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chrismay_at_delta
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chrismay_at_delta
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‎Jul 18, 2019
06:22 AM
I posed this question to the engineers at Adobe and got this response: "Captivate sends different DataURI for original image(1920x1080) and the resized image(1024x768). Browser itself does not do any resize on images. It renders what is sent by Captivate. Yes, Captivate does resampling on resized images. You need to try this for your project and observe if still you are facing latency issues. Photoshop workaround will also work in this case. I could see comparable results." The bold, red underlining is my edit to highlight the answer - yes, if you import a large image into captivate and then resize it, Captivate is resampling the image when it published the project. Thats probably the "Optimizing Content" step in the publishing process...
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‎Jul 09, 2019
02:18 PM
that is ready to go, no changes needed
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‎Jul 08, 2019
06:40 AM
1 Upvote
I think you have it all correct, do you want the user to have to click something to see the percentage, or have it load automatically? your code has it trying to load after the user clicks something... in your custom html, add this in the script area: function getUrlParameter(name) { name = name.replace(/[\[]/, '\\[').replace(/[\]]/, '\\]'); var regex = new RegExp('[\\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)'); var results = regex.exec(location.search); return results === null ? '' : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, ' ')); }; var thePercentage= getUrlParameter('var_SafProgress_Percent'); give your completed span an id, <span class="nj-title2" id="mySpan">Completed</span> then you can do something like: $("#mySpan").text("Completed "+thePercentage+"%"); it is better practice to use id's for individual items, if you targeted the class in the above statement, and there was more than one object assigned to the class, you would end up changing the text in both elements.
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‎Jul 08, 2019
06:27 AM
Look at these system variables: cpInfoCurrentSlide cpInfoSlideCount (cpInfoCurrentSlide/cpInfoSlideCount)*100 will give you the percentage. You can also access these variables from JavaScript (assuming all your pages are published to HTML5 You could pass the percentage as a query string http://.../myCustompage.html?completion=30.5 and then use JS to read and display the percentage on the new page.
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‎Jul 02, 2019
12:54 PM
Question: When exporting as HTML5 does Captivate resize images used in the lesson? If I place a 1920x1080 image on the stage and then resize it to 1024x768, on publish, is Captivate resizing/resaving the image as 1024x768? Or are my viewers having to download a 1920x1080 image that is being resized by the browser? It is hard to tell because all the images get converted in to JSON. The file size of the combined SCORM package does not seem much different if I use large images resized in Captivate or properly size images in Photoshop before importing them. Thanks!
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‎Jul 02, 2019
05:31 AM
I too have had issues with the hyperlink button not being visible. I am using Captivate for Mac, what about you guys? I am pretty sure I have submitted a bug report, please make sure to submit also, that will help get the issue on Adobe's radar. Feature Request/Bug Report Form As for a fix, I find that if I quit Captivate and restart my computer then re-open the file, it usually fixes the issue for a while.
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‎Jun 28, 2019
10:55 AM
If you create the variable(s) in Captivate, Captivate will attempt to save the values in the suspend data. It depends on your LMS if the data is saved and if you can run a report against that data. The suspend data from Captivate is not quite human-readable, it is not saved as easily read name:value or name=value pairs. What I normally do is to wrap the value in easily searched strings: myVar="zzz8zzz". Then I can search for the first and second instance of zzz and the value I want is in between.
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‎Jun 18, 2019
08:54 AM
2 Upvotes
But how long is it going to take you to reinvent the faster wheel? You want to create your own custom questions/interactions. A noble cause indeed, I am no fan of Captivate's defaults. But that is a lot of work and testing and then testing with different devices, different browsers, etc. From your own words, you are not too familiar with JS. I would recommend bringing a developer with Javascript experience on to the team. Your project is not rocket science, but there is too too much to convey in a forum post. Or you can run with Paul's suggestion and look into changing out some of the default images used to create Captivate's questions with your own images. Check out this post: Re: How to change the design of multiple-choice checkboxes
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‎Jun 17, 2019
05:30 AM
2 Upvotes
Look at the way you check your answers. Using a loop like that, only the last case, in your example, the second question, will determine if the state = normal. What you need to do is to set a variable routside your loop, say var completedCorrectly=true; Then go through your loop and if any answer is incorrect, set completedCorrectly=false; After the loop you can test completedCorrectly if its still true, then all the answers were correct, if not, then at least one is wrong.
