GS01 Designing the Future
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Tuesday, October 24
Grand Ballroom
We’re entering a new era, one in which designers create experiences centering not only on physical objects but on the fabric of digital information that surrounds us. When a social network automatically checks us into a location, or cashiers can suggest new products based on our purchase history, or our connected TV calls up our favorite shows when we walk into the living room, it may seem like magic. But these are carefully designed experiences; they simply appear invisible. That’s the next great challenge for designers of learning experiences: weaving the threads of time, technology, information, and access seamlessly and elegantly into learning the same way designers are building them into our everyday lives. In this fascinating opening keynote, Scott Dadich takes you on a journey that focuses on the future of intertwining technologies, designs, and behaviors, a future that will bring incredible changes to the ways we live, work, and learn.
Scott Dadich
Former Editor-in-Chief
WIRED Magazine
Scott Dadich is a co-CEO and founder of Godfrey Dadich Partners, and a former editor-in-chief of WIRED magazine. He also served the brand as a creative director, leading it to three consecutive National Magazine Awards in design and overseeing the development of WIRED’s groundbreaking iPad app. As editor-in-chief from 2012 to 2017, Mr. Dadich spearheaded the launch of WIRED’s first-ever design retreat; secured an exclusive interview with one of the world’s most wanted men, Edward Snowden; and collaborated on special issues with Bill Gates and filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Under his leadership, WIRED was recognized with eight National Magazine Award nominations, five Webby Awards, and 12 Society of Publication Designers medals; his body of work has been recognized with over 100 national design and editorial awards. He has served on the board of directors for the American Society of Magazine Editors, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Design Council, and the nonprofit People’s Portfolio.
GS02 What’s New from Adobe
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM Tuesday, October 24
Grand Ballroom
Join Dr. Allen Partridge, a Group Evangelist at Adobe, for an insider’s view into what makes Adobe Digital Learning Solutions stand out. Get the inside scoop on all the new features that went live with the 2017 release of Adobe Captivate and Captivate Prime LMS. Jump into the world of smart eLearning authoring as you discover how Fluid Boxes add intelligence to the creation of responsive content, and how Adobe Typekit integration empowers you to deliver almost every font you can imagine on your learners’ devices. With Captivate Prime LMS, deliver smart learning experiences across multiple devices and align all online and offline enterprise-wide learning initiatives to skill, upskill, and reskill your employees. This stimulating session will set the tone for your day at Adobe Learning Summit.
Allen Partridge
Head, Digital Learning Evangelism
Adobe Systems
Dr. Allen Partridge is a learning addict with a rebellious spirit and a passion for evidence-based reasoning. Allen served on the doctoral faculties of The University of Georgia and Indiana University of Pennsylvania before joining Adobe in 2007. As Adobe's Head of Evangelism, Digital Learning Solutions, he provides guidance by relating customer experiences and challenges to the product and engineering teams that create Captivate, Presenter Video Express (PVX), and Adobe's extraordinary new learning management system, Adobe Captivate Prime. Allen is well recognized for his videos and presentations to audiences around the world. He has published a host of articles and a handful of books on topics ranging from critical thinking for business training to 3D online game development.
101 Support a Vibrant Mobile Learning Culture with a Complete Training Solution
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua A
Understanding how training is impacting your business’s bottom line can be a convoluted and taxing problem. Adobe provides an extensive architecture to support your training from concept to creation, delivery, and reporting. Discover a technology solution that delivers ease of use for everyone, facilitates mobility, and demonstrably impacts your business outcomes.
Allen Partridge
Head, Digital Learning Evangelism
Adobe Systems
Dr. Allen Partridge is a learning addict with a rebellious spirit and a passion for evidence-based reasoning. Allen served on the doctoral faculties of The University of Georgia and Indiana University of Pennsylvania before joining Adobe in 2007. As Adobe's Head of Evangelism, Digital Learning Solutions, he provides guidance by relating customer experiences and challenges to the product and engineering teams that create Captivate, Presenter Video Express (PVX), and Adobe's extraordinary new learning management system, Adobe Captivate Prime. Allen is well recognized for his videos and presentations to audiences around the world. He has published a host of articles and a handful of books on topics ranging from critical thinking for business training to 3D online game development.
