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VictoriaG_in_Oregon
VictoriaG_in_Oregon
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March 10, 2017
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Should I use a responsive format when creating Captivate Course if publishing to Adobe Prime?

  • March 10, 2017
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I want to publish my course in Adobe Prime. Should I start by using the responsive format when creating my self-paced Captivate Course? Or does it matter? If I use the blank format, would it still be responsive since it uses the Fluidic Player? 

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Paul Wilson CTDP
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Paul Wilson CTDPCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 10, 2017

The decision to use responsive design versus non-responsive design should be based on how your audience will be accessing your eLearning project. For example, if everyone will be accessing these projects on a desktop computer, and you don't anticipate that will change anytime soon then there is no reason to design for responsive design (it does take longer). If the, on the other hand, there is a solid business case for users to access eLearning on tablets, larger smartphone and so on, then it makes sense to prepare for that future.

The fluidic player only ensures that content will be accessible to many devices without a need for additional players or plugins. It doesn't convert content into responsive automatically.

Paul Wilson, CTDP
    VictoriaG_in_Oregon
    VictoriaG_in_OregonAuthor
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    March 10, 2017

    Thank you Paul. That is very helpful. Something I read about the Fluidic player somewhere made it sound like it would make it "responsive".

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    March 10, 2017

    You need responsive design if you want to have a different layout (simplified mostly) for devices that have a much smaller browser resolution which is the case for smartphones even though they have a much higher screen resolution, even higher than tablets or some desktop/laptop monitors. For access by tablets compared with desktop/laptop screens that is not so much a reason to turn to responsive projects (count at least on double the developing time), but maybe you'll have to take into account the much less impressive capabilities of tablets (and phones).

    Fluidic player is not changing layout depending on browser resolution. You can do it with a scalable HTML project in Captivate

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