The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

by Kevin Siegel      Adding voiceover audio to eLearning enhances the learner experience. And before you spend thousands of dollars hiring voiceover talent to record your audio, you should know: your voice is fine (nobody likes their own voice so trust me on this, yours will do nicely). wait for it. 

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IT Training Department Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

The science promoting the use of audio narration in eLearning is strong, but the cons must still be considered. As you navigate through the content, a soothing or happy voice guides you, effortlessly explaining concepts and providing real-life examples. Present words as audio narration rather than on the screen. The premise?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 10, 2013

A few years ago I was in Canada teaching Captivate for a large Toronto-based company. We were just getting ready to cover the accessible features found in Captivate when I was informed that I could skip the section because Canadians were not required to create accessible content. What Does Captivate do to be Section 508 Compliant?

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Roundtable Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By using various media, including pre-made interactions, images, graphics, and audio, authors can quickly create and upload content into new or pre-made templates. Examples Of eLearning Authoring Tools. Adobe Captivate. Authoring tools can organize and deploy content or upload them to a learning management system (LMS).

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learnWorlds

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this article, you’ll discover inspiration, current trends, and real examples of course topics that are perfect for teaching online. Artificial Intelligence Course Ideas Generative AI (text, images, videos, audio etc.) ? There’s no better time than now to turn your course ideas into a profitable online course business !

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 19, 2010

Prior to Adobe Captivate 5, content developers or authors had very little control over the volume of audio while recording narration in a project. Adobe Captivate used to calibrate your audio input automatically — you would not know how the audio sounds until completing the recording and listening to it.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 1, 2017

Take Captivate's closed captions for example.   While Captivate has featured closed captions for years, developers had limited control over how the text looked or where the captions appeared on-screen for the learner.   Adobe has raised the bar quite a bit with Captivate 2017. . How awesome is that?).

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Think Orion

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, a product launch event can be a fashion show for your new line of clothing, a tech conference for your new tech product, a webinar for your new course, or even a bike show for your new bike addition. 6 Product Launch Event Ideas to Captivate Your Audience How do I host a product launch event? Simply – good planning!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 1, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    Several years ago I was in Canada teaching Captivate for a large Toronto-based company. We were just getting ready to cover the accessible features found in Captivate when I was informed that I could skip the section because Canadians were not required to create accessible content.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 13, 2017

Adobe Captivate 2017 is packed with a ton of new features. An example might be, “The button is blue while the mouse hovers over it.” Thankfully that logic is already built into Captivate (and most programs). Now we can build interactions like that in Captivate. In this example we will build a timer of sorts.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    Several years ago I was in Canada teaching Captivate for a large Toronto-based company. We were just getting ready to cover the accessible features found in Captivate when I was informed that I could skip the section because Canadians were not required to create accessible content.

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 11, 2018

Last week I answered several questions about audio on the forums with pretty simple workflows Maybe you will like them? Contrary to what you are used to read in my blog, this is a short article, there is no example movie. Trick 1: Audio when hovering over a (shape) button. Trick 2: avoiding overlapping audio on quiz slide.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 22, 2014

I’d like to talk about a new feature in the Adobe Captivate 8 release that just came out. Thanks to the Adobe Captivate 8 update, this is now possible. Here is how it works: for example, if you were making an international sales course. With Captivate 8, you can do that. So you can see there is different audio.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 27, 2015

by Jennie Ruby    I often point out in my classes on  writing eLearning voiceover scripts  that a script is necessary so that when you record the audio you don't skip anything, don't stumble, and don't say "um."

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 3, 2020

While working on a recent eLearning project in Articulate Storyline 360, there was a delay in getting the voiceover audio back from our voiceover professional. The dealy was particularly problematic because several slides had image builds that had to be synchronized with the voiceover audio. Kevin spent five years in the U.S.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 19, 2015

by Kevin Siegel      Using Captivate's Text to Speech feature allows you to quickly convert written text to voiceover audio.         In the Speech Management dialog box, select a Speech Agent and then click  Generate Audio. It's an awesome feature.

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Paradiso

APRIL 9, 2023

Content authoring tools are software programs that allow users to create, edit, and publish digital Content such as articles, blogs, videos, images, and audio. Examples of web-based authoring tools include Google Docs, Prezi, and Canva. Examples of desktop authoring tools include Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and Camtasia.

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Folio3

APRIL 13, 2023

4 Amazing Gamification In eLearning Examples Among numerous examples of gamification in eLearning following four holds a higher place above all and here’s why. While remaining entertaining and captivating, it also provides scholastic value. It is a low-cost audio-driven simulation.

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Adobe Captivate

MAY 16, 2019

A question posted recently is at the base of this short post: “a way to stop the main slide audio when a tab on the interaction is clicked” I pointed to an older blog where you can find some tips for using learning interactions, about their limitations etc. A Captivate interactive object means: It has an Actions tab.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 9, 2013

This beginners tutorial will show how to sync your photos to your audio in Adobe Captivate. I recommend if you have any audio clips try to sync photos in your eLearning project. I found an audio clip that talks about relationships and a few photos of a guy and a girl. Upload Your Audio and Photos .

