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captivate_dev
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November 7, 2021
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Flash migration / interactivity

  • November 7, 2021
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Hi,

 

I need to migrate some old flash interactive content with has (complex interactivity and animations) into HTML 5 to be uploaded to an LMS, some of the interactivity shows a graph that changes based on the variables entered by a user and some have drag and drops exercises.

 

My question is, is Adobe Captivate capable of doing this or do I need to look at other advanced Authoring tools on the market.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

kay

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    November 7, 2021

    You didn't tell which tool was used to create that legacy content? My suspicion is that multiple tools were used, not just one authoring tool. Neither did you mention if you have the raw material, or just the published SWFs?

     

    An interactive graph would have needed AS, which means it probably was created with Flash Builder. If you had the raw material, opening it in Animate CC (new name of former Flash Builder) it could be possible to export as HTML animation after editing. Captivate supports HTML animations, but you'll need some JS skills to have them communicating with Captivate (for the variables). You could also have a look at InfoSemantics widgets (Australia) to add with that.

    Captivate has Drag&Drop functionality, with the possibility of using advanced/shared actions both for the Success and Last Attempt events, but also for individual drag actions (Object Actions). Any advanced/shared actions can also have embedded JS. Whether this is sufficient for your purpose depends on more details.

     

    If you can find an 'advanced authoring tool' which can do all what you want out of the package, without need for any other tool or for programming skills, I would love to hear about that wonderful tool.

     

      captivate_dev
      captivate_devAuthor
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      November 7, 2021

      Hi,

       

      Many thanks for responding to my message; the legacy content was developed in Flash years ago and I only have the SWFs. So presumably I can import them into Animate CC as you suggested and edit it as necessary. Can I build advanced user input interactive with Animate CC only is it only a animation tool.

       

      It has been a while since I have created anything in flash.

      Lilybiri
      Lilybiri
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      November 7, 2021

      You cannot import SWFs, you would need the raw fla file.

      Animate CC is most used for game development which means interactivity is possible for sure. 

      The former Actionscript which was used for Flash output is now replaced by JavaScript.

      As for the D&D, maybe it can be done natively in Captivate? As well as some other interactivity. I was only referring to the graph based on input of variable values, that is not possible only with Captivate, reason why I referred to Animate. But you can also use only JS in Captivate.

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