201 Create Your First Responsive Course with Fluid Boxes
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua B
In this session, you will learn about Adobe’s latest approach to designing responsive projects in Adobe Captivate. With the new fluid boxes, you’ll learn how to make design choices during the storyboard and development stage. These choices will allow you to predict exactly how each slide will behave under every circumstance, leading to rapid development of responsive eLearning.
You will learn all about the various fluid box hierarchies, settings, and controls (including some hidden ones) that will allow you to predict the behavior of each fluid box under every circumstance. You will also learn additional new features in Captivate 2017 that enable quick and easy authoring using fluid boxes.
In this session, you will learn:
- The authoring paradigm of responsive eLearning using fluid boxes
- All fluid box settings and controls
- Additional new features in Captivate 2017 that enable ease of authoring with fluid boxes
Paul Wilson
eLearning Designer, Developer
Self Employed
Paul Wilson has been an instructional designer since 2005. After 10 years, he decided to start his own company. To help promote his business, Paul began to create Adobe Captivate video tutorials on YouTube to attract potential clients looking for a skilled designer. Paul has worked with clients from all over the globe, helping them build highly engaging eLearning solutions. Paul's YouTube channel presented an additional benefit of attracting aspiring Captivate developers to seek him out as an instructor. As of 2019, Paul's YouTube channel has over 1.5 million views and over 13,000 subscribers.
301 Build Your Own Microlearning Strategy Framework
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 24
Trinidad
Microlearning—it might be small, but it needs a plan! Today’s modern workforce has grown up with knowledge at their fingertips. They are comfortable with using their mobile devices, and they expect information to be delivered at lightning speed. This rapid demand requires L&D to become more flexible, adaptable, and sharply focused on delivering short bursts of right-sized knowledge. The challenge for L&D is to create a plan that fits the need.
In this session, you will learn:
- The definition of microlearning and how it can be applied in your organization
- A foundational understanding of how to develop a microlearning strategy applying the “what, how, when, and why” of microlearning
- About the six markers of successful microlearning content
Shannon Tipton
Owner
Learning Rebels
As owner of Learning Rebels, Shannon Tipton is a skilled learning strategist and international speaker focusing on learning disruption. Shannon has 20 years of experience developing successful infrastructures and providing upskilling for training departments in North America, Europe, and Hong Kong. Recognized as bringing real-world expertise into the learning field, Shannon develops frameworks and tools to support learning technologies, microlearning, and virtual learning reinforcement to ensure business results. As author of Disruptive Learning, Shannon speaks internationally. Her blog "Learning Rebels" can be found at learningrebels.com.
501 How to Build a Learning Strategy that Drives Business Goals
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 24
Jamaica A
Case study: How Publicis Media redefined multi-location agency training and enrolled 2,200 learners voluntarily in just five months.
In this session, you will learn:
- Best practices in setting up skill-based learning
- How to drive learning across different departments and external agencies
- A primer on multitenancy
Deepak Sawant
Senior Product Manager
Adobe Systems
Deepak Sawant is a senior product manager with Adobe Systems who has focused on consumer and enterprise applications for the last seven years. Deepak has over 14 years of industry experience, ranging from coding routing algorithms to building roadmaps for cloud services, and he's most interested in using a combination of data and instinct to solve problems that lie at the intersection of business and technology. Deepak holds a master's degree in engineering and an MBA.
Rick Ransome
Associate Director, Global Learning Strategy
Publicis Media
Rick Ransome is an associate director of global learning strategy at Publicis Media’s data, technology and innovation (DTI) global practice. He oversees the IQ Academy, serving as technical liaison between international agency stakeholders and partners. He also facilitates training for global agency and client audiences. Prior to joining DTI in 2010, Rick spent six years working in strategic accounts at Performics, dedicated to clients such as Johnson & Johnson and Toyota. He began his career working in radio ad sales for Clear Channel. Rick holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cornell College and is a member of ATDChi.
H401 Hands On: Deep Dive into Adobe Captivate (2017 Release)
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM Tuesday, October 24
Jamaica B
In this session, you’ll do a hands-on deep dive into Adobe Captivate 2017. You’ll explore the building blocks of smart eLearning with intelligent containers (fluid boxes) to create fully responsive content that best fits your learners’ devices. You’ll learn to use responsive sliders and device-specific previews for easy development, and create courses that meet accessibility standards with customized closed captions. Additionally, you’ll learn practical tips about the other awesome features that you won’t want to miss!
