Captain Captivate

Transitioning from eLearning to mLearning

Posted on 10. May, 2012 by captivatehero.

Here’s my presentation with Pooja and Vish from the Adobe Captivate team.

You may want to link out to the presentation on SlideShare to read the notes on each slide. I don’t like to put text on my slides. Static images are great for a live presentation, but conceptually doesn’t translate well.

I’ll update this post once they post the recorded session.

Forever Captivated!

- The Captain

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The Captivate to HTML5 Converter and Captivate Training Updates

Posted on 22. Sep, 2011 by captivatehero.

The Captain is smiling today. A big, wide, toothy smile.

I now have these extraordinary new powers that allow me to publish to an iPad or iPhone without making an App. You can thank the Adobe Captivate development team for releasing the HTML5 Converter for Adobe Captivate 5.5 in Adobe Labs. Download the preview technology now and start publishing your Captivate 5.5 content that will now play on your iOS device.

Please keep in mind that this is preview technology. The engineers at Adobe are working really hard to convert massive amounts of ActionScript 3 code into a HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript framework.

After some testing it seems like a passive demonstration recording with audio is going to give you the best results. Here’s what you need to avoid:

• Quiz Questions
• LMS Tracking
• PowerPoint Imports
• Advanced Action and Variables
• Skin, TOC and Playbackbar
• Typing Text
• Slide Video
• Inserted FLV Video
• Zoom Object
• Roll Over Slidelet
• Animations
• Widgets

I know it’s a long list, but at least it’s a start.
I’m really looking forward to additional updates to this technology.

Upcoming Captivate Training

I wanted to mention a few Captivate classes that I will be teaching over the next few months:

Professional Association for Computer Training (PACT) Captivate Training - Minneapolis, MN

Thursday, October 13th, 2011: Captivate 5/5.5 Fundamentals and Intermediate Concepts

I’m really excited to be teaching two amazing Captivate sessions on October 13th. These seminars are open to both members and non-members of the organization. The training will take place at the Bookdale Library starting at 9:30 AM.

For more information and to register please visit:
http://www.pactvision.net/

I will also be presenting on Friday October 14th to PACT members on media creation for eLearning developers. It’s going to be a fun, information packed session that will motivate you start creating!

Lodestone Digital Captivate Training - Online and Charlotte, NC

• September 28-29:  Advanced Captivate 5/5.5
• October 19-20: Captivate 5/5.5 Fundamentals
• November 18th: Captivate 5/5.5 Mobile and Tablets - Now with HTML5!

Take 10% off : Use the discount code LODE1011 for 10% off a Captivate registration at Lodestone.com.

Forever Captivated!

- The Captain

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