The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 6, 2018

I’ve been teaching and developing projects in Adobe Captivate for years. Just when I think I know everything about Captivate, a seemingly teeny, tiny option gets added by the Adobe engineers and I end up looking silly.  The problem is that the project will continue playing after the action occurs (after the shape appears).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

by Lori Smith    Adobe Captivate has provided System Variables for years. In fact, there are more than 70 Captivate System Variables in Captivate version 8. Unfortunately, many developers don't use System Variables because they either don't know about them or don't know how to use them.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 14, 2013

For instance, I use Adobe Captivate to create most of my eLearning content, and Adobe RoboHelp to create my Help Systems. It wasn't all that long ago that eLearning content and Help Systems served different roles and different audiences. Open or create a topic and choose  Import > Adobe Captivate Demo.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 6, 2018

I’ve been teaching and developing projects in Adobe Captivate for years. Just when I think I know everything about Captivate, a seemingly teeny, tiny option gets added by the Adobe engineers and I end up looking silly.  The problem is that the project will continue playing after the action occurs (after the shape appears).

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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. Compatibility with various learning management systems for seamless integration. billion by 2030?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 3, 2013

How long was it between Adobe Captivate 5 and 6? Case in point: version 7 of the Captivate software was released today. Top features to be found in Adobe Captivate 7: Drag-and-drop Components Make eLearning fun with drag-and-drop games, quizzes, and lessons that can run on desktops and mobile devices (such as the iPad).

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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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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 18, 2017

One of Adobe Captivate's most often overlooked features is its ability to generate support documentation for your eLearning content. You can control which Captivate project assets appear in the Word document by selecting or deselecting items from among the check boxes at the right of the dialog box (Caption text, Slide Notes, etc.).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 8, 2014

If you've uploaded your eLearning lesson into a Learning Management System, bookmarking is enabled by default in every lesson that you publish.   With a few simple clicks, you can enable bookmarking within any Captivate project. Open or create a Captivate project and choose  Project > Table of Contents.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 22, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    By this point I've created hundreds upon hundreds of eLearning projects using Captivate. In all that time, Captivate has remained very stable for me (very few crashes and zero corrupt projects). Backing up your projects to a network drive is a great idea. Run as administrator.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 20, 2014

We are proud to announce that our newest book, "Adobe Captivate 8: Beyond The Essentials" is now shipping. Adobe Captivate e-learning eLearning mLearning TechComm Technical Communications Technical Writing Technology UA User Assistance User Experience UX' More information. More information.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 10, 2017

It has been a few months since the release of Adobe Captivate 2017 and most people, by now, have had a chance to play with it and start looking at how the thousands of free assets provided by eLearning Brothers work with the new release – specifically Captivate Game Templates. Open Captivate 2017. Download the hotfix here.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 19, 2024

Ever since Adobe acquired Magento, it has emphasized integrating its content management system (AEM) and the eCommerce division (Adobe Commerce) to deliver a streamlined experience. 6 Reasons Why AEM is Better than Other Content Management Systems AEM possesses several remarkable attributes that distinguish it from its competitors.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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.  While there is no setting in Captivate to ensure that a TEB isn't left blank, using a little variable and some advanced action magic can make it happen.  by Lori Smith.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 20, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    You've probably heard by now that Adobe released Adobe Captivate 6 late last week. Publishing in Captivate takes your source content and outputs it into a format that can be consumed (viewed) by the learner.   To use the HTML5 Tracker, choose  Project > HTML5 Tracker.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2018

  You'd like your Adobe Captivate eLearning module to greet the learners with “Hello!     Are you wondering how to get Captivate to perform this little bit of magic?   Instead of manually typing the day, let Captivate share the information with your learners. Captivate did exactly what was asked.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2018

  You'd like your Adobe Captivate eLearning module to greet the learners with “Hello!     Are you wondering how to get Captivate to perform this little bit of magic?   Instead of manually typing the day, let Captivate share the information with your learners. Captivate did exactly what was asked.

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eLearningMind

MARCH 1, 2022

Templates save months of work: Rapid eLearning project managers use templates for eLearning project planning. Rapid eLearning development allocates human resources in ways that reduce the project’s duration and turnaround time. One of the hard parts of any project is producing the first draft. Resource allocation.