In this session, you will learn:
- How to practically use the features of fluid boxes and Adobe Typekit integration in building your first course
- How to reimagine your design workflow by creating layouts to house information, giving your content that mobile edge
- How to use the assets library to effectively stitch together a comprehensive story and assist in achieving your learning outcome
Anita Horsley
President
CALEX Learning Consultants
Anita Horsley is the founder and president of CALEX Learning Consultants, where she works with agencies internationally developing eLearning and mLearning. An Adobe certified instructor and expert in Captivate, she provides Adobe Captivate/Presenter and Storyline training and is the Adobe eLearning User Group manager for the Carolinas. Anita holds a master’s degree in education; she also is a technical reviewer for Packt Publishing and Adobe Systems, and an author for Packt Publishing.
Bhim Kaul
Global Product Evangelist, Learning and Core Technologies
Adobe Systems
Bhim Kaul is the global product evangelist for learning and core technologies at Adobe Systems. Bhim spent considerable time at Amazon leading the Seller University initiative, which involved a deep understanding of tools and learning management and content management systems, as well as learning strategies that directly affect retention and bottom line. At Adobe, Bhim focuses on Adobe Captivate Prime and speaks to customers about skill-based learning, understanding the modern user, and transforming current learning and management systems so they’ll be future ready, achieve business objectives, and have a positive impact on the learning culture.
102 Variables, Actions, and JavaScript for the Newbie Developer
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua A
Are you an Adobe Captivate user who is a little nervous about creating and using your own variables? What about creating advanced actions or even JavaScript? If you’ve ever hesitated to use these powerful options in Captivate—perhaps by declaring, “I’m not a programmer!”—then this session is for you.
In this session, you’ll discover that you don’t need to be a programmer to take advantage of these techniques and make your lessons adapt to each individual learner’s progress. You’ll also learn how easy it is to include some canned JavaScript that will allow you to create a lot of interactions with a lot less work, along with some other cool actions you can apply that will make your work faster and easier, with fewer headaches.
In this session, you will learn:
- About options for using system and user variables for personalization, tracking, and adaptation
- How to create and apply actions, advanced actions, and shared actions to give learners a fuller interactive experience
- How to reuse and create short scripts in JavaScript to make interactions even better and cut down on the amount of work you need to do
Joe Ganci
President
eLearning Joe
Joe Ganci is the owner and president of eLearning Joe, a custom learning company. Since 1983, he has been involved in every aspect of multimedia and learning development. Joe holds a computer science degree, writes books and articles about eLearning, and is widely considered an eLearning development guru. He consults worldwide and also teaches at conferences and client sites. Joe writes tool reviews and has received several awards for his work in eLearning, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 and an eLearning Guild Master Award in 2013. His mission is to improve the quality of eLearning with practical approaches that work.
202 Make the Most of the Captivate Timeline for Advanced Workflows
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua B
In order to create engaging eLearning, designers and developers need to be able to build complex workflows that can enable various paths and options within the experience.
Thankfully, you are able to build various types of advanced workflows using the timeline available in Adobe Captivate. In this session, you will explore how to use Captivate’s timeline to create advanced workflows that can take your eLearning programs to new heights. You will start by examining the similarities that exist between Captivate’s timeline and common video-editing tools, and quickly move on to the unique features specific to Captivate. You will learn how to enhance the interactivity of your courses to further engage your learners. You will discover the important differences between the effects of pauses and pausing points, and how to leverage those differences in what you build. You will explore a number of examples of projects that leverage advanced workflows via the timeline so that you have context to apply these approaches in your own work.
In this session, you will learn:
- The terminology and features associated with the Captivate timeline
- How to use the timeline in collaboration with the Timing Properties panel
- The effect of pauses and pausing points on the flow of your course
- How to add more and/or enhanced interactivity via advanced timeline workflows
Lieve Weymeis
Consultant/Trainer
Lilybiri’s Consultancy/Training
Lieve Weymeis is a consultant and trainer with Lilybiri’s Consultancy/Training. After years of teaching and research in project management and eLearning, Lieve is now freelancing and specializing in advanced Adobe Captivate; in 2009, she was invited to join the advisory board for Captivate. As an Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe Community Professional, and Adobe Education Leader, Lieve has presented about Captivate and flipped classes both online and face-to-face in the Captivate community and on social media.
