I recently received the following question from a reader of my skills & drills newsletter : Question: I have been asked to make the text captions in my Captivate project exactly match the audio. Do you have any advice on the use of Audio and Text captions in terms of effectiveness? Answer: Generally speaking, captions that exactly match the audio are NOT effective. MORE
After a suitable delay, here are my slides from my talk at the eLearning Network's October Converting Classroom Courses event in London. I've added a summary of what I said on each slide in the notes. MORE
When importing voiceover audio into Adobe Captivate, I always suggest that audio be added directly to the slide instead of objects on the slide ( Audio > Import to > Slide ). By importing audio directly onto the slide, you'll have more direct control over the audio. You will be able to edit the audio clip by double-clicking the waveform on the Timeline. the first syllable of audio can get cut off. MORE
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." MORE
It's not a big deal if you don't need the playbar, but what if you need to give your learners the ability to mute/unmute the audio? You need to use this variable in the project to allow the learner to control the audio when there isn't a playbar. MORE
One of my favorite feature in Audio Editing dialog is, starting the next slide at a specific location at the audio waveform… just have to click ‘Select next slide at the cursor position’ button or simply press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S. audio Captivate Captivate 5 captivate training Ease of use rapid elearning authoring tools MORE
Here are my slides and relevant resources from my Chicago presentation at Learning 3.0!! Here the slides from my presentation: Learning 3.0 Here is the audio version of my Training Quarterly article titled Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer. MORE
Unpacking the value add of audio narration in online learning. Typically, audio voiceover will also be displayed as text. Sometimes the learner has an option to hide the text and listen to the audio, or mute the audio and read the text, choosing one sensory channel over the other. But often the text is displayed along with the audio whether the learner wants to experience both or not. The post Does audio narration help eLearners? MORE
Have you ever been frustrated by an inability to trim audio in PowerPoint? The first track was 2 minutes long, but you trimmed it down to 15 seconds and set it to play across slides. Perhaps your plan was to play the first track when the presentation started, move to the second slide, let the track end and then have the second track start. However, even though you trimmed the first audio file down to 15 seconds, it kept playing, running into the second track. MORE
by Kevin Siegel When it comes to adding narration audio (voice-overs), Captivate developers have plenty of choices. If you choose Import to , you will be presented with an Import Audio dialog box. MORE
A striking example is an audio enabled PowerPoint presentation, which allows you to use a combination of images, text and sound to deliver information to learners. Combining text & audio in course materials increased learning effectiveness by 40%. MORE
Working with audio is really fun! Great narration can add context for your learner and can re-enforce the on-screen information by explaining pictures on the slide, rather than just reading the slide text aloud. […]. MORE
I get a lot of questions about number of slides or screen count per hour of instruction. Don’t Auto-Advance Slides. The problem with this is that if the person is a fast reader, it’s frustrating to wait for the slide to catch up. The same can be said for slides with narration. MORE
They’ll approach us with a particular learning challenge or course request and I spend a lot of time digging into their materials, doing a lot of research, “chunking out” the knowledge into modules that make sense for the students and then designing storyboards so that our graphic artists can go in and produce the elearning , or, in the case of the current one that I’m working on, which is an instructor-led training , producing the slides and the instructor books that go along with it. MORE
There was usually so much information on the slides that it was nearly impossible to retain anything. Once I see a slide that says I’m on slide 1 of 80, I tend to immediately shut down. Should there be voiceover audio combined with text and images? MORE
In a click on tab interactivity with 3 tabs, the learner can jump to the next slide only when all the tabs are viewed. We tried using the resume saved state option to resume the audio and animation, but that option does not replay the contents the next time we visit the layer. MORE
Using audio narration in eLearning courses has been debated from both sides – some people feel that it is an enhancement that assists the learner in completing the course, while others argue that it can be distracting. Why use Adobe Presenter for Audio Narration? By Dean Hawkinson. MORE
I had a PowerPoint developer ask to use one of the audio clips in my Captivate project in his PowerPoint presentation. Unfortunately, my Captivate project was pretty old, and I no longer had access to the original clip that I had imported onto one of my Captivate slides. MORE
