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Captivate 2019 Interactive Videos

I recently posted about the new VR (Virtual Reality) features in Adobe Captivate 2019. This post is a continuation of the new features in the latest release. I will be giving a webinar  on some of these features on Nov. 14 and thought it would be helpful to provide this […]

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CSS Custom Properties

Since I am officially “retired,” I have a little more time to investigate items which I find interesting. I have recently been experimenting with CSS custom properties (aka CSS variables). I thought readers might be interested in some small examples demonstrating the capabilities of CSS custom properties. While these certainly […]

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DuBois Epic Excursion 1

I recently returned from a short trip to South Dakota and Wyoming. I traveled there with my son and eldest grandson. I thought it might be interesting to share our experiences with others. I put together a trip summary using Adobe Spark Page (just follow the link and you will […]

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Amazon Polly and WordPress

During our recent Peoria WordCamp, I was intrigued by Keanan Koppenhaver’s presentation on voice interfaces in 2018 and beyond. One of the technologies he mentioned was Amazon Polly (a text to speech engine and much more). I thought I would try out this technology. You will note that there is […]

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Captivate 2019 and VR eLearning

Adobe recently released their 2019 version of Captivate. After examining many of the enhancements, I thought it might be useful to focus on the virtual reality features which have been added. When you first open Captivate 2019, you are presented with the following screen. You will note that one item […]

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ES6 materials

The week of July 9, 2018, I will be discussing some features of ES6 (JavaScript) at a couple of local Meetups in the Peoria area. I thought it might be helpful for participants to download the materials (including exercises) as reference for our discussions. Here are the materials we will […]

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My first year in retirement

Those who know, realize that I retired as a tenured full professor from an Illinois community college effective June 30, 2017. Since it has now been a full year, I thought it might be helpful to provide a bit of a recap on some of my activities. I am just […]

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Games in Captivate

I am providing another webinar on working with Adobe Captivate on March 15. This one will focus on inclusion of pre-built assets (such as games) and creating custom themes. If time permits, we will also discuss multi-state objects in Captivate. For those who wish to examine the example files, one […]

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Captivate Draft update

I first provided an overview of Captivate Draft in 2015. This became available as an iPad app along with Captivate 9. For those who have been following along, I am giving a series of webinars on various aspects of Adobe Captivate. I plan to cover Captivate Draft in my early […]

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Adding a Captivate Quiz to your LMS

I am providing a webinar covering the fundamentals of incorporating a Captivate quiz/ learning module into your learning management system in late January, 2018. I have provided a number of resources and webinars on the fundamentals of working with Adobe Captivate in 2017. These are linked below. More sessions are […]

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Captivate Fluid Boxes

Part of my January webinar dealing with Adobe Captivate involves further discussion of fluid boxes. Participants in previous webinars asked me to provide more details. This webinar is part of an ongoing series I am presenting on Adobe Captivate. For those who are interested in earlier sessions, you will find […]

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WordPress Project Gutenberg

I recently participated in a local WordPress meeting where Project Gutenberg was reviewed by Brandon Wickwire. For those who are unaware, this is likely the version of the editor (and much more) which will be coming with version 5.0 of WordPress. Brandon’s presentation inspired me to experiment a bit with […]

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Captivate Variables

To begin 2018, I am providing a webinar on the use of variables in Adobe Captivate. This is intended to be an introduction. Since I only have one hour, I plan to concentrate on the following items: using system variables creating user variables (and using them) associating actions with variables […]

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