Questions of the Week

Adobe Captivate Question: Is the Playbar Close Button Temperamental?

 

The Close button on my Playbar (the one that's supposed to close the lesson) only works part of the time. What am I doing wrong?

 

Answer

You're not doing anything wrong... it's actually a browser thing reported by many Captivate developers. This post on the Adobe Captivate forum might prove useful.

 

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Adobe RoboHelp Question: Can I Control the Highlight Color When Spellchecking?

 

I have a question about the RoboHelp spellchecker. On my computer, when the spellchecker finds a questionable word, it highlights the word in aqua and the text becomes light gray. I can barely read this, and I have good eyes. Is there any way to change this? I haven't found anything in the RoboHelp help files that addresses this issue.

Answer

 

The highlight color you're describing isn't controlled by RoboHelp. My feeling is that it's a Windows thing. You might want to check your PCs color settings:

1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel
   
   
2. Double-click Display, and then click the Appearance tab
   
   
3. In the Scheme box, select a color scheme
   
   NOTE: For screen elements that contain text, you can also specify a font style, size and color.
   
   
4. Click OK

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Adobe Captivate Question: Can I Stop Users From Changing Quiz Answers Sent Via Email?

 

We have recently found that several of our staff members have found ways around completing Captivate Assessments.  As you know the program has an option to auto generate an email with the participant's score. We have been using these scores as our documentation that the individual has mastered the content.  However, some of them are just changing the score to the minimum score needed to pass. Is there any way to make that information protected so they can't change it?

 

Answer:

 

You've run into a problem with the email results--the student can prevent the attachment from being sent to you; worse if they know what they're doing, students can change the answers by opening and editing the ATT attachment via any text editor.

 

One way to stop this kind of thing from happening would be to create a JavaScript that changes the name of the file (perhaps makes it invisible too). You could also create an application that locks down the ATT file. Programming is not my area of expertise, but I know it can be done. Of course, for the money you might spend perfecting a series of JavaScripts or creating a custom application, you could have purchased a Learning Management System (which locks down the student's answers).

 

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