He’s also generously shared some thoughtful tips for creating screencast -friendly PowerPoint slides. Let’s explore first what you may be trying to do with your PowerPoint slides. Record your slides, along with your voice-over. MORE
Audio can add a great deal to the quality of your course. Many devices and industry-standard elearning tools offer simple and effective software for recording audio. Bottom line, for use in the 360training authoring system, you need a tool that will export your audio file in MP3 format. MORE
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). I've found that the voiceover audio does not have to be highly produced to be effective. But when should you record your audio? MORE
Captivate has the ability to add slide notes and then convert slide notes into closed caption text. Close captioned text appears on the slide during run time. Below is how to convert slide notes to closed captioned text. Select Window>Slide Notes. MORE
by Jennie Ruby Suppose you have hired voiceover talent to record the audio for your Adobe Presenter project. The script is organized by which slide in your PowerPoint presentation each audio segment belongs to. When you get the voiceover recordings back, you just import each segment to the slide it belongs to. When you preview your presentation, everything plays smooth as silk until--there is a click-activated animation on slide 12. MORE
There are many tools available for sharing slides, and if you really want to give your slidedecks impact, record an audio commentary to accompany it. Most hosting site provide the facility for you to add audio that synchronises with your slides. 5) Audio. MORE
I received an interesting email last week from a Captivate developer asking where imported audio was physically stored on the computer. She had edited much of the audio from within Captivate and needed to share some of the edited clips with team members in her office. Once audio clips are imported into a Captivate project, they are embedded within the project and are not stored externally. Choose Audio > Audio Management to open the Advanced Audio Mangement dialog box. MORE
Adding audio to a PowerPoint 2010 slide is simple. All you need to do is choose Insert > Audio and then open the audio clip. However, However, when it comes to adjusting the audio, the option you might be looking for can be difficult to find. In a perfect world, you would be able to make adjustments to an audio clip by either right-clicking a slide's sound icon, or by using the Audio Tools. MORE
Last week I covered how to play multiple audio tracks at the same time. That wasn't so hard, but what can get a bit complicated is playing multiple audio tracks sequentially. Select the Audio Tools Playback tab. by AJ George. MORE
by Kevin Siegel If there is unwanted noise (static perhaps or a barking dog) in the audio you're using in your eLearning projects, all of the eLearning tools allow you to quickly edit the audio file and delete the offending noise. MORE
In Articulate Storyline, developers often face this problem: the audio in different layers overlap when the option “hide other slide layers” is unchecked, leading to confusion. Here are the simple steps to control layer audio in a “click on tabs” interactivity. MORE
The developer had imported a 60-slide PowerPoint presentation into Captivate and then added audio to each of the Filmstrip slides. In this instance, he was given a completely different presentation (the same audio was going to be used, but each slide visual was going to change). MORE
A couple of weeks ago I discussed some points for working with Audio in PowerPoint ; today, a bit of elaboration. What if you want to play two audio files automatically at the same time (say, for example, you want a song to play but you also want a recorded narration to play simultaneously)? Insert both audio clips onto the desired slide ( Insert > Audio ). by AJ George. MORE
In eLearning courses, embedding audio enhances learner engagement and also helps them acquire information more effectively. To make your eLearning course effective, it’s important to use audio judiciously; this goes a long way in delivering a rich learning experience. MORE
by Kevin Siegel You can import or record audio to just about anything in Adobe Captivate. Right-click a slide object and you'll find you can select Audio > Import to (or Record to ). MORE
By default, it offers a Notes tab in the GUI of the e- courses to display the audio transcript. But what if you don’t want the notes pane to appear in some slides? Step 2: Now, go individual slides in the project which have audio and write the transcript. MORE
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. To do that, select Audio>Speech Management from the Menu bar. MORE
To create this intertactivity, we can insert tab content and audio in the respective slide layers. We can also a add restriction for learners to visit all the tabs in the slide. Here, the content and audio are inserted in the states of the tabs. MORE
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
The developer had imported a 60-slide PowerPoint presentation into Captivate and then added audio to each of the Filmstrip slides. In this instance, he was given a completely different presentation (the same audio was going to be used, but each slide visual was going to change).