302 Ten Productivity Hacks While Using Captivate and Creative Cloud
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Tuesday, October 24
Trinidad
Captivate creates interactive media, incorporating text, illustrations, images, audio, animation, and video all together. As an eLearning developer, your projects probably already contain these in your library. But are you taking advantage of all your options? Get a quick sampler of how the Adobe Creative Cloud applications can be integrated into your Captivate workflow. Increase productivity, enrich your projects, and boost creativity with Creative Cloud!
In this session, you will learn:
- How using Captivate Draft and CC libraries can speed up workflow and productivity
- How to enrich your projects with Adobe Stock and Adobe Typekit
- How to increase productivity generating image assets with Photoshop hacks
- How to boost creativity with Adobe Animate CC, Illustrator CC, and Premiere Pro CC
Mark Itskowitch
Principal
headTrix Training & Consulting
Mark Itskowitch is an Adobe certified instructor and principal of headTrix Training & Consulting. Mark has been involved in the design and development of digital media and the web for over 20 years. He has worked for McGraw-Hill New Media, Jostens Learning, Sony Online, Marconi North America, and the NBC Agency creating interactive and animated presentations, games, websites, banner ads, and eLearning courses. Mark holds a BA, MA, and numerous certificates and awards, and has taught for the University of California (UCSD), Platt College, San Diego New Media Center, The Art Institute, Sony, Fox, Warner Bros., Universal, Disney, Electronic Arts, Intuit, Razorfish, NFL Digital, the US Army, and more.
502 Getting Started with Your Learning Platform
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Tuesday, October 24
Jamaica A
Case study: How IES Communications delivers mobile, just-in-time, and personalized learning.
In this session, you will learn:
- Best practices for setting up your LMS—smart ways to bring content to users, create user groups, and manage roles and access permissions
- How to engage learners using personalization and different flavors of gamification
- How to customize your LMS—branding, customer learner dashboards, and trigger notification
Pooja Jaisingh
Senior Director, Digital Learning
Icertis
Pooja Jaisingh works as a senior director of digital learning at Icertis. She has created several award-winning eLearning courses and authored books and video courses on eLearning tools and technologies. In her previous roles, she worked as a principal eLearning evangelist at Adobe and chief learning geek at a start-up. Pooja is CPTD-, and COTP-certified. She holds a master’s degree in education & economics and a doctorate in educational technology.
Shelly Olmstead
Director of Quality and Development
IES Communications
Shelly Olmstead, who has over 20 years of employee engagement, training, and recruiting experience, is the director of quality and development for IES Communications. She and her team drive a culture of quality by promoting continuous improvement through learning and engagement. Shelly attended Northern Arizona University.
103 Fluid Boxes or Breakpoints for Responsive eLearning Design
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua A
Sales of smartphones are exceeding those of traditional phones, and sales of tablets are exceeding those of desktop and laptop computers. As an eLearning developer, this means you will likely need to create courses that can be accessed by all kinds of devices. It also means that the size of the screen your learners use to access your eLearning lessons can vary widely. You could develop several Captivate projects that contain the same content but are sized to work on specific devices; however, you’d have to edit and update several projects. Who wants to do that? Additionally, who could possibly consider every screen size for every device? Even if you could build lessons for every screen size known today, what about the screen sizes for devices that have yet to be invented?
The solution is responsive design: an approach to development that allows for flexible layouts and flexible images and assets. In this session, you will explore using this approach as an alternative to managing multiple Captivate projects. You’ll find out how to create a single responsive project that provides optimal viewing, and an effective learning experience, across a wide range of devices and screen sizes.
In this session, you will learn:
- How to ensure your eLearning projects are mobile-ready/-friendly
- How best to develop content using responsive design
- How you can develop content using fluid boxes
Kevin Siegel
Founder and President
IconLogic
Kevin Siegel, the founder and president of IconLogic, has written more than 100 books, including Adobe Captivate 8: The Essentials and Adobe Captivate 8: Beyond the Essentials. Kevin spent five years in the US Coast Guard as an award-winning photojournalist and has more than two decades of experience as a print publisher, technical writer, instructional designer, and eLearning developer. He is a certified technical trainer, has been a classroom instructor for more than 20 years, and is a frequent speaker at trade shows and conventions. Kevin holds multiple certifications from organizations such as Adobe and CompTIA.
