Join me for this Adobe Captivate eLearning Livestream, where I will be reviewing what I’ve learned after a year of using fluid boxes. Join this live session and have your responsive design fluid box questions ready for the live chat. I will be answering your questions. Follow the link below at any time to set up a reminder to be notified when this event becomes live on March 20th at 4 PM Eastern Time. If you enjoy my LIVE STREAMS, please […]
In this webinar we look at creating software training experiences using Adobe Captivate, the difference between Video demos and Software Simulations, and also discover just what “Use Portion of Background Image” actually means. Also, Mac shortcut key to Stop Recording = Command+Enter (Mac) “Use Portion of Background Image” @ 53 minutes
While it is obvious that Learnability or learning effectiveness of online courses has an impact on ROI, its measurement is rather a tall order. This article outlines how you can use our framework to predict, measure, and validate the learnability or learning effectiveness of your online courses. What Is Learnability Or Learning Effectiveness Of Online Courses? Learnability or learning effectiveness of online courses can be defined as the ease and speed with which the learners can acquire the required information/knowledge/skill. There is an […]
Take a quick look around your office. Peer into the next cubicle, or walk into the cafeteria: You will realise that the demographics of your workplace have changed. Chances are you work with a millennial or are one yourself. Those born between 1980 and 2000 make up the single largest generation group in the world currently and are all set to dominate the workforce. By 2025, millennials will constitute 75% of the entire workforce and number over 50 million […]
Considering a career in Instructional Design? Here are 6 of the lesser-known benefits of pursuing this exciting career path. You probably know that Instructional Design is a rewarding career path with a brightly projected outlook. After all, the eLearning industry is growing by leaps and bounds, as organizations begin to realize its cost-saving benefits. However, there are some hidden rewards to this career path that aren’t widely publicized. In fact, some of these lesser-known benefits keep Instructional Designers in the field for […]
As an experienced e-Learning developer, I’ve had a number of folks ask me over the year how I keep my work organized. Given the number of graphics in a course, audio narration files, video segments, and assets created in other programs such as Adobe Photoshop or Camtasia Studio to support your Captivate course, you can easily have hundreds of assets with different file extensions, even for a moderately sized course. To begin, I maintain my course on the C: drive […]
Having the opportunity to attend my first conference not too long ago had a huge impact on my outlook towards community based learning. We’ll be following up with more posts specifically around what to expect at ALS 2017, session tracks, speakers,sneak peeks on new tech. For now, we’ll give you 4 reasons why you should attend ALS 2017 in October at The Mirage in Las Vegas. Click here to register – Adobe Learning Summit “They have webinars”, “You would be losing […]
User experience has taken a front seat in design thinking and creation. As learners detach themselves from traditional learning methods, our attention turns to the use of mobile devices for consumption by learners. Fluid boxes in Adobe Captivate 2017 give you the ability to place content in these intelligent containers and have Adobe Captivate resize and adapt the objects for any device size, the device specific preview menu (another new addition to this release) gives you complete control over […]
I have been an instructional designer for 17 years, and I had used Adobe Captivate many years (and versions) ago. I have been looking to move from higher education into corporate training and one of the requirements I see most often in postings is Adobe Captivate experience, so to make sure I was up to date on Captivate, I downloaded the free trail. Adobe Captivate 2017 and its ability to create responsive content has come a long way over the […]
Critical thinking is a skill that, when absent, contributes to the rise of recent phenomena like runaway fake news stories or hacking of government and corporate computers, and costs companies dearly in law suits, fines, penalties, and failed projects. The skill of critical thinking in modern business is often described as desirable when asking employers what it is that they are looking for in new hires (Hart Research Associates, 2013). Employers lament the inability of new employees to think critically […]
