Ever look at someone else's course and wonder how they did it? It's probably because they used advanced actions!
Using advanced actions in adobe captivate can make your eLearning courses more engaging and interesting to the participants. With advanced actions you can create a series of multiple events and you can create multiple complex events with one or more conditions.
Advanced actions can be used with system and user variables, they can be used in association with text entry boxes, mathematical expressions, quizzing, and widgets. Variables are place holders for the computers memory that can recall certain information when you need it. There are many system variables that come with captivate and you can create your own user-defined variables.
Adobe captivate is an amazing robust software and I learn something new every day! Additionally, there is typically more than one way to do something and every developer has their own workflow style. So although I explain the step-by-step procedures in the below manuals using my workflow, my way is not the only way. Advanced actions can provide endless possibilities, but they take time and practice to learn and understand. As one of my trainee's said to me a short while ago:
"Anita, I finally got it this time around, advanced actions are going to revolutionize my projects from mundane to interactivity. Thanks for all your help".
I recently presented a webinar on how to do the advanced actions that are represented in the examples below. The link to the recorded version The link provides downloads of the manuals.
DESCRIPTION: Ever wondered how to allow users to click on any button, in any order, before they can advance in the course? The webinar will demonstrate simple step-by-step instructions on how to create and apply Conditional Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate.
Advanced Actions for Dummies 1 manual
Contents include:
Advanced Actions for Dummies 2 manual
Contents include
This manual is a workbook.
It provides the script but forces you to think about how you'll create the advanced action.
As always feel free to leave comments below. Feedback is always good.
Thanks.
Using advanced actions in adobe captivate can make your eLearning courses more engaging and interesting to the participants. With advanced actions you can create a series of multiple events and you can create multiple complex events with one or more conditions.
Advanced actions can be used with system and user variables, they can be used in association with text entry boxes, mathematical expressions, quizzing, and widgets. Variables are place holders for the computers memory that can recall certain information when you need it. There are many system variables that come with captivate and you can create your own user-defined variables.
Adobe captivate is an amazing robust software and I learn something new every day! Additionally, there is typically more than one way to do something and every developer has their own workflow style. So although I explain the step-by-step procedures in the below manuals using my workflow, my way is not the only way. Advanced actions can provide endless possibilities, but they take time and practice to learn and understand. As one of my trainee's said to me a short while ago:
"Anita, I finally got it this time around, advanced actions are going to revolutionize my projects from mundane to interactivity. Thanks for all your help".
I recently presented a webinar on how to do the advanced actions that are represented in the examples below. The link to the recorded version The link provides downloads of the manuals.
DESCRIPTION: Ever wondered how to allow users to click on any button, in any order, before they can advance in the course? The webinar will demonstrate simple step-by-step instructions on how to create and apply Conditional Advanced Actions in Adobe Captivate.
Advanced Actions for Dummies 1 manual
Contents include:
- What is an Advanced Action?
- What is a Variable?
- More About Advanced Actions
- System Variable with Standard Action: Mute Audio
- System Variable with Standard Action: Toggle Playbar
- System Variables with Standard Action: On Slide Enter Lock TOC and Hide Playbar
- System Variables in Text Box: Slide Numbers/Count
- Click toview Slide Number tutorial on You Tube
- User Variables with Conditional Actions: Click all Objects on Page Before Continuing
Advanced Actions for Dummies 2 manual
Contents include
- User Variable - Advanced Conditional Action: Restarts Audio from Beginning. Play Audio and Stop Triggered Audio
- Click to view Advanced Action video tutorial on You Tube
- Advanced Standard Action – Audio Toggle without Restarting Audio
- User Variable: Text Entry Box – Make Course Personal Create Name and Must Enter before Continuing
- User Variables: Conditional Advanced Actions – Click Objects Jump to Slide Turn Gray and On Slide Enter All Clicked
- System and User Variable: Conditional Advanced Actions – Replay Slide Button and On Slide Enter
This manual is a workbook.
It provides the script but forces you to think about how you'll create the advanced action.
