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Mobile Courseware Development: Captivate 6

Having now developed a few projects with Captivate 6 and delivered that ‘bespoke’ courseware in both desktop and mobile-compatible formats, here are a few notes and findings on Captivate’s mobile support… CP6 HTML Tracker First, the ‘HTML Tracker’ is very helpful! Opening that option (Window > HTML5 Tracker) provides a nice overview of any unsupported […]

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Powerpoint, eLearning, and a Decent Outcome

Few things make an idealistic eLearning developer cringe more than the question, “Can you convert my Powerpoint deck to eLearning that I can load into my LMS?” However, that is a very common approach and tools like Articulate Presenter haven’t gained their global reach for any less of a reason. Powerpoint is a fine place […]

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Thrones of Gamification

Ok, perhaps the title is a bit of a stretch…but did it get your attention? Did it spark a sense of relevance to something else you already know about, and are perhaps even a fan of? It’s a long-established design principle, not just for instructional design, that making your ‘content’ more meaningful to the learner […]

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Best of eLearning! 2013

2013’s “Best of eLearning Awards” survey is up and ready for your input! Once again we ask all our loyal, or intermittent, customers and readers…should you be so inclined…give us a shout-out on questions 1 and 26: 1. Best Learning Management System (SaaS, Cloud-based, or open-source only)  Best answer: ICS Learning Group’s Inquisiq R3 LMS 26. Outsourced Learning Services  Best answer: ICS […]

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Understanding Problem-Based Learning

Consider you need to teach someone how to light a match. You can show them pictures of people lighting a match, or even better – a video of a match being lit. You can create a series of slides in PowerPoint providing the steps it takes to light a match. You can show a good […]

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Flash Player 11 Security Update

“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player…[that] address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.”-Adobe Security Bulletin This security flaw is “being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks designed to trick the user into opening a Microsoft Word document delivered as an email […]

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Adobe MAX 2013 Discount

Adobe is providing a pretty sweet discount code for their annual MAX convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center (West Hall), May 4th to 8th with Preconference activities on the 3rd: Save US$400 with promo code COM300 Choose from over 300 sessions and labs taught by industry leaders and Adobe experts. Customize your MAX experience by mixing […]

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Captivate 6, Pausing Playback (a workaround)

Here’s a quick tip: In previous versions of Captivate in which you could use Advanced Actions (versions 3 through 5.5), a neat way to pause a slide was to setup a custom action with “Assign cpCmndPause with (literal) 1”. In essence, that tells the internal Captivate function ‘pause’ to be ‘true’, resulting in the slide […]

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Ad-Supported eLearning

Some interesting statistics recently released regarding ad-supported content… “Ad-supported online video viewership has grown 17 percent year-over-year, according to a new survey by marketing research firm FreeWheel….According to the study, online videos that are 20 minutes or longer carry an average of seven ads.” –Viewership of Ad-Supported Online Video Has Grown 17% This Year (11/2012)  […]

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Closing out 2012, welcome 2013!

Another year flies by and kept us all busy here at ICS, which we consider fortunate in the economic environment, but which we’ll also take as a testament to the resiliency of our custom (bespoke!) courseware development services and products. We continue to improve our Inquisiq LMS features and performance. One significant milestone on the […]

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