Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Planning for a Successful Captivate Project. One of the common mistakes that I come across with Instructional Designers is that they always jump right into the development phase of the project. They think that they are in the design phase and continue to build the project and as they progress they realise that this project is taking many more hours than originally planned. Many images that first-timers use are either too large or too small to add value to the project.

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ProProfs

MARCH 31, 2016

This belief was the foundation of their research work on how the SCORM specification should be modified to better suit the next generation of e-Learning. They worked on creating a draft specification designed to solve the problems being faced by the e-learning industry and gave it the name “Project Tin Can”. Little did they know that a few years later, this project was going to change the face of e-learning.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Once the image has been added to the project, adding additional instances of the image to more slides is a snap. Once an image is imported into a Captivate project, a link is automatically established between the version of the image within Captivate and its source file. If the source file is ever edited, every instance of the image in your project will usually get the update automatically. We offer Beginner and Advanced classes. by Kevin Siegel.

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Microlearning suits the way people learn nowadays. Course lessons are made out of a series of small videos, class projects, and a student community that encourages interaction through discussion forums. A Complete Guide for Beginners [2021] appeared first on Learnworlds.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Videos are particularly well suited to microlearning by the fact that they are quickly accessible in a moment of need across a range of devices. MOOC Project, available online, [link] retrieved 22 April, 2020. What is Microlearning?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 10, 2011

During my Advanced Captivate class , we spend quite a bit of time creating a project template from scratch. Templates are simple enough to create via File > New Project > Project Template. Once you have created the blank template, you would go through the process of adding placeholders , master slides, object styles, actions and anything else you think you'll need in projects that would use the template. We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both

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MARCH 28, 2016

This belief was the foundation of their research work on how the SCORM specification should be modified to better suit the next generation of e-Learning. They worked on creating a draft specification designed to solve the problems being faced by the e-learning industry and gave it the name “Project Tin Can”. Little did they know that a few years later, this project was going to change the face of e-learning.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 12, 2011

If you'd like to repeat an object over a majority of your slides, one of the easiest ways to proceed is to select the object and, on the Properties panel, Timing group, select Display for rest of project. The rest of project option is compelling because it's so simple. By using the rest of project option, the object you selected will appear on every slide following the slide containing the original object. Using the Timing group, select Display for rest of project.

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General Assembly

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If you’re making an MVP that suits a small number of people, it’s probably a tool rather than a product. The course’s final project is a pitch for an MVP solution to a valuable market problem, which sums up all of the skills and capabilities developed over the 10 weeks in class. Find out what an MVP really is and why it’s critical to the success of most startups and product managers.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Adding audio to your Captivate project is one of the best ways to increase the effectiveness of the lesson. For instance, if you want to add audio to the project slide, you would choose Audio > Import to > Slide.     The steps above are simple, but the process becomes laborious if you intend to use several audio clips in a project. If your project consisted of 100 slides and hundreds of objects, you would be looking at thousands of clicks.

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JULY 13, 2010

You will see two options in the Default Locations area: Publish at and Project Cache. The Publish At option makes sense (you can specify where your projects are published), but the role of that pesky Project Cache is about as clear as mud. According to the folks at Adobe, the Project Cache folder will house components of all of your projects until you click the Clear Cache button. we offer two online classes for Captivate 4, Beginner and Advanced.

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MAY 24, 2011

Styles allow you to quickly update the look and feel of objects throughout your project with just a few clicks. We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning mLearningby Kevin Siegel Ever find yourself in a love-hate relationship with Captivate's default object styles? Admittedly, there is more to love about styles than hate.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Even if your design is visually great, if it doesn’t suit your audience’s needs, it won’t be a successful instructional material. In terms of instructional design, Kevin encourages people to put themselves in an absolute beginner’s shoes.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 1, 2018

Following on from our Adobe Captivate for Beginners webinar, we will now look at creating software simulations, training demonstrations and video demonstrations in an Adobe Captivate project. We will guide you through the various ways you can edit the projects to suit your target audience and situation. And as a John Stericker special – you’ll learn how to upload your finished project directly to YouTube!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 13, 2011

