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.