203 Deliver Standout Interactive Experiences with Multi-State Objects
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua B
One of the biggest game changers in developing with Adobe Captivate is its ability to create multi-state objects. While these objects are simple to create, they represent a significant evolutionary way of building eLearning today. In this session, you’ll find out about a number of creative ways you can use multi-state objects for your navigation, characters, layout, feedback, and animation. If you’re ready to change the way you develop and show clients the next level of “magic,” then you’ll want to learn the tricks demonstrated in this session.
In this session, you will learn:
- How to create an effective layout using multi-state objects
- Techniques for creating multi-state objects with a variety of media elements
- Ways to change a multi-state object using simple JavaScript
- How to create random feedback/displays within a multi-state object
Phil Cowcill
Senior eLearning Specialist
PJ Rules
Phil Cowcill is senior eLearning specialist at PJ Rules. He started his career in 1983 when he was hired as a technologist at a local college. In 1985 he joined a team to develop Canada's first Interactive Videodisc. He started teaching part-time in 1989, moving to full-time in 1995. He led his class to build one of the first news websites that streamed video in 1996. In 2011 he launched the very first dedicated mobile application development program. Phil retired from full-time teaching in 2015 and moved to working as a contractor with the Department of National Defence as a senior eLearning specialist.
303 Five Tenets for Adding Advanced Analytics to Your Learning Design
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Tuesday, October 24
Trinidad
The only constant in today’s modern learning landscape is change; ongoing change requires adaptable, flexible, dynamic learning solutions designed to keep pace. The pace is accelerating! It’s no longer enough to simply produce high-quality instruction; you’re expected to engineer engaging, trackable learning solutions delivered “at the speed of need,” serving to enhance the employee experience, with direct contributions to organizational goals. To meet this need, an evidence-based, data-enabled approach that informs and influences learning design, delivery, and decision-making processes is required. Advanced analytics exist to meet these requirements and support this modern design approach.
In this session, you will learn:
- Five principles of the “how, what, and why” of applying advanced analytics to modern learning design
- Five steps for getting started using Adobe eLearning tools to enhance employee experience through your data-powered learning solutions
- Three ways to future-proof your career by building your analytical capabilities now—ahead of the curve
Trish Uhl
Principal Consultant
Owl's Ledge
Trish Uhl is principal consultant at Owl's Ledge, founder of the Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum, and creator of the Learning Systems Engineering Framework. Trish develops high-performing learning, talent & development teams to promote positive people impact and contribute to measurable business results by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools and analytical capability that optimize and capitalize on the workplace learning and performance function. She is a featured speaker at professional events; a frequent guest on podcasts and webinars; and often quoted in mainstream press.
503 How to Automate Most of Your Routine LMS Tasks
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Tuesday, October 24
Jamaica A
Case study on enterprise learning at Adobe: How Adobe did a massive rollout of Captivate Prime to over 84,000 global employees, service vendors, and partners.
In this session, you will learn:
- About learning plans—how to auto-assign learning activities based on learning outcomes, skill achievements, or completions
- About reporting and tracking—how to monitor your organization-wide learning goals using reports
Allen Partridge
Head, Digital Learning Evangelism
Adobe Systems
Dr. Allen Partridge is a learning addict with a rebellious spirit and a passion for evidence-based reasoning. Allen served on the doctoral faculties of The University of Georgia and Indiana University of Pennsylvania before joining Adobe in 2007. As Adobe's Head of Evangelism, Digital Learning Solutions, he provides guidance by relating customer experiences and challenges to the product and engineering teams that create Captivate, Presenter Video Express (PVX), and Adobe's extraordinary new learning management system, Adobe Captivate Prime. Allen is well recognized for his videos and presentations to audiences around the world. He has published a host of articles and a handful of books on topics ranging from critical thinking for business training to 3D online game development.
Dan Heick
Director, Adobe Digital University
Adobe Systems
Dan Heick, a member of Adobe’s worldwide field leadership, is the director of Adobe’s Digital University. Dan is passionate about enablement and driving the next generation of learning solutions, which has earned a Stevie Award for innovation and Brandon Hall gold and silver awards. Dan has been in Adobe leadership for seven years, focusing on L&D and helping to build a billion-dollar digital marketing business. With 25 years of experience, Dan has held diverse leadership roles in product strategy, engineering, and marketing. He holds an MBA and economics and management science degrees.
