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MaryPetriWest
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January 31, 2017
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Issues with eLearning Assets, Specifically Characters

  • January 31, 2017
  • 3 replies
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I just upgraded from Captivate 7 to 9. I am running it on Windows 10. I'm trying to explore the Assets available to me. I have some observations and wonder if anyone is having a similar experience, and/or if there is some magic to installing or configuring Captivate 9 that might help.

  • The interface is cumbersome, at least for "Cutout People." I'm interested in Medical characters. I can drill down and open a character's collection of images, but if I want to return from that point to the Medical character selection screen, I have to navigate through the menus all over again (Cutout People > Photo Realistic > Medical). Could there not be a Back button on the collection screens? or some kind of useful navigation tool?
  • I have the same complaint I've seen from others—that I have to download each image individually. One response was to run Captivate as an administrator, which I've attempted with absolutely no difference in the experience.
  • When I download a character, approximately 50% of the time Captivate crashes, and I have to force a shutdown via Task Manager. So far this seems to happen more often if I click an image that I like, and then download from the close-up, rather than if I download directly from the "collection" page.

Thanks for any insights!

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    Participating Frequently
    January 9, 2018

    Hello,

    I can download the characters and they appear in the right assets folder, but when I click on the Assets tab to use them in a module, Captivate freezes!!!! Does anyone have any experiences with this?

    Thanks,

    Tess

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 9, 2018

    When Captivate 'freezes', if you hit the ESCAPE key on your keyboard, does Captivate then 'unfreeze' again?

    MichaelStephens
    Legend
    February 1, 2017

    The issue you're experiencing with downloading one cutout person at a time is how the elearningbrothers site functions. While you are inside Captivate when you're browsing the cutout people, it's actually pulling the content directly from the eLearning Brothers website and their site only allows you to download one person/asset at a time. I also wish it were different.

    MaryPetriWest
    Known Participant
    February 1, 2017

    Ok, I guess I'll learn to live with it . Thanks Michael.

    Participating Frequently
    February 1, 2017

    Hi there! I can't speak to your last two bullet points but I did find a workaround for backing out of the character screens. By pressing the Back Space button on your keyboard you can navigate to the previous screen. Hope that helps.

    MaryPetriWest
    Known Participant
    February 1, 2017

    Thanks Emily, I'll try that .