He told me he had spent over an hour trying to figure out how to disable the mouse-click sound, project-wide. Project-wide?  The solution is actually quite simple, and can be used project-wide. First, select any of the mouse pointers on any slide in your project. To apply the change to every mouse pointer in the project, click the drop-down menu in the upper right of the Options group and choose Apply to all items of this type.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 29, 2013

During one of my recent beginner Adobe Captivate classes, a student asked if it was possible to maintain two quizzes within a single Captivate project. While it is not possible to have two independent quizzes within a project, she was happy to learn that you can include a Pretest. Once the Pretest Question slides have been inserted within the project, they will behave just like standard Question Slides, with a few notable differences. by Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

While my preference is to allow a learner to skip around a lesson as they see fit ( see AJ's article ), the ability to hide the TOC in an aggregated project is simple. From within the Aggregator project, click the Publish Settings command (located at the top of the Aggregator window). There will not be any obvious changes to the Aggregator project at this point. We offer Beginner and Advanced classes. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite eLearning

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AUGUST 10, 2011

When you add a Table of Contents to a Captivate project ( Project > Table of Contents > Show TOC ), the default settings include Show Duration. Choose Project > Table of Contents. Click the OK button and then preview the project. We offer Beginner and Advanced classes. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivateby Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 31, 2011

Once audio clips are imported into a Captivate project, they are embedded within the project and are not stored externally. From the lower left of the dialog box, select Show object level audio so that you can see all of the project's audio files (even those attached to objects on your slides). We offer Beginner and Advanced classes. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivateby Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 12, 2011

Prior to publishing a Captivate project, you should spend a few minutes filling in fields you will find in the Project Information window (via File > Project Info ).   Among other things, you'll find the Project Name and Description fields. The Project Name, which can contain spaces, appears in the title bar of the Web browser when the lesson is first opened by your learner. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 25, 2011

Adding a Table of Contents to your published Captivate project is a great idea. Go ahead and add the TOC to the project via Project > Table of Contents > Show TOC.     When you preview the project, there won't be any obvious sign of the TOC. We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes, as well as a half-day course on Advanced Actions. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearningby Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2011

by Kevin Siegel It's relatively simple to import a PowerPoint presentation into a Captivate project. You can import a presentation into a new project, or add PowerPoint slides to an existing project. If you want to import the presentation into a new project, you can either select From Microsoft PowerPoint from the Create New area of the Welcome screen, or choose File > New Project > Project from MS PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 26, 2010

A simple-to-use but often overlooked Publish Setting is the ability to assign a password to published Captivate projects. To assign a password to a project, open a project and choose File > Publish Settings. From the Project group, select the Start and End preferences. Select Password Protect Project and then click the Options button to open the Password options dialog box. Preview the project and the first thing you will see is the Password screen.

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MARCH 25, 2014

During my beginner Adobe Captivate class , I am often asked if it's possible to ensure that learners do not leave a Text Entry Box (TEB) blank. Choose  Project > Variables  and create a new variable. Adobe Captivate Adobe''s Technical Communication Suite Advanced Actions Captivate eLearning TCS5 training UA User Assistance by Lori Smith.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In an ideal world, your Captivate projects would be kept to a respectable number of slides (fewer than approximately 100). Larger projects will take longer to produce, longer to publish, longer for learners to download and, most importantly, longer to complete. Of course, there may be occasions where you want to take several small projects and bring them together into one project--without actually copying slides or objects from one project into another.