Rawn Shah
Sr. Manager, Learning Architecture and Innovation
Adobe Systems
Rawn Shah is a senior manager of learning architecture and innovation at Adobe. He leads a global team that designs, builds, and manages the portals, integrations, and LMS that deliver training to Adobe's worldwide sales and partner networks. Rawn has worked with large enterprise enablement, marketing, and IT teams for nearly two decades. He has contributed to seven books and written 600 articles for leading technology and business journals, including JavaWorld, Forbes.com, LinuxWorld, and CNN.com. He holds a degree in computer science of the University of Arizona.
H402 Hands On: Microlearning End-to-End with Adobe Tools
1:30 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday, October 24
Jamaica B
There is a push in organizations to provide faster, cheaper, and shorter eLearning. Often, there is no budget and very little time to design and deliver learning programs. Hence, the adoption of microlearning has been a popular option. The challenge is how NOT to compress content, but instead decide what critical parts of the content must reach the learners in the most convenient, fastest, and easiest way to impact performance. A successful microlearning approach means lower costs, faster development, and a boost to performance.
In this session, you will learn:
- How to find the critical areas in the workflow where you can insert microlearning
- About the microlessons that immediately impact results
- An easy step-by-step template on micro-sizing your content
- How to cut the cost of content development by 50 percent
- How to convert the microlessons into ultra-light and flexible learning that’s accessible on mobile, tablet, and desktop
- How to rapidly deploy microlearning using Adobe products and services
Ray Jimenez
Chief Learning Architect
Vignettes Learning
Ray Jimenez, PhD, spent 15 years with Coopers & Lybrand in the areas of management consulting and implementation of learning technology solutions. Ray is the author of Workflow Learning, Microlearning Impacts Report, 3-Minutes eLearning, Scenario-Based Learning, Do-It-Yourself eLearning, and Story-Based eLearning Design. He has worked with American Bankers Association, Neiman Marcus, the U.S. Air Force, NASA, Blue Cross, Goodwill Industries, Pixar Studios, Edison Mission Group, Dendreon, Netafim, Progressive Insurance, Bridgepoint Education, and California Institute of Technology, to name a few. He is the chief learning architect for Vignettes Learning and Situation Expert.
Pooja Jaisingh
Senior Director, Digital Learning
Icertis
Pooja Jaisingh works as a senior director of digital learning at Icertis. She has created several award-winning eLearning courses and authored books and video courses on eLearning tools and technologies. In her previous roles, she worked as a principal eLearning evangelist at Adobe and chief learning geek at a start-up. Pooja is CPTD-, and COTP-certified. She holds a master’s degree in education & economics and a doctorate in educational technology.
104 Host, Integrate, and Test Courses Without an LMS
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua A
As a trainer or instructional designer, you likely have strengths in designing courses and a pedagogical approach. However, it’s not uncommon for IDs to struggle with the technical burden of publishing their eLearning content online. This session starts where traditional training on authoring tools ends. It takes you through the next step by discussing various techniques you can use to push your content online. You will learn how to upload your content to a web server using FTP and how to make it part of your existing website or blog.
In this session, you will learn:
- A brief overview of web servers
- How to use FTP to transfer your content to a web server
- About options for integrating Captivate content in your blog, Dreamweaver site, or Muse site
- How to test your Captivate responsive courses on an actual mobile device
Damien Bruyndonckx
COO & Pedagogical Director
DiDaXo
Damien Bruyndonckx, a co-founder and pedagogical director of DiDaXo, is a longtime Adobe certified instructor on Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, Acrobat, and Captivate. Damien has worked for various Adobe-authorized training centers in Europe and has contributed to many web- and eLearning-related projects for countless customers. In 2015, Damien co-founded DiDaXo. The Belgium-based company specializes in eLearning authoring with Adobe Captivate and in Captivate training all around the world. Damien is the author of four Captivate books, including Mastering Adobe Captivate 8, published in 2015 by Packt Publishing.
204 Create Interactive Video-Based Learning in Three Simple Steps
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday, October 24
Antigua B
Interactive video is an amazing way to develop course content that will engage and entertain your viewers! In this session, you will learn in three simple steps how to plan, shoot, and program your interactive video. You will use Adobe Captivate 2017 to build video that branches and contains hyperlinks, and you’ll even create a video-based quiz.