As always feel free to leave comments below. Feedback is always good.
Thanks.
E learning courses are most beneficial for people to gain skill of adobe captivate. These tricks and tips are very useful and thanks for sharing downloading files.
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Thanks Foras Kama, I appreciate your comments and you are very welcome.
DeleteHello Anita. Thank you for your incredibel captivate training seminars. I need your help. In my captivate project, I want to hide the Next button on the slide and have it appear only after the text to speech for that slide has finished. Can you help me with the advanced actions on this? Thank you!
DeleteYou're welcome, so glad you like them. Sounds like you don't need Advanced actions to do what you want, you could use the timeline to bring in the button when the audio is complete.
DeleteHi Anita -- I downloaded all three pdfs and worked through most of them. I am learning a lot! I am stuck in part three where you asked the learner to add particular files to the project (ie - Reimb_Panel.png). Did you want us to use these exact files? If so, where do I find them? In seems the directions work only with these files "Place a transparent text caption next to each of the dollar signs in the Reimb_Panel.png graphic. Put the corresponding variable in each of the three text captions. Format the text captions as needed"
DeleteHi Ryan, glad you are getting something out of the advanced action manuals. No, you don't need to use the same graphics. You need to create the variables, and then create a text caption and add the variable within the text caption. Feel free to email me at anitahorsley@gmail.com for further questions/details. Thanks, Anita
DeleteHi Anita - Thanks so much for your blog. I learn so much from it. I was watching the webinar on Adobe Connect and was anxiously waiting for you to show how you made the clear action for the button, but sadly you had to answer questions and ran out of time before showing how. I cannot find it either in the pdfs. Ay advice? I have created the button and put everything on the slide. I just need to figure out how to use the button to go back to the original images. I think I know how to create the action with show/hide but do I have to create a separate button for each group? I guess that is where I am confused. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteHi Jessica, I'm so glad my blog and one of my webinars has helped you. I'm sorry, but I'm not clear on what you are trying to achieve. Can you email me at anita@calex-llc.com?
DeleteI was just now searching for about this when I discovered your post. I’m just stopping by to say that I really enjoyed reading this post, it’s very well written. Are you planning to write more on this? It seems like there is more depth here for more posts.
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Thanks for your response. Yes, I am planning on writing more about this. As a matter of fact, I really want to do a video tutorial series on advanced actions, it's just finding/making the time!
DeleteAnita- Thanks for the free ebook. Taking away lots of great info on becoming an elearning pro. Alan, your friend from DevLearn in Las Vegas.
DeleteYW and thank you for taking the time to write something nice that made me smile. Glad you're learning/growing.
DeleteHello Anita! I really enjoyed your tutorial on Standard Advanced Actions. At the end of it you mentioned that you have another one that shows how to use a Conditional Advanced Action to show a next button when all of the selections on the screen have been made. I have not been able to locate this training. Can you send me the link?
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Thank so much for this tutorial. Not been using Captivate long I find your blog fantastic so many useful resources. If anyone hasn't used Captivate I really would recommend trying it out it is a fantastic software for creating e-learning and has some brilliant features. You can get a free trial from the following. goo.gl/nZ59IQ
ReplyDeletehi mam , i m currently working as a e learning developer trainee in india. i m new to this software(adobe captivate) . currently i m working in CNED project, plz explain me about click box (success, failure, hint) and other ways to perform these success ,failure and hint options in captivate
ReplyDeleteThe page will display the image in this slide. View the instructions in this step at the bottom of the screen with audio.
ReplyDeleteClick on "Access Online Copies".
If the user clicks on the right option, display the following comments on the screen with audio and go to the following screen: Ok.
If the user clicks the wrong option on the first attempt, display the following comments on the screen with an audio: No. In the "Educational Services" section, click "Access Online Copies". Please try again. If the user clicks on the wrong option on the second attempt, display the following comments on the screen with an audio and show the correct action then go to the next screen: This is not the right choice. We will show you the correct action to perform. Step Demonstration Correct: Highlight the correct option and display the click action. plz explain me in adobe captivate
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