Adobe Captivate - Turn Bookmarking On / Off

Recently I've seen a lot of comments in the forums and within the comments of my videos, concerns over how bookmarking works with Adobe Captivate. The trick with bookmarking is that it works differently depending on whether you are using a learning management system or simply hosting your eLearning like a web page in the cloud. In this Adobe Captivate video tutorial, I show you how you can turn bookmarking on or off for your eLearning course when you have an LMS and when you are simply storing your eLearning in the cloud.

What Do I Use

I used to keep this information in the description of all my videos but it occurred to me that it would make more sense to have it on my website in one location. That way I can update it once instead of 250 or more times. Here is a list of the hardware and software I use to design and develop eLearning.

Adobe Captivate

My primary eLearning authoring tool. I have used others before but Captivate has been my goto eLearning software since the beginning.  https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/captivate.html

Adobe Presenter Video Express

I use PVX at least once a week when I create my Captivate Tutorials for my YouTube channel. As far as I'm concerned, PVX is the Garageband of eLearning software. It's simple to use and self-contained and available for an extremely reasonable price. https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/presenter-video-express.html

Storyblocks

I use Storyblocks for the vast majority of images in my eLearning courseware. Not only do they offer a wide array of choice when it comes to images but they are a great value as well. Use my referral link to save $50 on a yearly subscription.  https://videoblocks.go2cloud.org/SH8w

Tubebuddy

Managing a YouTube channel can be extremely time-consuming. I use Tubebuddy to handle all my SEO, as well as a bunch of cool features to save me time and effort. Use my referral link to install the FREE browser extension and consider signing up for their pro features as well. https://www.tubebuddy.com/PaulWilsonLearning

Adobe Creative Cloud

In addition to Adobe Captivate and PVX, I also subscribe to the Creative Cloud. Having access to tools like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audition, and Media Encoder is a must for eLearning developers who build rich multimedia courseware. http://amzn.to/2y56Dtx

Logitech HP Pro Webcam C920

If you are going to be a YouTuber, you have got to have something better for your videos than what's built into your laptop. http://amzn.to/2hWhxZk

Blue Yeti USB Microphone

While video is important, probably more important is your sound quality. I use a Blue Yeti USB Microphone while I'm extremely happy with. Get one here. http://amzn.to/2i9ubIc

Microsoft Office 365

Hey, you gotta write an email, document or presentation file. Gotta have Office for all your basic productivity software. http://amzn.to/2AdZZm1

Adobe Captivate - Video & Executable Publish Options

In this Adobe Captivate QuickTip, I will answer the question what happened to Captivate’s ability to publish your CPTX projects as either video or as a stand-alone executable for Mac or PC. This tutorial is for non-responsive projects only as these two publishing methods are not compatible with responsive projects.

Publish projects as MP4 files
➜ https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/publish-projects-mp4-files.html

Publish projects as executable files
➜ https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/publish-projects-executable-files.html

Adobe Black Friday Deals

I just found out that there are some great deals to be had on Adobe products. Save 20% on Creative Cloud. The regular price is USD $599.88 prepaid for the whole year but you can purchase a 1-year subscription using the link below and save $120. That's 20% off. This offer is only available until November 24th so act quickly.

http://amzn.to/2y56Dtx

Custom Show/Hide Glossary that works in Captivate 8, 9, and 2017

Okay, so I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “Hey Paul, you promised to never do a Captivate 8 or 9 tutorial again”, and that’s right. I did say that but this is actually a Captivate 2017 tutorial that just happens to include steps that would work for Captivate 8 or 9 as well. In this video, I show you how you can create a custom interaction that can be used as a glossary page in your Adobe Captivate project. If you found this video useful, please consider subscribing to my YouTube channel at Paul Wilson Adobe Captivate Tutorials. Please share this video with your colleagues.

Adobe Captivate - Keyboard Shortcuts

In this Adobe Captivate video tutorial, I show you three really helpful keyboard shortcuts that will save a bunch of time when working with the timeline. Also, I’ve provided a link below that will take you to the Adobe.com site where they have provided a list of all the keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Captivate (2017 Release) and earlier.

Adobe Captivate Keyboard Shortcuts:

Adobe Captivate Draft Video Tutorials

I recently took a trip for vacation and it reminded me of the urban legend about me and Adobe Captivate Draft. A couple of years ago, when Captivate Draft was first launched, I took my iPad with Captivate Draft with me on vacation. I used the application to get some ideas into what eventually became an Adobe Captivate project. The problem with new software is that you don't always discover enough about the application to fully share all the details about that new software. Seeing how it's been a couple of years, and I was away from my desk for a week, I decided to revisit this app and how to use it. Here is my latest tutorial on Adobe Captivate Draft.

Shortly after the creation of this video, I realized I hadn't covered the process of getting your Draft files from your iPad over to your computer and into Adobe Captivate. Here is that process for you.

Hope you enjoy both videos and find benefit in them.

Replacing the Text Expand Icons in Your Captivate Responsive Design Projects

In this Adobe Captivate tutorial, I show you how you can replace the text expand icon used in your responsive design projects for something else. I used a grey icon of a book so as to match more eLearning designs, however, you are free to use whatever style you wish.

Download my expand icons if you would like to use them for free.

Adobe Captivate - Control Event Video with JavaScript

In this video tutorial, I will show you how you can create a play/pause toggle button to control your Adobe Captivate Event Videos using a mixture of advanced actions and JavaScript.

Adobe Help Page Mentioned in Video
➜ https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/event-video.html

Adobe Captivate - A Better Embed Code for Video

In this video, I show you some neat ideas for embedding Youtube videos into your #AdobeCaptivate eLearning projects.