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You're reading from Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 Build cutting edge professional SCORM compliant and interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789803051

Length 770 pages

Edition 5th Edition

Tools

Adobe Captivate

Concepts

Learning Management System

Authors (2):

Dr. Pooja Jaisingh

Damien Bruyndonckx

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 2019 FREE CHAPTER

2. Working with Standard Objects

3. Working with Multimedia

4. Working with the Timeline and Other Useful Tools

5. Developing Interactivity

6. Crafting the Graphical Experience with Styles and Themes

7. Working with Quizzes

8. Capturing Onscreen Action

9. Producing a Video Demo

10. Creating a Responsive Project

11. Creating Virtual Reality Projects

12. Using Captivate with Other Applications

13. Creating Accessible eLearning

14. Variables and Advanced Actions

15. Finishing Touches and Publishing

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Variables and Advanced Actions

In this chapter, you will take advantage of the scripting capabilities of HTML5 and Flash. The HTML5 technology includes a programming language named JavaScript. When publishing a Captivate project in HTML5, a lot of JavaScript code is generated behind the scenes. It is the web browser that executes this JavaScript when the project is played back by the learner. If you decide to publish your projects in Flash, Captivate generates a lot of ActionScript code instead. It is the Flash Player that executes this ActionScript code at runtime.

Captivate exposes part of this scripting technology to the eLearning developer. Now let's be honest – most eLearning developers won't actually be writing real JavaScript or ActionScript in Captivate (being an ActionScript or JavaScript developer requires proper training and solid programming...

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Authors (2)

Dr. Pooja Jaisingh

Dr. Pooja Jaisingh works as a senior learning evangelist at Adobe. She has created several award-winning eLearning courses and eBooks, and regularly conducts workshops and webinars on eLearning tools and services. In her previous roles, she has worked as a teacher trainer, instructional designer, and chief learning geek. Pooja holds a master's degree in education and economics and a doctorate in educational technology.

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Bruyndonckx

Damien Bruyndonckx is the founder and the CEO of One2Learn, a Belgian company specialized in content development, instructional video, virtual classrooms, and training on the leading eLearning content creation tools. Active in the eLearning industry for over 15 years, Damien has worked with many different customers and LMS implementations. He is a long-time Adobe partner and serves as an instructor for the official Adobe Captivate certification program. Damien is the author of over 30 video courses for LinkedIn Learning and is the coauthor of the Mastering Adobe Captivate series by Packt Publishing.

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