Retake Course Instead of Retake Quiz in Your Adobe Captivate Project

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can replace the standard Retake Quiz button with a custom solution that allows you to reset your quiz but jump to any slide in your course, and not just the first slide of your quiz. This is great if you prefer o have learners retake the entire course instead of just the quiz.

FIFINE Studio USB Microphone T669 Kit - Unboxing and Review

In this video, I unbox a new microphone from FIFINE. It's the T669 USB Microphone that comes with a whole kit of accessories for a fraction of the price of what I've paid for similar equipment. This kit includes the microphone itself, a pop filter, shock mount for the mic, adjustable scissor arm, USB cable and mount for a desk. At $96.99 Canadian, it's an incredible value. Watch the video to see how it compares with my Blue Yeti.

Get this microphone from Amazon today: https://amzn.to/2OE5VKS

How to Edit Audio Right Inside Adobe Captivate

In this video tutorial, I'm going to show you how you can edit your audio clips directly inside Adobe Captivate instead of using another tool like Adobe Audition or Audacity.

How to Edit Audio Right Inside Adobe Captivate

In this video tutorial, I'm going to show you how you can edit your audio clips directly inside Adobe Captivate instead of using another tool like Adobe Audition or Audacity.

Use JavaScript to Manipulate the Captivate Playbar

In this video tutorial, I show you how you can use JavaScript to make individual buttons in the Adobe Captivate playbar either hidden or visible. In this example, I use this to create a forced navigation click to reveal interaction. Patreon members can download this project file for free: https://www.patreon.com/paulwilsonlearning

Special thanks to Scott Burnett for providing the sample project file which includes all that's needed to build your own controls over the Captivate Playbar. Download Scott's sample project here: https://bit.ly/JsCpPlaybar

Getting All Your Adobe Captivate Playbar Controls to Appear on Mobile

In this Adobe Captivate Video Quicktip, I show you an easy solution to get all the controls on your playbar to appear on mobile view, in addition to desktop.

Customize Adobe Captivate Responsive Quick Start Projects

Did you miss my session at the Adobe eLearning World 2020 Online Conference? Here it is. In this session, you will learn how to customize slides from the Adobe Captivate responsive quick start projects from the Assets Store. This will help you to rapidly build an eLearning course that not only looks great on your desktop but functions perfectly on a mobile phone or tablet.

Download the initial project file: https://bit.ly/CpStart

Download Resources: https://bit.ly/CpResources

Download the completed project: https://bit.ly/CpFinish

Build Your eLearning Tool Belt

During this Livestream we will be discussing building your eLearning tool belt, a phrase you may hear me say from time to time. This eLearning Live Stream is exclusive to my Patreon members and the recorded version is made available to my YouTube channel after the recording has been made. Become a member of my Patreon channel and you get to participate in the live version of these videos. You will get to ask me any questions you have about eLearning and Adobe Captivate and I will answer them live and demonstrate solutions to the issues you are facing using this sometimes confusing software.

https://patreon.com/paulwilsonlearning

Preview and download my Canadian Flag Colouring book project file:

https://elearning.adobe.com/2020/06/drag-and-drop-canada-colouring-book/

The Risk of Online Only Conferences in the eLearning Industry

Now that the Adobe eLearning World 2020 online conference has concluded, I’m very interested to see what the future looks like for Adobe eLearning conferences. For over a decade, Adobe has hosted live events like the Adobe eLearning Conference and the Adobe Learning Summit. I have it on proper authority that they have cancelled the Adobe Learning Summit, initially scheduled for October 26-27th at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas. They are official sponsors of this year’s DevLearn conference, which the eLearning Guild has planned for October 21st-23rd. The organizers of DevLearn have asked me to speak at this event, but it’s clear from the DevLearn website that there is a possibility that they may move to an entirely online format if COVID-19 persists into October.

