The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

When you insert a Standard Object onto a master slide and then apply the master slide to a Filmstrip slide, the Standard Object on the master slide appears on the Filmstrip slide(s). You can click on the object on the Filmstrip slide, but you can't pass through the plexiglass and select the object.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 8, 2013

Last week I wrote about Captivate's Main Master Slide and Content Master Slides. I demonstrated how adding an object to a Main Master Slide instantly adds that object to all of the Content Master Slides and the Filmstrip slides. In fact, electing to hide objects on the Main Master Slide is very easy.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by Kevin Siegel        If you need to include YouTube videos in your Captivate eLearning project, the traditional technique was to insert a click box or button on a slide and, on the Properties Inspector, use the  Open URL or File  action to target the video's URL.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 1, 2018

.   I’m a huge video fan. In my experience, videos offer a higher level of learner interest and knowledge retention than just text and/or images. However, as much as I love videos, I’m not happy with a core video limitation… a lack of learner engagement or interactivity. On the toolbar, I clicked Interactive Video.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 24, 2023

Adding quiz questions to an Adobe Captivate Classic project is easy. Go to the Quiz menu and choose Question Slide. You knew about CSV importing because you attended IconLogic's vILT Captivate classes. Back in Captivate Classic, choose Quiz > Import CSV Format File and open the CSV you just created.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 30, 2015

by Kevin Siegel      Last week Adobe announced a major update to Adobe Captivate: Adobe Captivate 9. While similar in appearance to Adobe Captivate 8, version 9 offers several enhancements that I'll cover over the next few weeks. Captivate 9 will only work if you have Windows 64-bit.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 3, 2013

I was teaching a recent Adobe Captivate Advanced class how to create and edit a Video Demo using Captivate 6. One of my students agreed he could see many reasons to create a quick video of a computer process instead of using Captivate's capture other modes (Demo, Assessment, Training or Custom).

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

PT: Getting Started with JavaScript in Adobe Captivate Tools such as Adobe Captivate are great for quickly developing elearning. Phil Cowcill, Senior Elearning Specialist at the Department of National Defence, Canada, will give you a quick introduction on how to write your own JavaScript that’s geared for Adobe Captivate.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 22, 2015

by Lori Smith    I received an email from a Captivate developer who was lamenting the fact that her Captivate videos didn't have closed captions. "Sure it's easy to add closed captions to a Captivate slide," she said, "but you cannot add them to a video."  

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 2, 2013

A client wanted an image to appear on most of the Filmstrip slides, but not all. Controlling the appearance of slide objects can be set in multiple ways. You can use Master Slides or Object Timing (you can set the Display time for an object to Rest of the Project ). Using the Filmstrip, select a slide.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 22, 2018

Hi everybody… I am working a video based responsive e-learning project. I am using Multi-Slide Synchronized Videos in the slides. Because I want to synchronized videos with slides… But in mobile landscape version, I want to force to video fullscreen. So how can i do that.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 25, 2019

Adobe recently released a significant, and free, update to Captivate 2019, its flagship eLearning development tool.   If you're a veteran Captivate developer, you'll see that the interface remains mostly unchanged. Keep in mind that after inserting these assets, you can still edit them within Captivate just like always.

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Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In this video we will show you how to group slides in Adobe Captivate. Grouping slides will also influence your Table of Contents. Creating slide groups is good for projects with sections and also projects with lots of slides. More Captivate tips and advice at www.learningplan.com.au.

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 15, 2019

Dear Experts, I have a progressive download video on the second slide of my captivate project (which is otherwise a software simulation) and I would like to do a transition at the end of the video (which is also the end of the slide, as I set the length of the slide to the same as the video) back to the first slide.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 24, 2015

by Kevin Siegel      I've been getting more and more requests from both students attending our  online Captivate classes and eLearning development customers  to add videos to the Captivate TOC.   Most people think it's impossible to add a video to the TOC.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 21, 2018

Hi All, I’m creating a course with a video using a multi-slide option and divided the video up into 5 slides. I want the scorm to bookmark when the user exit the course and resume on the last slide they were on. However, when the user resume the video always starts on the first slide.

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 17, 2014

Need to learn how to use Adobe Captivate Scenario Templates? Take a moment to watch this video and increase your knowledge on how to use Adobe Captivate Scenario Templates. The video will cover Scenarios in Captivate blank projects or Adobe Captivate 7 templates only. Watch this video on YouTube.

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Adobe Captivate

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I have a @10 minute video distributed across multiple slides (great for bookmarking and play on other hardware) that will not play on a mini iPad with Safari or Chrome (updated to current OS). The ‘slide’ displays (like a preview or screenshot) but the video will not play. video is also 1024 x 576.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 17, 2011

This nifty article will show you how to add closed captions to slide videos instead of just to slides containing audio.

