is an emerging instructional design strategy and has been a buzzword both in eLearning Industry and Learning & Development landscape. In this blog, we will dive deep into microlearning to find its characteristics. Today’s millennial workforce is overwhelmed, distracted, stressed out and disengaged more than ever. And this younger generation wants to have a complete control over what they learn, […]

ALS Presentation Timeline Workflows

Intro At the Adobe Learning Summit (Las Vegas – 24 October 2017) I was invited to present a session about the Timeline for advanced workflows. It is one of my favorite subjects (bit below my most preferred topic ‘Advanced/Shared actions’) because I see so many questions on the forum that are due to not or misunderstanding the Timeline functionality. Tutorial For those users who were not able to attend ALS2017, I converted my Captivate presentation into a self-paced learning tutorial. […]

Como visualizar os paineis, que considera importantes em um projeto.

Como todo software Adobe o Captivate também tem seus paineis de ajuda e propriedades. Alguns desse painéis não ficam visíveis o tempo todo, precisamos habilita-los para por utilizar seus recursos, estarei mostrando alguns desse paineis que considera importantes, vamos lá. Para habilitar os painéis, vá ao menu Janela (Window) e escolha o painel desejado, neste caso mostrai o painel Anotações de Slide, vejamos as figura a seguir: Após clicar em Anotações do Slide, vera na parte inferior junto Linha de […]

Adobe Captivate – Keyboard Shortcuts

In this Adobe Captivate video tutorial, I show you three really helpful keyboard shortcuts that will save a bunch of time when working with the timeline. Also, I’ve provided a link below that will take you to the Adobe.com site where they have provided a list of all the keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Captivate (2017 Release) and earlier. Adobe Captivate Keyboard Shortcuts: ➜ https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/shortcut-keys.html

The Tools in My Toolbox

When I’m watching tutorials on YouTube, Udemy or somewhere else I often find myself asking the question “what tool did they use to do that?” For example, If I’m watching a Captivate tutorial and the presenter starts inserting images or custom buttons I want to know what they used to create them. Did they use Photoshop? Illustrator? Did they use Word (yes, really, Word)? Or, heaven forbid, Paint (not the snazzy new 3D version either). So, considering this, I decided […]

Open Different Slides Depending on Device Type

In this Quicktip video tutorial, I show you how you can use the system variable cpInfoMobileOS to create a conditional action that will navigate your end users to different slides depending on what type of device they are using to view your eLearning project.

Alterando o tamanho de palco em projetos em branco

Como está, espero que bem! Vamos a mais um tutorial Adobe Captivate 2017, vamos tratar do assunto tamanho de palco, como alterar. Sempre que iniciamos um novo Projeto Vazio, definimos o tamanho de tela logo no inicio, vejamos a imagem a seguir apontado pela seta. Quando você define o tamanho do palco e depois resolve mudar o tamanho se pergunta, como faço para alterar o tamanho do palco? Muitos fecham o projeto e iniciam um novo. Vou mostrar que não […]

Beyond the LMS: A Mobile First approach to learning using Adobe Captivate, Formative Assessment, Google Analytics, HTML5 and Google Firestore

  Hello Adobe Captivate Community!  I’m excited to hear from you and welcome your ideas and input on the work I am about to describe.  Your tutorials and forum posts have helped me tremendously in getting to completion on years of work and I am proud to share it with you today. I discovered Adobe Captivate 4 years ago when searching for a way to reach people on mobile devices. I needed to replace a platform I had developed with a mobile […]

Adobe Captivate Draft – Open Storyboards in Captivate 2017

I created a video tutorial on Adobe Captivate Draft last week that was well received, however, one of my viewers on my YouTube channel wanted to know the process of getting Captivate Draft files into Captivate 2017. In today’s video, I show everyone exactly how to do that. Click on the following link from your iPad to install Captivate Draft. Adobe Captivate Draft

Become a Captivate Swatch-buckler in No Time!

Hello, all! I recently realized that when creating a project in Captivate, it can be rather burdensome to find just the right colors to match your full brand spectrum. Thankfully, Adobe Captivate has you covered! Follow these simple steps to customize the built-in Swatch Manager, and make the default palette walk the plank! 1. Open a Captivate project file. 2. From the top menu bar, select Window, and scroll down to Swatch Manager. The default should look like this. 3.  […]