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Topic: Transitioning from eLearning to mLearning

Description: Join Josh Cavalier, popularly known as Captain Captivate, along with Pooja Jaisingh and Vish as talk about how mLearning fits into the overall instructional strategy and how you can effectively use mobile devices for learning consumption and creation. They will also discuss how to build the mLearning content delivery ecosystem and various delivery options available for mLearning.

Recording: http://adobe.ly/L7O8Sn

Topic: Best Practices for Creating HTML5 Courses using Adobe Captivate 5.5 and HTML5 Converter

Description: Join Michael Hinze, Adobe Captivate Expert, as he shares the best practices of creating HTML5 Courses using Adobe Captivate 5.5 and HTML5 Converter. He will show you how to create a course in Adobe Captivate 5.5 and publish it to HTML5 format using HTML5 Converter. He will also share some tips and tricks for effectively creating HTML5 courses.

Recording Link: http://adobe.ly/IFC5g0

When: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:00 AM – 3:00 PM US/Pacific

Description:

Join Kirsten Rourke, Adobe Captivate Expert and Trainer along with Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to discuss the essentials during the planning process for your elearning courses. During the session, we will discuss how Storyboarding, planning for assets and navigation is very important to minimize the risks and maximize the productivity

What’s in it for you?

1. Plan for your courses in terms of resources and time
2. Create storyboards and review them
3. Do overall planning for increased productivity

To Register: http://adobe.ly/H9qRST

Description:

Join Lieve Weymeis, Adobe Captivate Expert and Adobe Education Leader along with Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to improve using Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate. We will learn the best practices to create advanced actions while avoiding pitfalls.

What’s in it for you?

1. Prepare advanced actions in a structured way: choosing events, variables, action types
2. Use labeling techniques as timesavers (tips)
3. Use tricks with variables to shorten editing time
4. Test actions (trick)
5. Do’s and Don’ts

Prerequisites:
Know the meaning of variables, having played (minimally) with  standard/conditional action.

Recording: http://adobe.ly/Ms0N5d

Description:

Join Joseph Caplan, Adobe Captivate Expert along with Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to learn how to create videos effectively for Adobe Captivate. During the session, we will also learn the best practices, tools and techniques used for high-quality videos.

What’s in it for you?

1. Understand the basics of video production
2. Edit the videos using Adobe Premiere Elements
3. Use the videos in Adobe Captivate Projects

Recording: http://adobe.ly/L7O8la

Description:

Join Jay Dutta, Typographer, Designer and Design Evangelist along with Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to learn how to play with text and type to create interesting and immersive designs that keeps the learners engaged with your elearning courses. During the session we will also discuss how these principles can effectively be used inside Adobe Captivate.

What’s in it for you?

1. Understand how to work with text and type styles to create sticky learning content
2. Create clear hierarchies for easy reading
3. Create object styles in Adobe Captivate based on the learnings.

Recording: http://adobe.ly/L7O7hl

Description:

Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to learn how to create great looking courses using the power of Master Slides, Object Styles and Object Effects. During the session, we will discuss the best practices of using these features in Adobe Captivate to do the tasks faster and still create aesthetically good looking courses.

What’s in it for you?

After attending the session, you will be able to:

• Use Master Slides as templates for the slides
• Use Object Styles for consistency in look and feel.
• Use Object Effects for engaging content.

Recording Link: http://adobe.ly/K15Lpc

After the successful HTML5 contest for Adobe Captivate on our Facebook Page, we’re launching a global contest for the best Scenario-based training content created using Adobe Captivate. This contest is live now on our Facebook page.

Contest Rules:

1. Upload any scenario-based course created using Adobe Captivate. For examples of scenario-based courses, visit http://bit.ly/A6MVqG or http://bit.ly/xMkBBz
2. Publish the content as a Flash SWF file. In Captivate’s output options check both the ‘zip file’ and ‘export to HTML’ options. Continue reading…

If you missed watching Dr. Allen Partridge on yesterday’s episode of eLearn Chat, then you definitely missed the names of the winners of Adobe Captivate HTML5 Contest.

So, especially for you, here are the names of the winners re-announced

We had three winners for this contest, who will be getting an iPad each:

• Iesha Sharma – The Beauty of J&K (1741 likes)
• Michael Hinze – Mobile Phone User Guide (1672 likes)
• Ravi Kumar T – Seven Wonders of the Worlds (1505 likes)

Congratulations to the winners!!!

The Captivate HTML5 contest has closed for entries. The viewing gallery is still open to give you an opportunity to cast your vote. Thank you for participating in this contest. The general interest can be gauged from the fact that many of the top entries have close to 10,000 views and 1,500 FB ‘Likes’ each. If you’re yet to view some of the entries, please do take some time to appreciate the efforts of the community in pioneering HTML5 eLearning 
While many of the entries might not be appreciated for the ID skills, I’m sure the contest helped the community realize the possibilities (and current limitations) of HTML5 eLearning authoring. We had 35 entries in this contest, three of which will receive the iPad. Two of these will be determined based on popular vote, while the third will be awarded by an expert panel – for the best content as judged by them.
In the next few days the team here will also point out the entries they’ve liked. Two entries stood out for me- Continue reading…

Have you participated in the Adobe Captivate HTML5 Contest? Not yet? You still have twelve more days to grab this opportunity and win an iPad. So give your best shot to create an HTML5 course using Adobe Captivate 5.5 and HTML5 Converter.

A few days back I had shared some helpful resources and rules for the contest. Today, let me share some tips with you to make your mLearning course dazzle!

So here are the tips… Continue reading…

Topic: Creating HTML5 Courses for iPad using Adobe Captivate 5.5 and HTML5 Converter

Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and  Vish to learn how to create eLearning courses for your iPad. They will show you how to create a course in Adobe Captivate 5.5 and publish it to HTML5 format using HTML5 Converter. They will also share some tips and tricks for effectively creating HTML5 courses.

Recording Link: http://adobe.ly/xZ8E42