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

We use graphics instead of text to spark our learners’ interest, we incorporate interactivity to keep them engaged, and we add video and audio to bring life to our courses. Captivate has a feature, though, that makes adding the spoken word much easier: Text-to-Speech. Let’s look at how to utilize Text-to-Speech in Captivate.

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 5, 2013

I use the Adobe Master Suite and Adobe Captivate for many of my projects. So when Adobe Captivate 7 was released, I was eager to unwrap the gift. The new release is the same Adobe Captivate you already know. If you are familiar with Captivate 5 and 6, it will be an easy transition to Captivate 7. blah, I know!)

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Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Using Adobe Captivate Learning Interactions. Adobe Captivate Learning Interactions are great interactive templates to present content that is clear, concise and interactive without overwhelming the learner with large amounts of text on the slide in one large paragraph. Sample Learning Interactions (Accordion). while on the go.

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Integrated Learnings

APRIL 11, 2011

There are a lot of arguments about using audio in eLearning – some in favor, some not. Audio narration can be very time consuming, and in many cases requires hiring talent for a professional sound. Many eLearning development tools allow you to easily record narration with your content, including Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 6, 2017

Hi, all, I’ve been working on finishing the writing of my first Captivate manual and I thought this portion of it might be helpful to anyone who needs to know or be reminded me of all of Captivate’s features. 78 Important Features of Adobe Captivate 9. Captivate Version 9.0.2.437. Captivate Version 9.0.2.437.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 18, 2014

For example, let’s say a client asks me to convert an existing full day training program to self-paced e-learning. There’s no video, only limited animation (the kind I can build in Storyline or Captivate), and professional voice talent will be used. Audio Production: 6%. I’ll use 45 hours for this example.

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Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The 2019 release of Adobe Captivate supports importing of PowerPoint presentations into a Responsive project. The imported slides can be edited in a Microsoft PowerPoint environment from within Adobe Captivate. You can choose to link to the source PowerPoint presentation to keep it in sync with the Adobe Captivate project.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 25, 2018

I recently built a new project in Captivate 2017 and was having issues optimizing the size to play well in our LMS. I rebuilt the same project(same images and audio) in Captivate 9 and it saved as a third of the size that it was in Captivate 2017. example Cap.9 example Cap.9 9 was 112 MB and Cap.

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Adobe Captivate

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In this article, I will share with you how I determined how many hours it would take me to re-build an existing catalog of courses in Captivate and show you examples of documents I created to assist me in the process. Tap into the audio path into the brain by replacing large blocks of onscreen text with voiceover narration.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 5, 2019

Should I add voice over to my Captivate Project? Learning theory strongly supports the addition of audio such as voice-over to eLearning. In Captivate, there are a number of methods to do this. In this post, I cover Recording a voice-over , directly to Captivate. How can Voice-over be Added to a Captivate Project?

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Adobe Captivate

JULY 20, 2018

Storyboarding in Adobe Captivate (2017 or Draft App) vs. Microsoft PowerPoint. Over the years we have watched Adobe Captivate evolve into one of the leading tools for developing rapid learning solutions. However, it is still amazing that so many Adobe Captive users choose to storyboard their content in Microsoft PowerPoint.

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CommLab India

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The primary way to make media accessible is by creating ALT tags for images and text transcripts for audio. But some of the best tools for developing accessible eLearning courses are Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Lectora Inspire. We need to provide descriptive text for all images. guidelines. Screen Readers.

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Adobe Captivate

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

When Fluid Boxes were launched in Captivate 2017 Release, I was pleased with this approach to responsive design. I’m pleased to report that with Captivate 2019 you can select the Fluid Boxes to resize them to a precise number of pixels or percentage by selecting the Fluid Box and navigating over to your Position panel.

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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

If you have struggled to find some Adobe Captivate examples for sources of inspiration, then feel free to check out my online portfolio. want to see what you’re made of, then having some work examples seems like the obvious answer. I have been using Adobe Captivate since it’s initial launch back in 2004.

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eLearning Brothers

JUNE 22, 2015

An earlier post on this blog offers Adobe Captivate Example Courses for download. Toward the end of that post is a quick mention and “how to” on Captivate’s text-to-speech functionality. Recently a question came up in one of the help forums: “How do I install the Captivate 8 TTS voices?”

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 14, 2017

Take Captivate’s closed captions for example. While Captivate has featured closed captions for years, developers had limited control over how the text looked or where the captions appeared on-screen for the learner. Adobe has raised the bar quite a bit with Captivate 2017. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate?

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Hurix Digital

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From support for audio and video content to interactive elements and responsive design, ePub3 empowers authors and publishers to create immersive and engaging eBooks. Understanding the capabilities of ePub3 features enables content creators to leverage its full potential and captivate readers in new and innovative ways.

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