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Topic: What’s New in Adobe Captivate 6 Update

Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish as they take you through an interesting tour of the new features introduced in the exclusive update for subscription and ASA customers. During this session, learn how to use the Adobe Captivate App Packager to add HTML5 animations and package your courses as an app. Also learn how to create custom drag-and-drop interactions using Captivate, record system audio, author in right-to-left languages, add new interactions to your courses like Jigsaw, Hourglass, and Hangman, and much more.

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By now you must have realized that I love reading books, especially if they are related to eLearning, Instructional Design, mLearning, or Captivate. This time I picked up books authored by Kevin Siegel, who is a fantastic trainer and a fabulous person with a great sense of humor.

I’ve attended some of his face-to-face and online trainings in the past and he has a magic mantra of keeping the audience engaged in the class throughout the session. There’s absolutely no dull moment in his class and I really admire him for that! So, my self-assigned task while reading these books was to gauge if his books were as engaging and effective as his training sessions are!

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Yesterday during our Captivate training session, we announced the results for Adobe Presenter Knowledge Sharing Contest. Thanks to Anita Horsley, Joe Ganci, and Nancy Rayes for judging the contest entries.

Here are the winning entries:

First prize goes to Dave Dunbar for his video on Using Xtranormal for Education to Engage Your Students! Dave has won $3000 cash as the first prize!

Second prize: Rod Ward for his video on New Infosemantics Widgets for Adobe Captivate. Rod has won a full licensed copy of Adobe eLearning Suite 6 + Logitech HD Webcam + Blue Yeti Mic

Third prize: Dave Buell for his video on Adding a Captivate Quiz to InDesign / DPS. Dave has won a full licensed copy of Adobe eLearning Suite 6 + Logitech HD Webcam + Blue Yeti Mic

Congratulations Dave Dunbar, Rod Ward, and Dave Buell for winning the contest!

Guest Blog by: Bryan Jones, President of eLearningArt, a company that provides thousands of eLearning templates and images, and author of the Assets eLearning Blog.

eLearning Characters make Great Presenters

In my last guest post, I talked about how you can use characters as eLearning avatars or guides in your eLearning courses. In addition to using characters as avatars, you can also use characters as presenters. For example, you could use a presenter as:

• A teacher in front of a blackboard
• A news anchor with a TV behind him
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Topic: Drag till you Drop! Making eLearning fun with Drag and Drop Interaction – Part 1

Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish, Adobe eLearning Evangelists, as they take your through a journey of making your courses interactive in a fun way. They will share different variations of using drag and drop interactions for different types of scenarios. So, sit back and watch as they share different examples of adding Drag and Drop interaction to your eLearning courses.

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Topic: Interactivity using Actions: Basics and Advanced – Part 2

Description: Adding interactivity to an eLearning course improves the engagement level with the learners. Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish in multi-part series to learn about the basics of Actions and Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate 6. In these sessions, we will be showcasing some real-life eLearning examples to explain the concepts better.

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Description: HTML5 is becoming a popular format for distributing learning content. With HTML5 publishing capability in Adobe Captivate, now anyone can easily create content for iPad in very less time. Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh on a journey of creating courses for iDevices in HTML5 format.

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Description: Adding interactivity to an eLearning course improves the engagement level with the learners. Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh in multi-part series to learn about the basics of Actions and Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate 6. In these sessions, we will be showcasing some real-life eLearning examples to explain the concepts better.

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Description: Assessment and Tracking is an integral part of any eLearning content, Adobe Captivate 6 has improved Quizzing capabilities to do decision-based branching to Branch-aware quizzing. Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to learn various techniques used in creating smart branching with the course using the advanced capacities of Adobe Captivate 6.

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Adding interactivity in an eLearning course improves the engagement level with the learners. Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising in Multi-Part series to learn the basics of Actions and Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate 6. In these sessions, we will learn using various examples that can be used in every eLearning courses.

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A few days back, I started reading Damien’s Mastering Adobe Captivate 6 book. I would say that it’s a great resource for people who wish to learn and master Adobe Captivate 6. It’s a comprehensive guide to help you create your eLearning course from start to end, and covers everything from pre-production to publishing stage.

Here are some of the striking features of this book: Continue reading…