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
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). I've found that the voiceover audio does not have to be highly produced to be effective. But when should you record your audio?
Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Here are my slides and relevant resources from my Chicago presentation at Learning 3.0!! Here the slides from my presentation: Learning 3.0 Here is the audio version of my Training Quarterly article titled Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
APRIL 11, 2011
Last week I covered how to play multiple audio tracks at the same time. That wasn't so hard, but what can get a bit complicated is playing multiple audio tracks sequentially. Select the Audio Tools Playback tab. by AJ George.
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I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MARCH 17, 2011
Adding audio to a PowerPoint 2010 slide is simple. All you need to do is choose Insert > Audio and then open the audio clip. However, However, when it comes to adjusting the audio, the option you might be looking for can be difficult to find. In a perfect world, you would be able to make adjustments to an audio clip by either right-clicking a slide's sound icon, or by using the Audio Tools.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MARCH 8, 2016
by Kevin Siegel If there is unwanted noise (static perhaps or a barking dog) in the audio you're using in your eLearning projects, all of the eLearning tools allow you to quickly edit the audio file and delete the offending noise.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
FEBRUARY 25, 2011
I recently received the following question from a reader of my skills & drills newsletter : Question: I have been asked to make the text captions in my Captivate project exactly match the audio. Do you have any advice on the use of Audio and Text captions in terms of effectiveness? Answer: Generally speaking, captions that exactly match the audio are NOT effective.
360 Training
APRIL 28, 2015
Audio can add a great deal to the quality of your course. Many devices and industry-standard elearning tools offer simple and effective software for recording audio. Bottom line, for use in the 360training authoring system, you need a tool that will export your audio file in MP3 format.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
JULY 31, 2011
I received an interesting email last week from a Captivate developer asking where imported audio was physically stored on the computer. She had edited much of the audio from within Captivate and needed to share some of the edited clips with team members in her office. Once audio clips are imported into a Captivate project, they are embedded within the project and are not stored externally. Choose Audio > Audio Management to open the Advanced Audio Mangement dialog box.
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I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MARCH 31, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I discussed some points for working with Audio in PowerPoint ; today, a bit of elaboration. What if you want to play two audio files automatically at the same time (say, for example, you want a song to play but you also want a recorded narration to play simultaneously)? Insert both audio clips onto the desired slide ( Insert > Audio ). by AJ George.
CommLab India
JULY 13, 2016
By default, it offers a Notes tab in the GUI of the e- courses to display the audio transcript. But what if you don’t want the notes pane to appear in some slides? Step 2: Now, go individual slides in the project which have audio and write the transcript.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
JANUARY 31, 2013
It's not a big deal if you don't need the playbar, but what if you need to give your learners the ability to mute/unmute the audio? You need to use this variable in the project to allow the learner to control the audio when there isn't a playbar.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
When importing voiceover audio into Adobe Captivate, I always suggest that audio be added directly to the slide instead of objects on the slide ( Audio > Import to > Slide ). By importing audio directly onto the slide, you'll have more direct control over the audio. You will be able to edit the audio clip by double-clicking the waveform on the Timeline. the first syllable of audio can get cut off.
CommLab India
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
In Articulate Storyline, developers often face this problem: the audio in different layers overlap when the option “hide other slide layers” is unchecked, leading to confusion. Here are the simple steps to control layer audio in a “click on tabs” interactivity.
Yardstick
JUNE 1, 2017
Unpacking the value add of audio narration in online learning. Typically, audio voiceover will also be displayed as text. Sometimes the learner has an option to hide the text and listen to the audio, or mute the audio and read the text, choosing one sensory channel over the other. But often the text is displayed along with the audio whether the learner wants to experience both or not. The post Does audio narration help eLearners?
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
I had a PowerPoint developer ask to use one of the audio clips in my Captivate project in his PowerPoint presentation. Unfortunately, my Captivate project was pretty old, and I no longer had access to the original clip that I had imported onto one of my Captivate slides.