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‎Jun 17, 2019
05:17 AM
You could import the .pdf into Captivate and then add it to a slide. That would keep it in the same window. One thing to be aware of if you do this, on iOS devices only the first page of the pdf will display. It is because the .pdf is opening in an iframe and iOS limits the pages for some reason.
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‎Apr 01, 2019
05:43 AM
Rod, If it were just me making a one-off lesson, I would agree that its pretty easy to insert after publishing, but I work on a team with 10 or so instructional designers. We all use the same template and code. Not all the IDs have a coding background, so rather than have that many people mucking around in the published files, I'm looking for other ways to insert the custom code. Currently we are using widgets to insert our code, which is working ok. I also built a shell script that does some search and replace in the CPM.js file as needed. Hence my wondering about the publishing template. From what little I found, using the SCORM template looks like it would a little more work on the ID's side to position the files on their computer properly, rather than opening the template with the current widgets already inserted. Thanks for your input!
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‎Mar 29, 2019
12:27 PM
Are you using slide transitions? Is the next slide pausing before the transition has finished?
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‎Mar 29, 2019
11:21 AM
Rod, Can this be used as a way to insert some custom JS, not necessarily having to do with SCORM? Regardless, do you know where to find more info? I really miss the "manuals" that would detail every window, dialog and panel and all their features along with being nicely indexed... Thanks! ps. I am the professional programming expert in our group
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‎Mar 29, 2019
07:26 AM
1 Upvote
There is some info here on how to connect to a server: Report quiz results to an internal server
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‎Mar 29, 2019
07:09 AM
I have been searching for any documentation on the Custom Template option available under the SCORM 1.2 option when enabling reporting. Can anyone point me to any resources or help enlighten me as to what this feature is and how to use it? Thanks! -
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‎Feb 28, 2019
11:03 AM
3 Upvotes
Some LMS's don't allow this, or in my case, the admins have locked that part down and we are stuck with only one choice. There is a way around with javascript: add this to the html file: <script> window.top.resizeTo(width, height); </script> replacing width and height with the dimensions to which you want to resize the window.
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‎Nov 09, 2018
07:25 AM
It is under Quiz Preferences > Advanced, there is a "Send Data On Every Slide" check box.
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‎Oct 24, 2018
10:28 AM
I'm still waiting on my IT guys to get Captivate 2019 to me . Has anyone noticed if there are any changes in the underlying player code in the HTML 5 output? Are the variables and methods still the same? We do a lot of JS hacks to Captivate to make it behave the way we want it to and I'm wondering how smooth of a transition it will be to 2019. Thanks!
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‎Oct 12, 2018
12:39 PM
If you were only exporting to HTML5, you could add a query string to the URL. An example: www.google.com?startSlide=88 The ?startSlide=88 is the query string. You could have some Javascript on the first slide to check to see if there is a query string and then jump to whatever number is sent in query string. Here is a tutorial on how to read the query string: https://html-online.com/articles/get-url-parameters-javascript/ I do not know if it is possible with .swf output. I don't see any actions for reading the query string and I dont know if Javascript will work in the .sfw output, I kind of doubt it.
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‎Oct 08, 2018
05:57 AM
The .oam does set one user variable in Captivate. But nothing to stop or start the parent. If I remove the audio, then everything plays as expected. Add the audio back and the .oam only plays when the audio is playing. If I add enough silence to extend the audio for the full length of the slide, then the .oam plays as expected.
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‎Oct 05, 2018
08:39 AM
I just found an interesting feature/bug in Captivate 2017. If you have audio on a slide, and a have added a .oam file (HTML5 animation from Adobe Animate). The audio ends up controlling when the animation starts and stops. The .oam will not play until the audio is playing, and the .oam will stop when the audio stops. If you look at the screen shot below, the .oam is on the slide timeline from the first frame to the last. The audio starts at 3 seconds and ends around 43 seconds. This means that the .oam animation will also start at 3 seconds and end around 43 seconds. The workaround is to extend the audio file to be equal to the length of the slide.
