Adobe Captivate
I decided to post my revised Adobe Captivate publishing template to GitHub, where it can be easily copied, forked, and updated. Currently, the only files are for the Captivate 5.0 and 5.5 templates for SCORM 2004. I hope to add SCORM 1.2 soon, as well as replacing
SCORM
For this blog post, I was going to write a summary of the changes to the template and wrap up the series. Instead, I’m looking at ways to increase the template’s flexibility and hot-rod it for some cool other stuff. First, in case you missed it, here are
Tutorials
In part one of this series, we published a simple Captivate course and examined its file structure. In part two, we cleaned up the HTML file and externalized all JavaScript. In part three, we cleaned up the JavaScript. In part four, we updated the SCORM code. In this installment, we
best practices
In part one of this series, we published a simple Captivate course and examined its file structure. In part two, we cleaned up the HTML file and externalized all JavaScript. In part three, we cleaned up the JavaScript. In this installment, we will examine and update the SCORM code. Captivate
Adobe Captivate
In part one of this series, we published a simple Captivate course and examined its file structure. In part two, we cleaned up the HTML file and externalized all JavaScript. Today we will clean up the JavaScript. Cleanup task #1: Tidy things up Personally, I like to clean up code
standards
In part one of this series, we published a simple Captivate course and examined its file structure. In this part, we’ll take an in-depth look at the HTML generated by Captivate (using the SCORM 2004 publishing template) and clean it up as much as we can. Here’s the
Adobe Captivate Hacks
Adobe Captivate is an enormously popular tool for e-learning developers. My assumption is that most Captivate users chose Captivate as their development tool because it enables them to publish LMS-compatible courses without requiring any programming skills — no need to know JavaScript, ActionScript, SCORM, etc. This might explain why no one
e-learning
Update 10/13/2011: I added more comments to the ActionScript code to help explain what each line of code does. I also added a Flash CS4 version of the FLA to the ZIP so more people can access the example. My “Planets” example (How to Add Basic SCORM Code
web design and development
This is a journey into the madness of Internet Explorer. Yes, there is a happy ending. Jump to the end of the post if you just want the solution and don’t care about how we got there. The Scenario You want to embed a Flash SWF into your HTML
How-to
I’ve been reviewing bug submissions for the SWFObject project and was reminded of a big problem with SWFObject 2.2: the JavaScript technique it uses for detecting Internet Explorer does not work in Internet Explorer 9. SWFObject 2.2 currently uses an IE detection technique proposed by Andrea Giammarchi
Apple
The problem 50GB+ iTunes library. Multiple Macs. How can you share the iTunes library between Macs? Solution #1: Home Sharing The answer Apple provides is “Home Sharing,” which allows you to share the contents of your iTunes library with up to 5 Macs. However, there are major shortcomings with Home
e-learning
An abstraction layer is a way of hiding complexities and maintaining cleanliness in your application. For example, if you want to save a file in your word processing application, you simply click “save”, while a whole host of actions is performed for you under-the-hood. In this example, you’re shielded