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Frank Nguyen

How do you know that they know? Building valid assessments in Adobe Captivate


Use Adobe Captivate to align eLearning assessments with learning objectives.

Technical Communications Suite

Adobe Technical Communication Suite: Getting Started series


Watch these training videos and learn how to use FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Acrobat, Adobe Captivate, and Adobe AIR to deliver interactive technical and instructional content.

Jeff Freeman

Adding Adobe Captivate movie clips to a PDF file


Learn how to embed SWF movie clips into a PDF document and set up a poster image readers can click to launch the clip.

William Heinz

Using animations to extend Adobe Captivate for right-click capability

Get this updated and versatile SWF file, which mimics right-click functionality and allows you to score through your demos and simulations.

Silke Fleischer

Publishing Adobe Captivate files on YouTube


Make your Adobe Captivate content ready for YouTube, and share your demonstrations with a wider audience.

Jacob Bates

Creating interactive training solutions with Adobe Captivate and Vcommunicator Studio


See how Adobe Captivate and Vcommunicator® Studio 2.0 can provide cost-effective individual training through programmable and life-like mentor characters, user interaction, and multiple result scenarios

Sejal Shah

Tracking Adobe Captivate AICC/HACP-based content hosted on Adobe Connect server from another AICC LMS


Learn how to generate reports about Adobe Captivate content accessed from another server and more.

Sharing portal

Download samples, templates, and useful files in the Adobe Captivate Exchange. Share with your peers yourself and upload.

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Adobe Captivate Full Motion Recording (FMR) Editor


Edit movies you recorded using the FMR feature of Adobe Captivate 3.

Upcoming eSeminar: Creating interactive help for RIAs

Use the Technical Communication Suite to convert your existing help systems into an engaging information experience for AIR, Flex, and ColdFusion applications.

Introducing Adobe Captivate 3: Beyond screen recording

Create more effective learning content with features in the new version: multimode screen recordings and simulations, scenario-based training, quizzes in Flash format, and more.

Maximizing learning using visuals, text, and audio in Adobe Captivate 3

Use evidence-based practices to create engaging e-learning projects that integrate multimedia elements.

An Authorware user and e-learning developer takes a second look at Adobe Captivate

Find out which features in Adobe Captivate 3 will help you develop e-learning content.

Adding Flash animations to an Adobe Captivate project

Learn how to incorporate external Flash animations into your project, as well as update your animation using the project library.

Adobe Captivate 2 articles

Creating customized playbars for your project using the Skin Editor in Adobe Captivate 2

Take a tour of the Adobe Captivate 2 Skin Editor and learn to create your own custom playbar.

Creating printed versions of Adobe Captivate projects


Print your Adobe Captivate content as lessons, storyboards, and step-by-step guides, and learn how to modify the printed output.

Using PENS with Adobe Captivate 2

Learn how to use PENS for one-click publishing of e-learning content between authoring environments and a Learning Management System (LMS).

Exporting your Adobe Captivate project to Flash

Get a clear understanding and step-by-step instructions for bringing your content into Flash.

Adobe Captivate Exchange

Share Adobe Captivate templates, playback controls, media, caption types, autotext, and games with other Adobe Captivate developers.

Rapid E-Learning with Adobe Captivate 2

(Updated February 7, 2007)

Adobe RoboHelp 6 costars with Adobe Captivate 2

Follow the steps in this five-part tutorial to learn the fundamentals of working with Adobe Captivate content in RoboHelp projects.

Using the Adobe Captivate Exchange

Take advantage of Adobe Captivate assets and templates available to you from the Exchange and save valuable development time.

Mobile learning: Adobe Captivate content on video iPod devices

Create compelling Adobe Captivate content for mobile devices and help your users learn on the go.

Using the Library in Adobe Captivate 2

Find out how you can use this new feature to author content more effectively, reduce file size, and more.

Scenario-based learning in Adobe Captivate 2

Learn how you can use the new branching view option to create effective, scenario-based simulations in a snap.

Mobile learning with Flash Lite 2 and Adobe Captivate

Integrate Flash Lite and Adobe Captivate together to create learning objects for mobile phones.

Introducing Adobe Captivate 2: Changing the way you author interactive content

Branching simulations, content libraries, and more—see what's in store in the new release. (Updated Oct. 5, 2006)


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