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March 1, 2012

Training: Simulations made easy with Adobe Captivate 5.5 – Basics and best practices

Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh with Leslie Bivens to learn the basics of Capture in Adobe Captivate 5.5. We will also discuss the best practices while creating and modifying the simulations in Adobe Captivate.

What’s in it for you?

After attending the session, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the suitable settings to be done before capturing
  2. Capture any application/screen area as Automatic or Full Motion Recording
  3. Understand the best practices while editing the captured project
  4. Resize the project for various requirements

Recordinghttp://adobe.ly/K15PVZ

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February 29, 2012

Training: Adobe Photoshop basics for Adobe Captivate 5.5 users – Part 2

Description: Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop for creating and editing images/assets for Adobe Captivate 5.5. This is the second part of 2 part series wherein we will discuss different techniques used in creating and managing the image assets.

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February 18, 2012

The HTML5 contest has closed- 5 more days to put in your votes!

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…

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February 11, 2012

Let the image dance for your tunes… Image Slideshows with audio using Adobe Captivate 5.5

One of my favorite feature in Audio Editing dialog is, starting the next slide at a specific location at the audio waveform… just have to click ‘Select next slide at the cursor position’ button or simply press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S. Are you wondering what’s the fun? The fun begins when you want to play the pictures of an Image Slideshow according to the beats of an audio. What am I talking about? Watch the video below and see how the images change according to the music.

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February 8, 2012

Learn through mistakes… a scenario-based course using Adobe Captivate 5.5

Scenario-based courses help learners to try workflows as they proceed and learn as they make mistakes and learn. I wanted to create one such course and thought of taking my HTML5 course on Photography Basics to the next level by adding another scenario, in that way teaching two topics of Photography. Watch the course below to know more…

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January 3, 2012

Start the New Year with more Quiz Templates… Happy 2012!

My Christmas Gift for you was a big hit! So here’s my new year gift for you. Some more course+quiz templates. You can use them to create your Captivate courses. Continue reading…

Posted by Vish2:13 PM Comments (15) Permalink
December 16, 2011

Keep Your Knowledge Check Questions Simple!

Imagine you are taking an eLearning course and bump into a knowledge check question. You read through the question stem and options and find it difficult to answer the question. Somehow you make a selection and get a feedback “Sorry, that’s incorrect! Try again.”

You don’t feel good about it as you can’t figure out what went wrong. You attempt to answer the question again but this time around you don’t even bother to read the options and click on any option randomly and keep repeating it till you get it correct.

Disheartening, isn’t it? Continue reading…

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December 10, 2011

Creating a Screen with a Pop-up with Adobe Captivate 5.5

When designing a course screen, we sometimes come across a situation where we have some content which is related to the screen, but there’s no space on the screen to place it. This content is important and is in context with the current screen but is not worthy enough to take up the entire next screen. In such scenarios, screen with a pop-up comes to rescue!

Take a look at this screen…

Let’s see Continue reading…

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December 6, 2011

Captivate Training: Creating Interesting Interactivities with Adobe Captivate – Part 2

Topic: Creating Interesting Interactivities with Adobe Captivate – Part 2

Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish to learn how to create interactive screens using Advanced Actions and Variables in Adobe Captivate 5.5. The interactive screens included in this two-part training session will be click-reveal text screen, tabbed screen, click-based animation screen, and timeline screen.

Recording Link: http://adobe.ly/zpU9NP

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Captivate Training: Creating Interesting Interactivities with Adobe Captivate – Part 1

Topic: Creating Interesting Interactivities with Adobe Captivate – Part 1

Description: Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh and Vish to learn how to create interactive screens using Advanced Actions and Variables in Adobe Captivate 5.5. The interactive screens included in this two-part training session will be click-reveal text screen, tabbed screen, click-based animation screen, and timeline screen.

Recording Link: http://adobe.ly/yZPmn9

Posted by poojajaisingh2:29 PM Comments (6) Permalink
December 4, 2011

Multiple Language Options in a Single Course with Adobe Captivate 5.5

When we create courses for global audience, oftentimes we come across a need for localized version of the course. The common workflow is to create the course in one language and then duplicate the course and then change the language for text/graphics/audio. This is the easiest way to localize content, but is an inefficient workflow for course maintenance, where you need to make the same edits in each version of the course.

To overcome this problem, Adobe Captivate provides you a way to create a single course with multiple language options. This can be done by using Advanced Actions and Variables.

Here’s an example of Continue reading…

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November 25, 2011

Let Them Make Mistakes… And Learn!

Consider this! You have completed a training course and now you need to take a test. You give it a shot and unfortunately you fail in the test and are denied of the course completion certificate. You end up feeling bad!

You are playing a game. It has a lot of levels and it’s pretty difficult to cross each level. You are trying your best to cross them but keep failing. You don’t lose heart and keep trying until you cross the level. And you don’t stop there… Bring on the next level!

Found some difference in these situations? Continue reading…

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