Paul Wilson Paul Wilson

Create One Set of Custom Buttons That Display for Your Entire Captivate Project

In this video tutorial, I will show you how you can create a single set of navigation buttons that, when set up correctly, will display across your entire course. Also, you will learn how to write an advanced action that toggles the audio in your project and toggle the button itself through the use of adding multi-states.

In this video tutorial, I will show you how you can create a single set of navigation buttons that, when set up correctly, will display across your entire course. Also, you will learn how to write an advanced action that toggles the audio in your project and toggle the button itself through the use of adding multi-states.

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Paul Wilson Paul Wilson

eLearning Livestream – Build Your Own Custom Playback Controls | January 13th, 16:00 UTC

In this Livestream, I will show you how you can create your own custom playback controls for your Adobe Captivate eLearning project. 

Join me on Monday at 16:00 UTC for this week’s eLearning Livestream. I will show you how you can create your own custom playback controls for your Adobe Captivate eLearning project.

If you wish to participate in the live stream and ask questions join me on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/9Y2M3H89fSQ

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Paul Wilson Paul Wilson

Show Delayed Next Buttons Immediately on Slide Revisits in Adobe Captivate

In this Adobe Captivate tutorial, I will show you how you can use a shared action to delay the appearance of your Next buttons across all your slides but make them immediately available on slide revisits.

Has this happened to you? Your stakeholder has asked you to delay the appearance of the Next button on your slides in your Adobe Captivate eLearning project to ensure the learners view all their valuable content. They review the course and then realize that when they return to previously visited slides, they are now frustrated by the Next button's delayed appearance. What's an eLearning developer to do? In this Adobe Captivate tutorial, I will show you how you can use a shared action to delay the appearance of your Next buttons across all your slides but make them immediately available on slide revisits.

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Paul Wilson Paul Wilson

Create a Secret Help Slide in Adobe Captivate

In this video tutorial, I will show you how to set up a slide that isn't part of the regular navigation of your course. This slide will instead be accessed from any other slide in your project using a small icon in the corner. This is useful if you want an optional page that includes course instructions, or perhaps a special help page that learners can only access if they need it.

In this video tutorial, I will show you how to set up a slide that isn't part of the regular navigation of your course. This slide will instead be accessed from any other slide in your project using a small icon in the corner. This is useful if you want an optional page that includes course instructions, or perhaps a special help page that learners can only access if they need it.

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Paul Wilson Paul Wilson

Disable the Progress Bar in Adobe Captivate

In this tutorial, I show you a solution initially created by Michael Barshinger to disable the progress bar in your Adobe Captivate eLearning projects. This gives your learners the advantage of seeing their progress without allowing them to scrub forward and skipping valuable content.

In this tutorial, I show you a solution initially created by Michael Barshinger to disable the progress bar in your Adobe Captivate eLearning projects. This gives your learners the advantage of seeing their progress without allowing them to scrub forward and skipping valuable content.

Here is the original article with the details on how to do this.

http://bit.ly/JavascriptHacks

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Paul Wilson Paul Wilson

Customizing the Playback Controls in Adobe Captivate

I had a viewer ask about the progress bar in an Adobe Captivate project and realized I had never addressed this topic on my YouTube channel. In this video I show how you can customize the playback controls for the Skin Editor in Captivate. Watch the video below...

I had a viewer ask about the progress bar in an Adobe Captivate project and realized I had never addressed this topic on my YouTube channel. In this video I show how you can customize the playback controls for the Skin Editor in Captivate. Watch the video below...

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