

This might very well be the most important video tutorial you watch on Adobe Captivate this year. In this video, I’ll show you the object styles manager and how I work with object styles in Adobe Captivate. Knowledge of working with object styles is how I can develop eLearning as rapidly as I do. My clients are constantly amazed at how quickly I go from storyboard to prototype. It’s much easier to turn your projects around if you understand how object […]
I’m proud to admit it, I’m on team Adobe when it comes to all of my eLearning. I’m especially excited about the new LMS from Adobe, Adobe Captivate Prime. But this story / tutorial is actually not as much about Adobe’s eLearning tools as it is about an often underappreciated little champion tool from Microsoft – one that most everyone uses, but few of us really appreciate for it’s extraordinary powers. I’m talking about Microsoft Excel – and how you […]
I saw an interesting question this morning in the community, but of course I cannot find it now to tell you who began the thought. 😉 Nonetheless – the question was fairly universal and the use case sounded interesting so I thought I’d give it a stab. The core of the question was – how can I create looping animation in Captivate on a single slide to simulate one of those repeating roadway animations – like the old 8 bit […]
Probably my favourite feature addition for Adobe Captivate in recent years is multi state objects. When it was first released with the launch of Adobe Captivate 9, I was initially lukewarm to multi-state objects. Prior to version 9, I had three states in my image buttons for up, down, and over; and that was just fine with me. What I didn’t realize was how many different situations I could use multi state objects for. I decided to share some of […]
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 […]
We’ve just released a free update for Adobe Captivate 9 with some new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. 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 9.0.1.320. Here are the detailed installation instructions. Now let’s talk about the new features and enhancements in Captivate 9.0.1:
You may well have heard about Adobe’s new Learning Management System (LMS) – Adobe Captivate Prime. Prime is incredibly simple to use, and it’s fun to sign up for a free trial and easy to add courses, even get started sharing your courses with learners. In a live demo of Captivate Prime this week, I included a number
We are super-thrilled to announce the launch of all-new Adobe Captivate 9. It is power-packed with tons of new features, functionalities, enhancements, and thousands of goodies to surprise you! Take a sneak peek at what’s in store for you: It’s truly one tool, with infinite possibilities.
Check out this new course on Adobe Captivate Drag and Drop Interactions with me on Lynda.com. This course dives into the drag-and-drop feature of Adobe Captivate 8, focusing on creating interactive elements that are interesting and fun. You will learn how to build your first interaction, turn interactions into questions and practice activities, apply effects, categorize one-to-many and many-to-one objects for easy assembly, and add feedback and advanced actions that will take your drag-and-drop interactions to the next level. Here’s […]