YouTube Streaming

In this video tutorial, I will show you the changes in the Insert Video window in Captivate 2019. You will also learn about the new way to insert YouTube videos into your eLearning project and how to make YouTube videos interactive.

Captivate 2019 - CSV Import for Questions

In this video tutorial, I'll show you how easy it is to import a variety of question types into your Adobe Captivate project using CSV files that you can edit or create using spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers.

Live Preview on Devices

Before Captivate 2019, if I wanted to preview my designs on a mobile device, I had to publish the whole project, upload it to my web server, email myself a hyperlink and then launch the course from my mobile device. In this video tutorial, I show you how easy it is to do the same thing just by using a simple QR Code reader in iOS or Android devices. No web server required. 

Best Deal in eLearning Conferences

I've said this in years past and I'm going to say it again. If you are interested in Adobe eLearning there is no better eLearning conference than the Adobe Learning Summit in Las Vegas. This year it's even better than ever. This year the conference is completely free! Watch my video to see what's included for that price. You might be surprised.

Be sure to come to my session C102: Create your first responsive eLearning course with Adobe Captivate, October 4, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (PDT) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Also take advantage of great room rates as well. Get all the details and register using the button below.

Webcam Video Demo

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can record and insert clips from your webcam into your video demo tutorials recorded in Adobe Captivate 2019 Release. 

Captivate 2019 - Enhanced Fluid Boxes

In this video tutorial, I show you how fluid boxes have been enhanced and improved in Adobe Captivate 2019 Release. 

Virtual Reality Projects

For a few years, I’ve been listening to other Captivate developers talk about virtual reality and the dream to design 3D eLearning. That dream is now a reality with Captivate 2019. You can now create a virtual reality eLearning project that learners can view on their computer screen, mobile device and even using a VR headset. Learners can turn in all directions and view whatever environment you wish to display to them. You can make it truly interactive by adding hotspots to perform a variety of different actions. You can play additional audio, display additional images, show the learner a text passage and much more. I’m very interested in seeing how other developers use this feature. If eLearning was a video game, we’ve just gone from Donkey Kong to World of Warcraft.

In this video tutorial, I show you the new Virtual Reality Projects in Adobe Captivate 2019. 

Publish as an iOS or Android App

In this video tutorial, I show you part of the process for publishing your Adobe Captivate project as an iOS or Android app using the Adobe PhoneGap features available to you. While the Captivate publish to PhoneGap process is relatively easy, there are some additional steps and costs associated with getting your app up and running with iOS and Android. Here are some links to online documentation that may help you.

PhoneGap website:
https://build.phonegap.com/

Enrollment in the Apple Developer program
https://developer.apple.com/support/enrollment/

Apple support for building a developer certificate
https://developer.apple.com/support/certificates/

PhoneGap build instructions (includes a section on iOS and Android)
http://docs.phonegap.com/phonegap-build/signing/overview/

Multi Track Slide Audio

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can add a second slide audio track to each slide of your Adobe Captivate eLearning project. I also show you a bonus method to bring in additional audio attached to slide objects as well. Use your imagination to figure out how these two tricks can help you.

My WIIFM Story

One mistake that is often made within organisations who design their eLearning is with WIIFM. WIIFM stands for "what's in it for me?" (said from the perspective of the learner). This attempts to address the motivation for the learner to proceed and ultimately complete their training. The mistake comes when the WIIFM is written from the perspective of the organisation and not truly what motivates employees.

Here is an example that I experienced when I was working at the Toronto international airport. Consulting with my stakeholder and subject matter experts the motivation for a course on safety was for the thousands of passengers that visit Toronto's international airport and with an emphasis on the reputation of the airport as a safe place.

Upon further reflection I started to think about the employees who were going to be required to complete this course and realized that while we all want to be safe, an employees concern is not toward the reputation of the airport or to the thousands of strangers who pass through the airport daily, but instead for themselves, their families and friends (their loved ones).

It took some convincing, but my stakeholder agreed that reminding employees that their loved ones at some point will be passengers at the airport and their safety is what is ultimately important to employees. Also, concern for their own safety can be used in this instance as well. Everyone, including the families of employees, wants them to come home safe at the end of their shift. I managed to extend that even further to include their co-workers as well. Many co-workers become friends outside of work. We share in each other's lives and their families become our families.

Try to avoid towing the corporate line when writing your course motivation section of your eLearning. It becomes far more effective when it has real meaning to the employees and not some check mark on a corporate checklist.