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‎Sep 27, 2018
07:32 AM
If your users can move backwards and forwards, you might want the progress bar to reflect that if they move backwards, the progress amount is shortened? That would be a visual indicator as to where the user is in the course. Just depends on how your course structure is set up and how users can move around within it. You could poll the cp.D object to determine if a slide has been visited. var slideList = cp.model.data.project_main.slides; var slideArray = slideList.split(","); var currentSlide= slideArray[cpInfoCurrentSlide - 1]; var slideVisited = eval('cp.D.' + cSlide + 'v');//will return true if visited or false if not But it might be easier to build your own array or object to hold slide visits and iterate through that as needed, on enter frame. To make the actual progress bar, I would make it in a webpage with CSS that you can import as a web object. It is then an easy matter to use CSS and make the length of the progress bar change as the user progresses through the lesson. To target the progress bar, you will need to publish the course and use a developer toolbar to explore the structure and determine the iframe name of the web object that will contain the progress bar.
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‎Sep 26, 2018
01:26 PM
2 Upvotes
You cannot have a new window on an iPad. There is only one Safari window and any commands to open a new window will result in a new tab.
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‎Sep 18, 2018
12:33 PM
I think there was a typo on one line: var getSlides = cp.model.data.project_main.slides.spli(","); should be: var getSlides = cp.model.data.project_main.slides.split(",");
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‎Sep 13, 2018
08:16 AM
2 Upvotes
assuming your images are named img1 and img2 in the properties window. on the buttonPressDn function add: cp.hide("img1"); cp.show("img2"); function buttonPressUp() { //prevents values higher than 99 if (window.myVal < 99) { cp.hide("img1"); cp.show("img2"); timer = setInterval(function () { window.myVal++; if (window.myVal > 98) { clearPress(); } }, 100); } } And then do the opposite on the clearPress function.
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‎Sep 13, 2018
07:25 AM
to disable the long tap, search for the following in the CPM.js file: cp.m_gestureHandler.enabled&&cp.toggleMoviePlayPause and replace with " /*cp.m_gestureHandler.enabled&&cp.toggleMoviePlayPause*/ Save the CPM.js and the long tap will be disabled.
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‎Sep 13, 2018
07:21 AM
1 Upvote
ahhhh, the press and hold is also know as the long tap If you look in the Mobile Palette, you can see that if you have the Gesture Configuration on, that the long tap is enabled. Long tap = pause/play movie. Unchecking the Gesture Configuration will turn all of the gesture controls off. If you can live with that. then it is an easy solve, uncheck Gesture Configuration. If you need to only disable the long tap, you will need to publish and then alter the CPM.js file.
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‎Sep 13, 2018
06:08 AM
1 Upvote
Does the dimensions of your Captivate file match the dimensions of your output? (I cannot remember the video publishing options of Captivate 8, I don't remember if you could change the output size). Do you have a .png or .gif on your slides that has a transparent area? Or a transparent/translucent object? That would translate to black in video. Have you tried viewing the video on multiple players?
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‎Sep 13, 2018
05:59 AM
Is this something you are trying to do live? Not to bash Captivate, but there are several PowerPoint plugins that allow polling and quizzing among audience members and then display the results in real-time. https://www.presentation-guru.com/how-to-get-instant-feedback-from-your-audience/ Otherwise you will need to create some JavaScript to run the time and reset the question. Here is a thread about resetting a quiz and JavaScript Re: Can you reset quiz answers to allow for retakes?
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‎Sep 13, 2018
05:48 AM
is the "Execute Javascript" command set in the "On Success" of the button? The "Continue playing project" might be checked in the "On Success" options. If so, try creating an advanced action with the same JS and set the On Success to that advanced action. This will eliminate the "Continue to play" option and if you do not have a pause set on the button, the script will run regardless if the movie is paused or playing and will not affect the playhead status of playing or paused. Meaning that is the playhead is playing and the user clicks the button, the playhead will continue to play, and if the playhead is paused, the playhead will remain paused after the user clicks the button.
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