Exploring THEMES (and templates) in Captivate

Introduction Whether I work with clients or answer questions on forums/social media, I often bump onto confusion between themes and templates. Similar confusion can be found in many training schedules and books. Captivate has evolved a lot (since I started using version 1), also in its design tools. These improvements have not been emphasized as much as the more ‘hype’ features. My blog fans know that I like to talk about the “hidden gems”, which can help saving time and frustration. […]

Using CpExtra to create smart shape rollovers on the main master slide in Captivate 9

Changes to Captivate 9 resulted in smart shapes on master slides no longer having rollover effects. This tutorial shows you how to use the Infosemantics plugin CpExtra to get back the rollover effects when the smart shapes are on the main master slide.

Object Styles – The Key to Rapid Development

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 […]

Inserting Video Demo Files Into Other Projects

I had a viewer from my YouTube channel ask me about the Video Demo feature in Adobe Captivate. Specifically, this viewer was having trouble getting his video demo to play automatically within another Captivate project. In all likelihood he was using a video demo that had been published out to a video file, however, I thought I would blog about the options for inserting video demos into other project files. The first method is the easiest way. Simply record your […]

Tinkering with Transcripts from Adobe Captivate Prime

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 […]

Learning to Drive: JavaScript, Animation loops, Captivate 9

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 […]

My Favourite New Feature in Captivate 9 – Multi-state Objects

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 […]

What’s new and improved in Adobe Captivate 9.0.2

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 […]

What’s new in Adobe Captivate 9.0.1

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:  

Getting Started with Adobe Captivate Prime – Uploading your Learners

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

The all-new Adobe Captivate 9: From storyboarding to storytelling

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.

Adobe Captivate Drag-And-Drop Interactions Course Now Available on Lynda.com

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 […]