Publishing Your Captivate File

Publishing Your Captivate File

Publishing Your Captivate File
Captivate enables you to publish your file in a variety of forms ranging from executables that can be pl …

Enabling User Input with Text Entry Boxes

Enabling User Input with Text Entry Boxes

Enabling User Input with Text Entry Boxes
Text entry boxes are a great way to test knowledge. In Captivate, you not only provide the te …

Adding a Capture to an Existing Project

Adding a Capture to an Existing Project

Adding a Capture to an Existing Project
Now that the transition slide is completed, you can concentrate on creating the simulation. Be …

Adding a Navigation Button to a Slide

Adding a Navigation Button to a Slide

Adding a Navigation Button to a Slide
Without something to hold the playhead in place, the user will see the text for a couple seconds …

Transitioning from Demo to Simulation Mode

Transitioning from Demo to Simulation Mode

Transitioning from Demo to Simulation Mode
The second part of this tutorial is where you say to the student “OK, now you do it.&# …

Previewing a Captivate File

Previewing a Captivate File

Previewing a Captivate File
Having made all of your changes, you will most likely want to see the fruits of your labor. Here’s ho …

Using the Timeline

Using the Timeline

Using the Timeline
A major addition to Captivate is the Timeline. In many respects, you can regard the Timeline as a visual timing edit …

Working with Captions

Working with Captions

Working with Captions
Captivate does not permit you to add text directly to a slide. Instead you enter text into a caption and then pla …

Editing a Captivate File

Editing a Captivate File

Editing a Captivate File
When you are returned to Captivate you will be placed in the Storyboard view. The thumbnails you see are calle …

Creating a Demonstration

Creating a Demonstration

Creating a Demonstration
The plan is to show you how to define a site in Dreamweaver MX 2004. For most of my students the hardest part …

Getting Started

Getting Started

Getting Started
While this article is about how to create demonstrations and simulations with Captivate, you still need to understand t …

From Demonstration to Simulation in Captivate

From Demonstration to Simulation in Captivat ...

Having grown up with Macromedia Director and then discovering Macromedia Flash, I was, like most new media developers, a bit of a contr …

The Process: Users Taking a Perception Assessment that Uses a Captivate Simulation

The Process: Users Taking a Perception Asses ...

The Process: Users Taking a Perception Assessment that Uses a Captivate Simulation
When participants take a Perception assessment, a qu …

Importing Your Simulation to Perception

Importing Your Simulation to Perception

Importing Your Simulation to Perception
Import the Perception QML file that Captivate published into Perception using the following ste …

Exporting Your Simulation from Captivate

Exporting Your Simulation from Captivate

Exporting Your Simulation from Captivate
When you have added your questions, export the simulation so that you can use it in Perception …

Adding Questions to Your Simulation

Adding Questions to Your Simulation

Adding Questions to Your Simulation
You can now add questions to the simulation; for example, you can add questions to a click box.
Whe …

Creating a Simulation with Captivate

Creating a Simulation with Captivate

Creating a Simulation with Captivate
First, use Captivate to create your simulation. If you’re not sure how to create a simulatio …

Using Captivate Simulations in Questionmark Perception Assessments

Using Captivate Simulations in Questionmark ...

By using Questionmark Perception with Macromedia Captivate, you can use an animation to create an interactive test for participants rat …

Security Changes in Macromedia Flash Player 7

Security Changes in Macromedia Flash Player ...

Note: This article concerns changes to the security model in Macromedia Flash 7. Macromedia has made some changes to the cross-domain s …

Output Options in Captivate – Part 2: Conclusion

Output Options in Captivate – Part 2: Conc ...

Conclusion
Captivate is a great tool for capturing and building interactive training demonstrations and simulations. It makes it easy f …