Integrated Learnings
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Using audio narration in eLearning courses has been debated from both sides – some people feel that it is an enhancement that assists the learner in completing the course, while others argue that it can be distracting. Why use Adobe Presenter for Audio Narration? By Dean Hawkinson.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MAY 8, 2011
Have you ever been frustrated by an inability to trim audio in PowerPoint? The first track was 2 minutes long, but you trimmed it down to 15 seconds and set it to play across slides. Perhaps your plan was to play the first track when the presentation started, move to the second slide, let the track end and then have the second track start. However, even though you trimmed the first audio file down to 15 seconds, it kept playing, running into the second track.
CommLab India
OCTOBER 21, 2016
In a click on tab interactivity with 3 tabs, the learner can jump to the next slide only when all the tabs are viewed. We tried using the resume saved state option to resume the audio and animation, but that option does not replay the contents the next time we visit the layer.
CommLab India
JUNE 9, 2017
In eLearning courses, embedding audio enhances learner engagement and also helps them acquire information more effectively. To make your eLearning course effective, it’s important to use audio judiciously; this goes a long way in delivering a rich learning experience.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
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."
CommLab India
JANUARY 9, 2017
To create this intertactivity, we can insert tab content and audio in the respective slide layers. We can also a add restriction for learners to visit all the tabs in the slide. Here, the content and audio are inserted in the states of the tabs.
Visual Lounge
DECEMBER 15, 2015
He’s also generously shared some thoughtful tips for creating screencast -friendly PowerPoint slides. Let’s explore first what you may be trying to do with your PowerPoint slides. Record your slides, along with your voice-over.
ProProfs
DECEMBER 5, 2013
A striking example is an audio enabled PowerPoint presentation, which allows you to use a combination of images, text and sound to deliver information to learners. Combining text & audio in course materials increased learning effectiveness by 40%.
The Learning Dispatch
AUGUST 4, 2016
They’ll approach us with a particular learning challenge or course request and I spend a lot of time digging into their materials, doing a lot of research, “chunking out” the knowledge into modules that make sense for the students and then designing storyboards so that our graphic artists can go in and produce the elearning , or, in the case of the current one that I’m working on, which is an instructor-led training , producing the slides and the instructor books that go along with it.
eLearning Brothers
JANUARY 8, 2014
Captivate has the ability to add slide notes and then convert slide notes into closed caption text. Close captioned text appears on the slide during run time. Below is how to convert slide notes to closed captioned text. Select Window>Slide Notes.
Rapid eLearning
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
I get a lot of questions about number of slides or screen count per hour of instruction. Don’t Auto-Advance Slides. The problem with this is that if the person is a fast reader, it’s frustrating to wait for the slide to catch up. The same can be said for slides with narration.
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. To do that, select Audio>Speech Management from the Menu bar.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 28, 2015
There are many tools available for sharing slides, and if you really want to give your slidedecks impact, record an audio commentary to accompany it. Most hosting site provide the facility for you to add audio that synchronises with your slides. 5) Audio.
Learning Rocks
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
After a suitable delay, here are my slides from my talk at the eLearning Network's October Converting Classroom Courses event in London. I've added a summary of what I said on each slide in the notes.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MARCH 13, 2015
by Jennie Ruby Suppose you have hired voiceover talent to record the audio for your Adobe Presenter project. The script is organized by which slide in your PowerPoint presentation each audio segment belongs to. When you get the voiceover recordings back, you just import each segment to the slide it belongs to. When you preview your presentation, everything plays smooth as silk until--there is a click-activated animation on slide 12.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
AUGUST 8, 2017
There was usually so much information on the slides that it was nearly impossible to retain anything. Once I see a slide that says I’m on slide 1 of 80, I tend to immediately shut down. Should there be voiceover audio combined with text and images?
Adobe Captivate
FEBRUARY 11, 2012
One of my favorite feature in Audio Editing dialog is, starting the next slide at a specific location at the audio waveform… just have to click ‘Select next slide at the cursor position’ button or simply press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S. audio Captivate Captivate 5 captivate training Ease of use rapid elearning authoring tools
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