LMS Question: Which LMS Do You Use?
We are ready to purchase a Learning Management System (LMS). I was wondering if you used an LMS. If so, would you mind sharing your thoughts?
Answer:
I looked into several systems prior to going with one called Inquisiq by the ICS Learning Group. Simply put, Inquisiq's price-point (it's very, very affordable), features and the fact that Inquisiq is Captivate-friendly made it an easy decision.
Over the years, I have not regretted making the choice. And here's something that might help you make a decision: ICS offers a discount to anyone referred to them by IconLogic. Send me an email in advance of contacting ICS so that I can lay the necessary groundwork.
In addition, let's put out an all call for reader opinions on their own LMS systems. Whether it be compatibility, ease of use, or price, just send me the name of your LMS and a quick snapshot of your likes and dislikes.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Where Can I Find Widgets for Adobe Captivate?
Good day. What is the name of the website with the Adobe Captivate tools/add-ins? It is named after someone's daughter I believe.
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Paul Dewhurst maintains the best Web resource for Adobe Captivate widgets anywhere in the world… period. Click here to visit his site and browse the available widgets.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: How Can I Create a Newsletter Like This?
As always, appreciating the heck outta your weekly newsletter. In fact…. is creating something like this difficult to do? If not, can I talk you into sharing your template with me? I'd like to create a monthly newsletter for clients that use the software that I train and your format is quite easy to follow.
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I use Constant Contact where you'll find tons of templates. The design isn't the problem–that's the easy part. The trouble you'll have is finding the time to put the newsletter out. When people heard I was going to produce a weekly newsletter, they said I was nuts. Quarterly? Perfect. Monthly? OK. Bi-weekly, maybe, but that's tough. Weekly? You're going to go crazy and you won't last a month.
I'm happy to report that this is our second full year. It has been a challenge–but one that I really do look forward to each week. As you'll learn with your own newsletter, reader enthusiasm, including postings on BLOGS or social networks and forwarding of the newsletter to others, keeps the information flowing and invites conversation and sharing. It would be much harder for me to publish every week without that stimulation.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Why Won't My Animations Stop?
I was wondering if you can help me on this. I created a project in Adobe Captivate and I inserted animations in the slides. When I rewind, click forward or back, the animations don't stop. Do you have any suggestions?
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I'm assuming you are referring to the animations that ship with Adobe Captivate. Most of those animations are designed to loop continuously when played–something you cannot prevent without opening the FLA files in Adobe Flash and altering their behavior.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Can I Control the Appearance of Published Print Files Before the Fact?
I have a quick question for you about publishing to a Microsoft Word document. Can I make any changes in Captivate to update the amount of lines for the slide notes or the size of the screen shots of each slide before I publish?
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Here is a link with information on the subject. There is a section in the article on editing the templates. I haven't tried it so you'll have to let me know how it goes.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Headset Advice Please?
There are a ton of headsets out there I can buy for recording narrations in Captivate. I'm guessing you won't go as far as to recommend one over the other. How about letting us know which one you use? I'm not looking for a recommendation mind you, I just want to know the make and model of the one in your office. 🙂
Answer:
I purchased the Sennheiser PC 166 USB from amazon.com and have been very happy with the resulting audio quality.