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Features

Captivate builds and edits interactive software demonstrations, simulations, podcasts, screencasts, games, program demos and lessons. For software demos, it can either record in real time or use a smart event-based screen capture that snaps a sequence of still images and then builds mouse movement simulations to create the appearance of a running program. By using Adobe Flash Tweening technology, Captivate is able to create screencasts in a much smaller filesize than needed for a real full-motion screen capture movie. This animated GIF demonstrates the effects of Adobe Flash shape, motion and color tweening. ...

Captivate users can edit Captivate presentations to add captions, clickable hotspots, text entry boxes, rollovers, videos, etc. Authors can edit the content (including mouse pointer path, position, image) and change the timing for each item to appear and disappear. The hotspots can branch to other slides in the presentation, or to outside webpages. E-learning authors can also provide multiple levels of feedback using multiple interactions per slide.

Captivate supports the import of still images, PowerPoint, video, .SWF, and audio tracks onto any Captivate slide. The SWF output format supports computer platforms such as an Apple Macintosh, Linux Computer, or portable devices that support Flash.

Captivate also supports 508 compliant (Accessibility) output and SCORM, AICC (CBT) and PENS (software) to track score data in LMSs (Learning Management Systems). It has been suggested that Easy Access be merged into this article or section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Content update notification protocol standard based on AICC (CBT). ...

History

While the product started out as a pure screen recording utility known as Flashcam (Nexus Concepts 2002), it evolved into an E-learning authoring tool after San Diego-based eHelp Corporation acquired Flashcam and released it as RoboDemo. Eventually, software firm Macromedia acquired eHelp to gain RoboDemo. Shortly before Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia, they changed the name of the product to Captivate. Macromedia was an American graphics and web development software house headquartered in San Francisco, California producing such products as Macromedia Flash. ...

Versions

Branching view in Captivate 2 to visually display learner paths

• Adobe Captivate 3 (July 2007) New features included multimode recording, automatic rerecording, XML export/import (XLIFF) for localization, find and replace, audio recording with preview, randomized quizzes, answer shuffle, new question types (sequence/hotspot), PPT import with animations, rollover slidelet, and slide transition effects.

• Adobe Captivate 2 (October 2006) New features included branching view, simulation wizard, library, interaction dialog, zoom, skins and menus, Flash Video (FLV) support, export to Flash 8, step-by-step documentation output, customization options, and PENS.

• Macromedia Captivate (October 2004) New features included timeline, audio editing, demonstration and simulation recording modes, customizable quiz questions, export to Flash MX 2004, smart full motion recording, 508 compliance, SCORM 2004, and Breeze integration.

• RoboDemo 5 and eLearning Edition (Fall 2003 by eHelp Corporation) New features included tighter integration with Flash via FLA and SWF import, full-motion (real-time) recording, SCORM 1.2., video import, multiple copy/paste, undo, shortcut controls, grid, alignment toolbar, filmstrip view, background audio, animated highlighters, and project resize.

• RoboDemo 4 and eLearning Edition (Spring 2003 by eHelp Corporation) New features included AutoText Captions, Animated Text Effects, PowerPoint style interface, publish as email attachment, customize capture key, SCORM, Quiz question slides, support for Questionmark Perception.

• RoboDemo 3 (Fall 2002 by eHelp Corporation) New features included Powerpoint and AVI import, interactive text entry boxes, interactive click boxes, JavaScript options, and scoring.

• RoboDemo 2 (May 2002 by eHelp Corporation) First version with major FlashCam bug fixes (therefore it was called version "2").

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Related file formats and extensions

This article is about the proprietary file format . ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... FLV (Flash Video) is a proprietary file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (formerly known as Macromedia Flash Player) version 6, 7, 8, or 9. ... FFmpeg is a collection of software libraries that can record, convert and stream digital audio and video in numerous formats. ... Video Compression: Sorenson Squeeze Software During the 1990s, the increasing popularity of the Internet as a means to stream video fueled the markets need for reliable video compression tools. ... On2 Flix is a family of Flash video encoding applications for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. On2 Technologies acquired Flix from Wildform, Inc. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Comparable software

Camtasia Studio and Wink, MadCap Software Mimic are similar programs available for Windows and Linux. Wink is freeware that allows for export to EXE, PDF, HTML, or PostScript as well as SWF. These programs can only generate screen recordings and are typically not used for interactive simulations. Wink is a free screen capture and presentation program written by Satish Kumar. ... MadCap Software is an American computer software firm headquartered in San Diego, California. ... 1. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... EXE is the common filename extension for denoting an executable file (a program) in the OpenVMS, DOS, Microsoft Windows, ReactOS, and OS/2 operating systems. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... HTML, an initialism of Hypertext Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. ... For the literary term, see Postscript. ... This article is about the proprietary file format . ...

See also

Adobe Flash Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player, and to the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. ...

External links

• Adobe Captivate Official Page
• Adobe Captivate Developer Center
• Adobe Captivate Exchange
• Adobe Captivate Accessibility
• Questionmark (Assessment tool)