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MAY 15, 2012

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. Here's how: First, go through your project and convert the slide notes to speech. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Add the published modules (SWFs) to the Aggregator project. By setting the overlay TOC module as the Master Movie, the published Aggregator project will use the Skin (TOC overlay settings included) from the module. Publish the Aggregator project and you'll see that the TOC is hidden until the learner elects to click the TOC button on the playbar. We offer Beginner and Advanced classes. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearningby Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I'm thinking that a message similar to the following would be perfect: Believe it or not, you can add the message shown above to any Captivate project right now. All you need to do is add a Table of Contents to your project and explore the TOC Settings. Open a Captivate project and choose Project > Table of Contents. You can test the bookmarking by publishing the project and then opening the HTML file. by Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 30, 2012

For example, consider that a project contains a quiz that branches into two modules that in turn contain a quiz. If this option is not enabled, the scores are calculated on the total number of questions in the project and not the module that users actually viewed." I created a simple project that is Branch Aware.   I broke the project into three quiz branches, each with four questions. by Lori Smith. Branch Aware is new in Captivate 6.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 26, 2010

If you've included a Table of Contents (TOC) in your Captivate project, there are two important Run Time Options that you'll find interesting: Self Paced Learning and Navigation. Choose Project > Table of Contents to display the TOC tab of the Skin Editor. The status flag will not be reset after the project is closed. I'm teaching two classes (Beginner and Advanced). Click here for details on the Beginner class. by Kevin Siegel.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

You've produced your Captivate project in record time. The only thing left to do is Publish the project. Anyone who has published a Captivate project knows it is a simple process of choosing File > Publish and setting the appropriate options. It takes time for Captivate project to publish. Adobe ran some time trials on how long it took to publish a large project (254 slides) using Captivate 4. During that time, you cannot do anything in the project.

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JUNE 14, 2011

To create an eLearning video for Apple devices, begin the recording process as you normally would ( File > Record new project ). We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate

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JUNE 28, 2011

Once you've downloaded the zip to your computer, unzip the file and open the project with Captivate 5.5.   You'll find multiple question slides in the project that you can edit and use as your own. There's a master slide that will ensure new slides will be consistent with those already in the project.   Note: When you upgrade legacy projects that contain quizzes to Captivate 5.5, We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both

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JULY 27, 2010

you will be alerted should the PowerPoint presentation be modified by someone else after you have imported it into your Captivate project. All you need to do at this point is click the red button and the changes made to the PowerPoint presentation will make their way into the Captivate project. we offer two online classes for Captivate 4, Beginner and Advanced. Click here for details on the Beginner class. by Kevin Siegel.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

Ever wondered how you can get the edited audio clip out of your project so it can be used in other applications that accept audio?   Looking for a more direct method of exporting project audio? We offer Beginner  and  Advanced  classes. Both Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearningby Kevin Siegel    You can import or record audio to just about anything in Adobe Captivate.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 7, 2010

by Kevin Siegel Ever needed to display an object across several or all of your Captivate project slides? One way to show an object (such as your logo) across multiple slides is to use Captivate's Show for rest of project command via the Options tab of several objects. Since the Show for rest of project command is an all-or-nothing affair, you are sunk. Once you create a Master Slide, anything you add to a Master Slide can quickly be applied to any project slide(s).

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MARCH 9, 2011

Record a Captivate project using any of the modes to see the changes in the text captions (ensure Add Text Captions is selected from the Captions area). We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning mLearningby Kevin Siegel. When you record a Captivate demonstration or simulation, one of the coolest things that Captivate can do for you is automatically create the text captions.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In Adobe Captivate 5: Create a Standard Advanced Action ( Project > Advanced Actions ) as shown below. We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning mLearningby Lori Smith. Have you added closed captions to your eLearning lesson and been frustrated by the fact that they do not automatically open when the learner first accesses the lesson? Read on for a quick way to solve the problem.

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APRIL 19, 2011

At some point I used the spell check feature ( Project > Check Spelling ).   Note: The General preferences you set above will not affect legacy projects. If you set the preferences prior to creating a project, all new projects will follow the preferences. The existing projects will need to be altered, one at a time.  We offer  Beginner and Advanced classes. Both Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

In the past few weeks, I've received several emails about reviving corrupt projects and the role of the Project Cache folder. You will see two options in the Default Locations area: Publish at and Project Cache. The Publish At option makes sense (you can specify where your projects are published), but the role of that pesky Project Cache is about as clear as mud. The Generate Project Backup feature is a holdover from the previous version of Captivate.

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