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 21, 2018

Add a new dimension of interactivity to recorded or streaming videos with overlay slides in Adobe Captivate. Mark any slide as an overlay slide and insert it anywhere on your video timeline allowing you to add additional interactive layers for improved learner engagement. Then click Insert Overlay.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 26, 2013

Thanks to a really slick interaction found in the new Adobe Captivate 7, you can allow learners to add notes throughout an eLearning lesson. To add learner notes, open or create a project in Adobe Captivate 7. Select the first slide and choose Insert > Interactions. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate training?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

If you have recorded a software demonstration using Adobe Captivate, you have likely run across the issue of the dreaded "jittery mouse." " Here's the scenario: you are working on a project with several slides. On slide 5 , the mouse is moving from point A to point B. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you have content in Microsoft PowerPoint and need to use it for eLearning, you'll be happy to know that the top eLearning tools (Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and TechSmith Camtasia) allow you to import PowerPoint content and then output HTML5 or videos. Kevin Siegel is the founder and president of IconLogic, Inc.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 15, 2018

Originally I uploaded a PowerPoint presentation into Captivate and started the process of tweaking for the video I was creating. After finishing, I was asked to send a PPT with the video then I found out exporting back out to PowerPoint was a problem. I researched and ran across a limited amount of options…none easy.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 29, 2019

I've long trumpeted the benefits of using Object Styles in Adobe Captivate. In that case, you'll love Captivate's copy and paste appearance feature.   Before I show you how to use the copy/paste appearance feature, let me review Object Styles (using styles is truly the most efficient way to work in Captivate). .

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mLearning Revolution

MAY 18, 2011

If my schedule allows, I will typically pick one question each week and publish a short how-to video, that answers the question. I will then publish the video here on my Blog and also on the official ‘AskAdobeTeam’ Facebook Page. Here’s a short video on how to do this in Adobe Captivate 5. eLearning'

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      During every  Captivate beginner class , time is spent on the second day teaching everyone how to use Captivate's Text-to-Speech feature to convert slide notes into speech. It would help I, at the very least, I can select all of a slide's notes at once and change the agent.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 3, 2019

Is Captivate able to produce a slide where video is playing in the foreground and slide information is playing behind or to the side of the video? What we are thinking is to green screen a speaker talking in the video with information coming on and off the screen in the background.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Adobe Captivate likes to confirm your actions. Attempting to delete a slide object? Captivate will prompt you to confirm the action. In the image below, I'm attempting to delete an unwanted slide from my Filmstrip. Since I told Captivate not to bother me, Captivate hadn't.

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Swift eLearning Services

JULY 25, 2018

Adobe Captivate 2017 has come up with a new feature, adding closed captions for videos. In Captivate, we can insert video either as an Event or Multi-Slide Synchronized Video. To add closed captions, we need to insert video as Multi-Side Synchronized Video.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Adobe recently announced a patch for Adobe Captivate 7. For instance, the ability to lock slide objects has been around for years. All you needed to do was select a slide object and, on the Timeline, click the white dot in the lock column. In the image below, I've added a Text Caption to a slide. by Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 17, 2013

The red arrows indicate that the Timeline object is anchored to the end of the slide's play time. In the image below, all three of the Timeline objects are anchored to the END of the slide. The word END indicates the moment in time when all of the action on the slide has concluded. What's a Captivate developer to do?

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 11, 2017

Adobe just released the newest version of its popular eLearning authoring tool, Captivate. There will be webinars, videos, and blog posts coming in the near future with more detailed information on each of these. To access the Typekit web page from within Captivate you just click on the icon in the Character properties panel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 1, 2013

During my advanced Adobe Captivate class , I stress the value in doing things faster and more efficiently within Captivate. In the image below, there are several text captions positioned on a slide. Before I can apply a consistent look to the slide objects, I first have to reset the style back to the Default Caption Style.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 13, 2013

When it comes to positioning items on a slide, you can always visit the Transform group on the Properties panel and control such object attributes as the location of a slide object, its size, and rotation. If you select Show Grid , little dots will appear on every slide. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?

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MAY 23, 2018

I have a captivate project which contains multiple multi-synchronized videos throughout. I have a custom button that appears towards the end of each video allowing the user to advance. I also have a custom pause/play button that is meant to be seen throughout the course of the video. Is this a z-index thing?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

I''ve had several students in my Captivate classes ask if it was possible to allow learners to retake a quiz. This will add a Quiz Results slide to the project, which is where the Retake Quiz button will appear once enabled.). The Quiz Results slide will now include a Retake Quiz button. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?

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