Well I have been using Articulate and now I have had the
chance to explore the Captivate 6.0 from an eLearning perspective.
Let me quickly list the new features of this too along with
its advantages and limitations.Adobe has introduced Characters and Interactions in this version of Captivate.
Now we all know who important have interactivities are as
far as WBTs are concerned. Articulate Engage has already shown us a wide
variety of interactivities that we readily use to pull out a WBT in no time.
Captivate has done something similar. There are four categories of characters
that Captivate provides; as shown below:
Nevertheless, my concern here is am not sure how useful
these characters are. Some of these characters are not downloadableand some
have weird expression that we can hardly use in our courses.
Next, let us move on to the interactions. There are 10 odd
interactions and you can choose to download more. The interactions are as
follows:
·
Accordion
·
Tabs
·
Process Circle
·
Pyramid Stack
·
Timeline
·
Circle Matrix
·
Pyramid Matrix
·
Glossary
·
Award Certificate
·
Word Search
For each interaction, there are 10 to 17
different types of themes. You can go ahead and customize these themes to suit
your requirement.
You can customize the button color, button text - font type,
font color, and font size.
Similarly, you can customize the look and feel of the
content and header.
You can choose to either retain the header and description
or remove it completely. All you need to do is to select the Header –On or Off
button.
One of the limitations of these interactivities is that if
the label or button text is too long, you can not customize the button size.
Also, there are a maximum of 6 labels and buttons. What if the content is more
and we need to add more labels? Nevertheless, the interactivities and
characters are very intuitive and easy to use. It won’t take you more than 2
days to explore all the interactivities. You can add images and audio to all
the button/label text.
That’s all for this post. Happy Captivating J