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Folio3

MARCH 9, 2023

Friendly user interface Capacity for collaboration Premade templates Multi-device Different Types Here are different solutions of eLearning authoring tools to choose the form which may fit best to your existing systems. H5P A rich and interactive multimedia creation system for e-learning, H5P is open-source and community-driven.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 13, 2016

First, quit Captivate and then open your Mac's System Preferences ( Apple > System Preferences ).      Start Captivate and create a software simulation. You can also visit your  System Preferences > Displays.   Fortunately, both problems are easily fixed.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 18, 2017

One of Adobe Captivate's most often overlooked features is its ability to generate support documentation for your eLearning content. You can control which Captivate project assets appear in the Word document by selecting or deselecting items from among the check boxes at the right of the dialog box (Caption text, Slide Notes, etc.).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 24, 2018

Did you know that Adobe Captivate can perform some pretty high-end math? If you’re new to Captivate, I'll bet that you didn’t! Even if you’ve been using Captivate for eons, asking an eLearning development tool to do calculations is not something that likely comes to mind when starting a project. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 24, 2018

Did you know that Adobe Captivate can perform some pretty high-end math? If you’re new to Captivate, I'll bet that you didn’t! Even if you’ve been using Captivate for eons, asking an eLearning development tool to do calculations is not something that likely comes to mind when starting a project. 

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 14, 2018

Did you know that you can record onscreen activity using Adobe Captivate? Adobe Captivate has three main ways of creating system training, utilising the on-screen recording feature. In this webinar, we explore these methods, giving you the skills to create software training in Adobe Captivate 2017.

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E-learning Uncovered

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

As if carefully selecting a project management system for use within your organization wasn’t hard enough. You’ve done your due diligence and you’ve made your selection, but now it’s time to put that system into use and introduce it to your colleagues and clients. Decide what kind of project information you want.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 13, 2010

.   After starting Adobe Captivate 5, take a moment to display the Preferences (via the Edit menu if you are using a PC or the Adobe Captivate menu if you are on a Mac) and select the Global Category. You will see two options in the Default Locations area: Publish at and Project Cache.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 10, 2018

There have been some questions in the comments of my videos that suggest that some people may not understand Typekit fonts in Adobe Captivate. There are three different types of fonts on a Windows or Mac computer running Adobe Captivate 2017. These are system fonts, web-safe fonts, and potentially Typekit fonts.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 1, 2018

Welcome to the next instalment of our Adobe Captivate Webinar Series. 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. All of this is possible in Adobe Captivate.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 31, 2013

by Lori Smith  If you've spent any time using Captivate's new Pretest and the Branch Aware settings, I think you will agree that they are very cool. However, You will be working with the system variable  cpCmdMute. First, create a Conditional advanced action by choosing  Project > Advanced Actions. Name

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

A Captivate developer created a nifty eLearning lesson complete with a quiz, advanced actions and some nice navigation features. All she needed to do to wrap up the project was get the finished lesson posted to her LMS and ensure it reported correctly. And First, I had her create a new project that only contained a few slides. Then

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JULY 9, 2013

Very different systems are able to securely communicate by capturing and sharing this stream of activities using Tin Can's simple vocabulary." " If the Tin Can API is supported by your Learning Management System (LMS), you'll be happy to learn that it's also fully supported in Adobe Captivate 7.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

by Kevin Siegel, CTT,  COTP         Here's an interesting scenario: You create a Captivate project that contains 12 slides: 10 question slides, each worth 10 points (that's 100 points total), and two non-question slides that contain some text, images, and simple image buttons used for navigation.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Join the Learning Plan webinar on Wednesday, October 18th (11 am AEST / 1 pm NZ) where you’ll learn how to convert (once-awesome) PowerPoint presentations into an engaging eLearning project, developed in Adobe Captivate. Creating Adobe Captivate from PowerPoint is just one way to fast track your eLearning development.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 7, 2014

Looking for Captivate example courses to feed your creativity? Elearning developers need ways to optimize Adobe Captivate, and get more creative inspiration. So, where can you go to get Captivate example courses with source files to download? The Adobe Captivate blog is the place go. Look no further.

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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. by Kevin Siegel. Why bother filling out these fields?

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