Tools
Update: The bookmarklet has been taken down as a courtesy to the e-learning developer community. I am not giving out the code, please don’t ask. I’m always surprised how little people talk about cheating in e-learning; maybe it’s a fear of revealing just how easy it can
Project Updates
A year ago this week, I launched the not-for-profit and ad-free pipwerks E-Learning Development Forum. It was mostly intended to be a way for me to answer questions about some of my projects, such as the SCORM API wrapper, SCORM ActionScript classes, and my many Captivate hacks. The forum wasn’
Adobe Captivate
Adobe has officially announced Captivate 4 and the Adobe eLearning Suite. http://www.adobe.com/products/elearningsuite/ http://blogs.adobe.com/rjacquez/2009/01/new_year_new_adobe_elearning_s.html http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/01/announcing_elearning_suite_and.html The eLearning Suite is basically a version
Tips and Tricks
I recently emailed a shortlist of good SCORM development resources to a colleague, and figured I should probably post a list here, too. This is a quickie list, and I’m sure I’m leaving someone out. If you know of any resources I’ve missed, please add a link
How-to
Note: This entry was written in 2008, most guidance provided here is no longer relevant. As a web surfer I LOVE pop-up blockers. They keep my web surfing sane and somewhat clean (though there always seems to be a few Netflix pop-ups that get through the cracks). However, as an
course interface
Update 10/2010: A new working example with cleaned up code is available. About six weeks ago, I wrote a post about some issues I was encountering with iframes and cross-domain security. I promised I would write about whatever workaround I decided to use; this post details that workaround. Warning:
Adobe Captivate
Today’s Adobe Summit had a session named “Sneak Peeks.” It was (unofficially I think) mentioned that the Adobe E-Learning Suite is coming, and will include Captivate 4, Flash, Photoshop, Acrobat Professional, Device Central, and more. Here’s a quick list of topics covered. Versions of Dreamweaver and Flash in
JavaScript
As alluded to in a previous post, I’ve whipped up a simple JavaScript utility to help you control your Captivate SWFs using JavaScript. Give it a spin. The biggest selling point for this utility is that it not only contains all of the built-in Captivate ‘variable’ functionality, but it
e-learning
I don’t often link to other blogs, but I think Cathy Moore has written a very good overview of a common issue: corporate-speak killing readability. Quick ways to increase your score and sound like a human being Say “you” and “we.” Cut 98% of adjectives and adverbs. Write active
Adobe Captivate
Note: This post covers Captivate 2 & 3; Captivate 4 introduced new problems for JavaScript interaction. You can avoid the headache of writing your own code by using the free CaptivateController utility, which works with all versions of Captivate. JavaScript can control the playback of Captivate-generated SWFs. I posted some
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate 3 doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for sending quiz results to JavaScript. Here’s a workaround you may find useful. The plan The basic premise of this workaround is to hijack Captivate’s ’email report’ functionality, replacing the original email-centered JavaScript with new JavaScript. This approach was
learning management systems
Think accessibility isn’t a big deal, and is only one of those issues “the other guy” has to deal with? So did Target. And now they’ve lost $6,000,000 because of it. In case you hadn’t heard, Target was sued by the National Federation for the