I suspect that with the success of Adobe eLearning World 2020 that Adobe may be less inclined to hold live and in-person events in the future. For me, one of the most significant benefits of these conferences was networking and social activities. Sure, you can learn a similar amount of material online as you can from in-person sessions, but the side discussions out in the hall is a great way to learn as well. I enjoy meeting new people, and these conferences have also opened additional work opportunities that would otherwise not be there. Perhaps Adobe could create additional chat rooms that serve a less formal component of the conference, such as giving participants a live forum to have conversations and share ideas and best practices.

As a business owner who has very few business expenses to write off at the end of the year, these conferences have allowed me to have a relaxing time and promote my business as well. I’ve certainly enjoyed the entertainment part of staying in a Las Vegas resort. Relaxing by the pool while back at home my neighbours are already wearing winter coats is extremely wonderful. I’ve also gone to dinners with existing and potential business colleagues. While we do discuss the eLearning industry, we also enjoy having a great meal together and discussing other topics of interest as well. I’ve even done a little gambling. It’s nice to enjoy your work and get a tax write off as well.

One such interaction that has proven to be very successful in my business was meeting James and Susan Kingsley from ReviewMyElearning.com. Review my eLearning is a service that allows eLearning developers to share prototypes of their eLearning with stakeholders and other reviewers before you upload it to your organization’s LMS. Without Susan and James, I may not have learned about this invaluable service and just as importantly I may not have met two wonderful people I now consider my good friends and business colleagues.

Most of my work these days is teaching other Adobe Captivate users the skills that I’ve learned over my fifteen years as an eLearning developer. It was through the conferences that I met Kevin Siegel. Kevin is the Founder and President of IconLogic. Iconlogic is the leading provider of online software training in North America. Kevin is also the Founder and President of the International Council for Certified Online Training Professionals. Meeting Kevin led me to discover the Certified Online Training Professional (COTP) certification. I enrolled and successfully completed this program. The certificate and badge that goes along with this certification are great, but the real benefit is that I am now a better online training professional for all my clients. I highly recommend that you complete this valuable certification if you do something similar to what I do.

Of course, the benefit of an online event is more inclusivity. First, people from all over the world can participate. With past Adobe Learning conferences, located in Las Vegas and Washington DC, only a limited number of people are close enough to these events to make them worthwhile. Washington, DC, is about an hour flight from where I live, and Nevada is only about a four-hour flight for me. However, I know that most of the Adobe eLearning team are from India. I can’t imagine what their flight time experience must be like. Additionally, though, there are many other would-be participants in remote locations who have been asking for years for additional conferences closer to their homes. I understand Adobe’s reluctance to host events in certain countries. Certainly, in North America, there are hundreds of thousands of Captivate users. I’m sure not all regions can say this. An online conference can be attended by everyone, even if it means getting up earlier or staying up later than what you would normally.

Additionally, there is no cost associated with these live events. I’ve always said that the Adobe conferences are the best deal in eLearning conferences since they are complimentary. When you compare that to most of the conferences, I’m aware of in our industry, registration alone is well over $1,000, not to mention the expenses associated with travel and accommodation. The only cost of attending an online conference is one of your time. You need to block this time on your calendar. If you are a freelancer like I am, time spent on professional development is a time when you are not earning. Of course, do not forget what industry we work in. Professional development is what we do. To borrow from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, if we are not “sharpening our saws,” in other words, if we are not upgrading our tools and increasing our knowledge, our effectiveness goes down.

So, I’m all for online conferences, both as a speaker and as a participant. I do hope that Adobe and other organizations that host online conferences consider what they can offer to ensure there are opportunities to network and interact in an informal way. One that can facilitate meeting the wonderful people I’ve met by attending these conferences in the past.

Getting Responsive Captivate to Actually Go Full Screen on Desktop

In this video tutorial, I review a similar question I saw twice on the same day and that was how to get my responsive design to fill the screen on my desktop computer as well as on my tablets and mobile devices.