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KatieWilson32
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September 15, 2022
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Can you Import ZIP LMS file to Captivate?

  • September 15, 2022
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I have a zip file for a course someone else made for us. I was told it was made with Captivate. They sent over the zip file. I am unable to import the zip file into Captivate. I'm not sure if maybe it's actually not Captivate files, or if I'm not doing something correctly. I was asked to translate the content into Spanish, so I am trying to figure out what this course was created with. 

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Correct answer Lilybiri

If it is the published course for a LMS, which can be zipped, you need to know that there is a big difference between the raw cptx-file which can be opened in Captivate, and the published course resulting from that file. You can never open the published output in Captivate, it is only meant to be uploaded to a LMS and use as a course.

To confirm my suspicion: could you show a screenshot of the content (files) within that zip file?

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
September 15, 2022

If it is the published course for a LMS, which can be zipped, you need to know that there is a big difference between the raw cptx-file which can be opened in Captivate, and the published course resulting from that file. You can never open the published output in Captivate, it is only meant to be uploaded to a LMS and use as a course.

To confirm my suspicion: could you show a screenshot of the content (files) within that zip file?

KatieWilson32
Participant
September 15, 2022

That is what I thought. When I attempted to upload my zip file it was not giving me the option to import but allowed me to open file after file. So, I figured I did not have the correct files or "raw files" to import. I just wanted to confirm that was the case. 

Lilybiri
Legend
September 15, 2022

Indeed, for the translation you need the cptx file, and after translating you'll need to publish to a similar output like you have now.