The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 1, 2023

With the recent release of the all-new Adobe Captivate 12, I'm beginning a series introducing you to some of my favorite features. If you're a veteran Captivate developer, you'll see that much has changed in this new interface, and many of the old standards have been removed (not changed or moved.

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Thinkdom

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the past, the pace of change allowed organizations to develop eLearning content over extended periods. For instance, it is designed to meet the most immediate learning needs based on emerging trends, industry regulations, or changing market dynamics. One key aspect of achieving balance is effective project management.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the spirit of learner engagement and interactivity, you're going to love the widgets you'll find in Adobe Captivate 2023 (also known as Captivate 12). Over the next couple of weeks, I'll show you how to use the widgets in a project. Open or create a Captivate project and insert a blank slide.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 9, 2023

Adobe released an update to Captivate 12 today. Here's a link to download the update: [link] According to Adobe, here's what's changed in the 12.1 Captivate doesn't allow you to select any file on macOS while using the Open URL or file action. Captivate behaves unexpectedly while creating a project on macOS.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 9, 2020

What are your most successful and least successful ID projects? It’s hard to pick, but these two examples are one of my best ID projects and one of my worst. I consider this one of my most successful projects because it really inspired people to change. Your best ID projects? One of my most successful.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Creating eLearning for mobile devices was high on the wish list a few years ago when Adobe asked users for the top features they'd like to see added to Adobe Captivate. Of course that also meant that you'd have to edit and update several projects.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Adobe Captivate 2017 is one such package, allowing you to create responsive content through Break points and Fluid Boxes. Captivate’s first method of creating responsive content is through the use of Break Points. What’s more, you can adjust the content within each view, such as changing the size or position of text and images.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 16, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      As far as I'm concerned, the hottest new feature you'll find in Adobe Captivate 8 is the ability to create responsive eLearning. When you publish the responsive project, the learner will automatically be served the break point appropriate for the device they're using.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 16, 2011

A seasoned Captivate developer contacted me with a small dilemma. It seems that he was new to Captivate 5.5 (but but had been using Captivate for nearly 4 years). He needed to change the appearance of his mouse pointer throughout the project. In Captivate 5 and 5.5, Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 29, 2022

In Captivate, a style slide isn’t necessary. It’s better to create Object Styles , which can be automatically updated throughout a project if you need to change the style later. Storyline now has text styles, which is a good start, but nothing comparable to Captivate’s Object Styles feature.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 3, 2016

There are many reasons why you might want to move a PowerPoint project into Captivate. This past week, I invited Taylor Ehlert, our resident PowerPoint Evangelist to join me in a webinar highlighting six tips you should follow if you plan to move your PowerPoint projects into Captivate.

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Upside Learning

MAY 15, 2024

In the latest L&D Go Beyond podcast episode, Amit engages in a captivating conversation with Laura Bartus, a dynamic leader in learning and development. Focus on Impact Measurement: Recognizing the importance of measuring the impact of learning programs, with a focus on behavioral changes in employees and their performance.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 3, 2013

What are your most successful and least successful ID projects? I consider this one of my most successful projects because it really inspired people to change. One of my very first freelance projects was not successful, although it was an excellent learning experience for me. What are your best and worst ID projects?

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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. There is still hope, however, if you'd like to use an existing project as a project template. by Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 23, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      You can create an eLearning lesson that changes dependent upon where your learners are physically located. For instance, you can create a Captivate project for learners who live in the United States or Australia. I created the project as a branching scenario.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2011

.   If you plan to import a PowerPoint presentation into Adobe Captivate, it's a good idea to first resize the PowerPoint presentation from within PowerPoint. If you resize the PowerPoint presentation, the size of the imported slides you see in Captivate will match the width and height of your Captivate project. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 20, 2017

Adobe recently announced a upgrade to Adobe Captivate, its popular eLearning development tool.   According to Adobe's Allen Partridge, Captivate version 2017 , includes several new features including something called Fluid Boxes. Simply choose File > Open, find existing projects, and open them.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 11, 2018

In part 1 of this 14-part series on responsive eLearning with Captivate 2017 , we learned how to create a new responsive project and then preview it in the edit area using the Preview-in drop down list and the Preview Slider. To change this behavior, you will need to modify the maximum width and height of the responsive project.

