Adobe Captivate 5 consolidated patch

The Adobe Captivate team have just released a new patch for Adobe Captivate 5 which addressed some capture, audio and upgrade issues as well as a few more problems that some Adobe Captivate 5 users have encountered.

Want to learn more about the issues that were fixed? Take a look at the Main Enhancements page.

Free eLearning Suite 2 Workshop

Want to learn what’s new in the Adobe eLearning Suite 2?

Join me on the 27th of October for a free workshop presented by eSyncTraining where I’ll be demonstrating new eLearning Suite 2 features such as the amazing new integration between Adobe Captivate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash and Adobe Soundbooth.

Come and join me and learn why the Adobe eLearning Suite 2 is your complete tool box for creating engaging and interaction eLearning courseware!


eLearning Suite 2 Workshop
Date: 10.27.2010
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST (2 Hours)
Location: Adobe Connect (Global)

Space in this workshop is limited, so register today.

Advanced Actions: Resources

Advanced Actions provide Adobe Captivate users with the ability to include complex interactions in their Captivate projects.

The problem is that most Adobe Captivate users are not programmers and therefore, many would probably benefit from having a decent set of examples that they can use to understand how Advanced Actions (especially Conditional Actions) work.

If only there was a decent set of articles on how to use Advanced Actions. Well, actually there is!

Ever since Adobe Captivate 5 was launched, my good friend Lieve Weymeis has been beavering away writing articles and creating examples to help you get up to speed with this powerful yet for some bewildering Adobe Captivate feature.

So, if you are dipping your toe into the amazing world of Advanced Actions. This list should provide you with lots of good and practical advice to help you get started.

Customized course menu based on a pretest (Captivate 5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/855/cpsid_85530.html

Constructing test with multiple results (Captivate 5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/852/cpsid_85255.html

Using advanced actions to show conclusion based on multiple scores (Captivate 5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/852/cpsid_85252.html

Question slide with partial scores and customized feedback (Captivate 5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/857/cpsid_85716.html

Video tutorial: Advanced conditional action for Customized feedback (Captivate 5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/858/cpsid_85847.html

Combining Standard and Conditional in one Advanced action (Captivate 5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/862/cpsid_86254.html

Use the power of variables in CP5 (CP4) - without advanced actions (Captivate 4&5)
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/862/cpsid_86299.html

Unleash the power of variables in Captivate 5 (4) with Advanced Actions
http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/871/cpsid_87182.html (Captivate 4&5)

Some reasons for labeling
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/some-reasons-for-labeling-in-adobe-captivate

*To blog or not to blog

http://lilybiri.posterous.com/to-blog-or-not-to-blog
*You will need to scroll approximately half way down the page to locate the Advanced Action tip.

Unlimited durations of Adobe eLearning Suite trials

Two blog posts in one day! Well when you receive this sort of notificiation, you just have to blog about it.

Adobe has now made it possible for any one to try out a hosted version the Adobe eLearning Suite 2 which means that you don't need to worry about downloading or installing large files.

What is even better is that you no longer need to worry about a limited period to test the software either! With this online version if you need 60 days or 6 months to evaluate the suite, that is fine with Adobe.

Just bear in mind that some features such as audio recording is not possible in this hosted trial mode.

Drag and Drop Lite Programmers Insight

Following on from yesterday's post about the new Drag and Drop Lite Question Widget, the Tristan (the Widget developer) has posted some background information that contributed to the development of this new drag and drop software.

You can read the entire blog post by clicking on th link I have included below, though I should point out that this is a bit techie.

Drag and Drop Lite Programmer Commentary

Drag and Drop comes to Adobe Captivate

Today is a good day to be an Adobe Captivate developer!

For years now Captivate users have been crying out for the ability to include drag and drag functionality in their eLearning courses and thanks to a new Widget called Drag and Drop Lite Question Widget that has just been released by the folks at Infosemantics this is now at last possible.

I have been a fan of the widgets created by Infosemantics since they released their first widget as well as their Widget Factory (an ActionScript 3 API containing class libraries for use by Flash ActionScript programmers when creating Adobe Captivate Widgets); so I naturally was delighted when I heard that they intend to address this huge hole in the Adobe Captivate feature set.



This widget - which by the way is available for both Adobe Captivate 4 and 5 - is not only extremely powerful but thanks to the intuitive user interface incredibly easy to use and just $27.00 USD something that no CP user cannot afford to miss out on.

What to learn more? Visit the Infosemantics web site.

Announcing Adobe Captivate 5 and eLearning Suite 2.0

Adobe has announced the arrival of Adobe Captivate 5 and eLearning 2.0. Over the coming weeks and months I am going to be talking a lot about the new features in these new versions but for now here is a list of some of the new features that are coming in Adobe Captivate 5

• Object Styles
• Master Slides
• Rich Animation Effects
• Tracking and Reporting
• Hosting and Collaboration via Acrobat.com
• Multivideo support and synchronization
• In-context learner collaboration via Twitter
• Optimized user interface
  

You can learn more about these amazing new features by taking a look at the Adobe Captivate 5 product page.

The Future of Web Training....Now

eSyncTraining (www.esynctraining.com) announces the arrival of their global platform for the industry’s leading synchronous online learning experience, a web technology training and certification program that offers expert instruction.

For eSyncTraining I will be teaching the following courses:

1. Adobe Captivate: The Essentials
2. Adobe Captivate: Beyond the Essentials

Adobe Review of VTC Adobe Captivate 4 Training Course

Adobe has just posted their review of my VTC Adobe Captivate 4 training course which Shameer Ayyappan - Captivate and Adobe eLearning Suite Product Manager states "I believe at this price, the VTC course is the most comprehensive coverage of Captivate."

The full review on the Adobe Captivate Blog can be found here.

Adobe Captivate 4 Training Course

I am pleased to announce that my Adobe Captivate 4 training course is now available both online through the VTC (Virtual Training Company) Online University and on CD-ROM. This course consists of 9 hours worth of training in which I cover all of the features available in my favorite rapid eLearning development tool.

As with all training titles from VTC you can view the first three chapters of this course absolutely free.