Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate editing a software simulation
Developer(s) Adobe Systems
Stable release 5.5 / May 27, 2011; 8 months ago (2011-05-27)
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Type eLearning and screencasting
License Shareware
Website www.adobe.com/products/captivate

Adobe Captivate is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows, and from v.5 Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It can also convert Adobe Captivate generated .swf to .avi which can be uploaded to video hosting websites. For software simulations, Captivate can use left or right mouse clicks, key presses and rollover images.

It can also be used for screencasts, podcasts, and the conversion of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to the Adobe Flash format.

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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.

Versions

Features

Adobe Captivate imports PowerPoint Slides.

File formats

Project files

Interim files

Output files

Criticisms

Adobe Captivate only imports images from the PowerPoint Slides function. Embedded audio is not imported from PowerPoint Slides function into Adobe Captivate.

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