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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.  And if you double-click the SVGs you can change the color on the Properties Inspector.

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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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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

By importing PowerPoint into Captivate, you can retain that formatting and branding in your eLearning lessons as well. But sometimes Captivate needs a little extra help in communicating with PowerPoint on your computer in order to import slides. Open your copy of PowerPoint, and open the file you want to import into Captivate.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 14, 2017

During our  live, online beginner Adobe Captivate class, you learn about previewing your project pretty quickly. You will find the following menu items in the Preview drop-down menu of a standard project: Play Slide, Project, Next 5 slides, In Browser, HTML5 in Browser, Preview in SCORM Cloud, and In Adobe Edge Inspect.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 11, 2017

Adobe just released the newest version of its popular eLearning authoring tool, Captivate. If you have a Creative Cloud account, you can access Adobe’s Typekit font library and use the fonts in your eLearning projects. 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

MAY 21, 2013

Have you ever visited the Preferences dialog box in Adobe Captivate (Windows users, Edit > Preferences ; Mac users,  Adobe Captivate > Preferences ), made several changes and later, maybe months later, needed those settings on another computer running Captivate? Export Project Preferences. Click Save.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 27, 2010

  Beginning with Adobe Captivate 4, and continuing in Captivate 5, you can create a link to a PowerPoint presentation during the import process by simply selecting the Link option on the Convert PowerPoint Presentations dialog box. Captivate 5 has added a nifty improvement to this workflow. Looking to learn Captivate?

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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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Kitaboo

APRIL 29, 2024

Did you know the eLearning market is projected to hit $545.38 Top Software to Create eLearning Content Platform 1: KITABOO Platform 2: Adobe Captivate Platform 3: Articulate 360 Platform 4: Elucidat Platform 5: iSpring Suite III. With the right tools and techniques, you can captivate your learners and create successful online courses.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 20, 2011

A fellow Captivate developer sent me an email asking for advice. It seemed that he had just completed a slick eLearning lesson in Captivate. There were "minor" changes to the interface that needed to be included in the eLearning lesson. (He I asked him if the interface changes were, in fact, minor.

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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. As I select the captions, I discover, much to my horror, that the developer who gave me the project did not use five different object styles to format the captions as I had assumed. by Kevin Siegel.

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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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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      I received an interesting email from a fellow Captivate developer who was in a bit of a pickle. The developer had imported a 60-slide PowerPoint presentation into Captivate and then added audio to each of the Filmstrip slides.     Looking for instructor-led training on Adobe Captivate?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 2, 2018

The Assessment recording mode in Adobe Captivate creates a step-by-step software simulation that is intended to function as a test.     You’ll need to make these changes or ensure that these settings are consistent throughout your entire project. Here’s how:   Choose Project > Advanced Interactions.

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Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The 2019 release of Adobe Captivate supports importing of PowerPoint presentations into a Responsive project. You can import and edit Microsoft PowerPoint presentations in a Responsive project. The imported slides can be edited in a Microsoft PowerPoint environment from within Adobe Captivate. Click Open.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 24, 2013

Perhaps a visit to your clothes closet will help change your attitude? Captivate includes a Skin Editor--in essence, your project's closet. Many new Captivate developers have no problem finding the Skin Editor, where making changes to the way a skin looks is simple. Change Skins.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 28, 2018

Since January 2018 I’ve been creating Captivate 2017 Responsive courses with video simulations captured first as CPVC files and then inserted into the bigger Captivate course. Suddenly in June this stopped working on a new project I created. Then I realized all of my old projects no longer work.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 5, 2019

Should I add voice over to my Captivate Project? 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? Recording a voice-over. This is the focus of this blog post. Save and Close.

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 10, 2017

Another one of the great new features in Captivate 2017 is the ability to easily change Captivate 8 or 9 non-responsive projects to responsive project with a simply using a save as function. To convert non-responsive project to responsive projects: Click the File link in the top menu bar.

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