In this session, you will learn:
- About instructional strategies for interactive video
- How to plan your video shoot properly
- How to use Adobe Captivate 2017 to build interactive video
Josh Cavalier
Founder
JoshCavalier.ai
Josh Cavalier has been creating learning solutions for corporations, government agencies, and secondary education institutions for nearly 30 years. He is an expert in the field of learning & development and has applied his industry experience to the application of ChatGPT and other Generative AI frameworks for business and life skills. Josh is passionate about sharing his knowledge and has a popular YouTube channel that shares tips and tricks on Generative AI. He is a seasoned speaker, presenting at conferences like DevLearn, Learning Solutions, ATD ICE, TechKnowledge, NAB, and Adobe MAX.
304 Custom Interactions in Adobe Captivate Using Advanced Actions, Variables, JavaScript, and 75,000+ Free Assets
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday, October 24
Trinidad
So now that you have imported and used some of the free interactions available, you are starting to have some great ideas on how to customize them. But where to begin?
In this session, you will explore combining Advanced Actions, Variables, and JavaScript with the free assets available in Captivate 2017.
In this session, you will learn:
- How to hide/show items using the new WHILE loop feature
- How to lock a slide until all interactive elements have been engaged
- How to offload complex logic to JavaScript to increase efficiency
James Kingsley
Senior Director Product Development
ELB Learning
James Kingsley, with a rich tenure of over 15 years in the eLearning domain, has always had a penchant for morphing tools and applications to achieve beyond their initial capacity. His recent venture, MicroBuilder, is a testament to his innovative prowess. Developed at ELB Learning, MicroBuilder is conceived to equip eLearning developers with a streamlined pathway to craft MicroLearning modules. His expertise stretches across a wide technical spectrum including Node.js, Vue, Mongo, with particular adeptness in integrating APIs, xAPI, SCORM, and extending the capabilities of existing tools. Besides being a seasoned coder, James has an eye for identifying and molding viable eLearning solutions, making significant strides in web, mobile, and desktop-specific realms. His relentless pursuit of refining and evolving eLearning solutions continues to mark a substantial footprint in the industry.
504 Making Adobe Captivate Prime Work in Your Current Enterprise Environment
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday, October 24
Jamaica A
Case study: How Reed Group uses LMS training delivery options to achieve enterprise integration.
In this session, you will learn:
- About APIs, third party content integration, and HRMS and SFDC connectors
- Best practices for implementing an enterprise LMS—planning, change management, and migration
Deepak Sawant
Senior Product Manager
Adobe Systems
Deepak Sawant is a senior product manager with Adobe Systems who has focused on consumer and enterprise applications for the last seven years. Deepak has over 14 years of industry experience, ranging from coding routing algorithms to building roadmaps for cloud services, and he's most interested in using a combination of data and instinct to solve problems that lie at the intersection of business and technology. Deepak holds a master's degree in engineering and an MBA.
Sean Mullen
Co-Founder and Adobe eLearning Trainer
Engage Systems
Sean Mullen, the Co-Founder of Engage Systems (an Adobe Gold Partner), is an Adobe-Certified Instructor for Adobe’s eLearning and collaboration tools. Since 2005, Sean has assisted over 300 government, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations design and deploy online learning and webinar strategies in North America and the UK. In 2013, Engage Systems was named Adobe Connect Partner of the Year for Government and Non-Profit.
Corrine Waggoner
Sr. Manager, Training
ReedGroup
Corrine Waggoner is a senior manager of training at ReedGroup. Corrine is an experienced instructional designer highly skilled in ADDIE and instructional system design. At Reed Group, she leads the operations training team, analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating training for the company’s absence management professionals. Corrine designed and developed a customized customer service certification for Reed Group, as well as revamping the corporate onboard training process. Among her previous employers are Crocs, Flextronics, and Learn.com.
GS03 Before We’re History—Learning in a Digital Era
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Tuesday, October 24
Grand Ballroom
In this thought-provoking closing general session, join Tridib Roy Chowdhury, a senior director and general manager at Adobe, to hear his views on the tectonic shifts occurring in the technology and social space and the disruptive impact they are having on myriad industries and the people who work in them. He will open up a debate on what it could mean for the learning and development industry as a whole, and he will showcase some innovations, currently in the Adobe labs, that can positively impact the L&D space.
Tridib Roy Chowdhury
Senior Director and
Adobe Systems
Tridib Roy Chowdhury manages eLearning products like Captivate and the Adobe eLearning Suite. He is responsible for developing the broader Adobe eLearning strategy and the roadmap for the products under him. His interests in eLearning include mobile learning, serious games, rapid development methodology, and collaborative authoring in the Web 2.0 world. Tridib completed his post-graduate degree in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.