All-New Adobe Captivate Click-to-Reveal Widget

[@robinga4635]

I'm new to Adobe Captivate so I've been binge-watching all of your videos on Captivate 12. Outstanding job, by the way - all are very clear, perfectly paced, and to the point. After a few years creating Powerpoint videos, Captivate seems very constraining (trying to change into a dress suit in an airplane lavatory comes to mind). I understand Captivate and Powerpoint are two very different beasts and require a different mindset, but the former seems to lack very basic features, such as creating pop-up text when the mouse hovers over a single word in a text block. Am I missing something here? If so, maybe you might want to think about making a video on how to create popups. Thanks!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Because Adobe Captivate is responsive design (and meant for touch), you find items that require the use of a mouse not to function, namely rollovers. That said, I found it difficult after years of using PowerPoint when I first started using Adobe Captivate in version 2. It's an entirely different application with a distinct purpose and workflow. After nearly 20 years of Captivate, I can't imagine anything else as my primary design and development tool. I think you'll master it with more experience. Keep watching my videos and consider taking a course like the *Adobe Professional Certification: Adobe Captivate*, which you'll find here: www.adobe.com/products/captivate/certificate.html.

[@robinga4635]

@@CaptivateTeacher Ah, yes - "meant for touch". That helps, many thanks for taking the time to reply. I need to go back and rewatch all of your videos after having played with the app for a couple of days to understand what I missed. Keep up the good work!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

It's a whole new world.

[@HOUSEARAUZ]

Can you show if there is a way to prevent learners from skipping forward slides by the bottom bar?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

When I have a situation where I need to control when a learner moves forward, I usually turn off the built-in playbar and add my own buttons. I typically hide that "next button" until the learner has completed some task, whether it's an interaction or merely watching a video, etc.

[@EMiller500]

Thank you, Paul! There isn't a way to have an audio file play when the overlay is revealed, is there?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

To add seperate audio you would need to build a custom interaction using triggers and actions.

[@melissawhite-bilingualther395]

I am also very interested on how to do this. Thank you! @@CaptivateTeacher

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I think there will be an update for this, possibly in October in time for the Adobe Learning Summit in Las Vegas.

[@MissionassetfundOrg]

Its there a way to make the text boxes bigger on the overlay? I want to be able to fit more than 5 sentences without scrolling

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Try one of the other design options. You might find something you like. That said, one advantage of this version is that scrolling is always available if you need it.

[@jcompton9391]

Is there a way to have a button appear after a video has been watched? I've been trying multiple different ways and have watched many of your videos but I'm still stuck! We previously had buttons simply appear after X time in Captivate Classic but this function seems to be missing now

[@CaptivateTeacher]

This solution is from a video I have coming out in a few weeks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moHRgq1rgNSUq5Y

[@yerlanymendez]

Is it possible to click to reveal video?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Can you tell me more about what you are trying to achieve?

[@yerlanymendez]

@@CaptivateTeacher I would like to show an image of certain adaptations then have the students click on them to reveal a video of how the animals use those adaptations. For example short beaks, long beaks, curved beaks. Click on each beak image and then reveal a video of the birds feeding behavior with a short narrative explanation.

[@treetikakumari2080]

Hi Paul, Thank you for uploading these videos. Could you please upload a video on adding a logo in all new Adobe Captivate?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Yes, soon