Adobe Captivate

Pros

One of the features that I like is the recording of demonstrations. You can record screen demonstrations to show learners how to perform certain tasks.

Cons

The feature that I like the least is the limited range of interactivity options. I feel that they could have added more functionality to provide greater diversity in interactive elements.

Pros

Fairly simple to learn and use at a basic level, but powerful features lurk beneath the surface! Operates well with other Adobe applications and output can be exported into most other programmes. Easier to learn than Articulate Storyline.

Cons

The only real downside is the cost. It can take a little while to discover and use the more advanced features, but that's to be expected.

Pros

I found that the features in Captivate that allow the creation of interactive videos were useful.

Cons

Pop up content is standard in eLearning courses, but Adobe have continued to ignore this basic requirement, making it a very long-winded and difficult task to add pop up/reveal content.

Pros

We can easily convert our existing webinars & PowerPoint presentations into courses & onboarding walkthroughs thanks to Captivate. Learning Management is the spine of any Organization & Captivate is the tool that ensures that all employees are constantly learning and evolving. Managers at each level can track the progress using 360 degree dashboards.

Cons

Captivate is not an easy tool. Administrators will need a lot of trainings and hands on before they can fully utilize this product to it's real potential.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Adobe Captivate

Pros

It has all the design and tool features that you need in order to create eLearning courses and SCORM compliant training.

Cons

There's a lot of formulas and other equations that need to come into play when using this program. Other programs have the more simplified approach.

Pros

The functionality allows for a variety of courses to be created.

Cons

Captivate is simply not intuitive or easy to use. Compared to other authoring tools for e-learning, Captivate is one of the most difficult softwares to use. Additionally, the support for the tools are just not there. If you reach out to support, expect to wait for a long time.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Choosing Adobe Captivate

Switched From

Pros

You have a lot of options to "program" behaviour into your final product. Very rich in features.

Cons

Steep learning curve, so it is critical you find "sample projects" to practice learning behaviours and features so you become proficient.

Pros

I can only think of 1 and it is that it works with a Mac. Barely.

Cons

Captivate is a very clunky software. And by clunky, I mean that the interactions are counterintuitive and to create an interaction is incredibly time-consuming. The competing offering software has a much better interface. I was forced to use captivate because of my Mac computer. My organization will not let me use parallels so I was stuck with using captivate. After about offering three courses, I was done. Development took about twice as much as the other competing tool.

Pros

Adobe gives course builders another option to developing customized courses.

Cons

Captivate is complicated to used at times. It takes double the time compare to Articulate to build a course.

Pros

During my previous role as a Regional Training Executive I was nervous to create Training Modules as I had previously used a different software. Adobe Captivate is simple to use and quick to learn. I no longer create Training Modules however if I do I hope to use Adobe Captivate.

Cons

Possibly a personal issue however as I was working form home I had alot of issues accessing account however our remote IT Team were able to asssit me (apologies I am not sure what their resolution was).

Pros

It fits nicely in the adobe suite. Good for eLearning.

Cons

Storyline is easier but this is less expensive

Pros

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Cons

Adobe battles in its client back. Learned Fascinate back specialists to educate and troubleshoot would hoist this capable tool. As versatile learning ventures absent from Streak, creating entirely in HTML5 could be a getting to be a must. Fascinate has an HTML5 examiner to audit your extend for potential flash-based issues, but advancement in HTML5 as it were isn't as natural. I squander profitable time and exertion making alterations after the truth.

Pros

With Adobe Captivate, you can become a professional e-learning content writer with advanced interactive programs, scenario simulations and exams, also it does not require programming skills.
It contains many templates that you can add. You can capture the screen, record screen activity, and synchronize audio and video very easily
Adobe Captivate provides multiple animation effects, such as Adobe After Effects, where you can create sequential animations for a group of objects or for an individual object in an easy and simple way.
You can create exam questions and place them randomly due to avoiding cheating, and also after all this you can publish it in several publishing methods such as HTML5, exe.

Cons

In my opinion, I find it a little expensive, other than that the content creation tools are a little limited .

Pros

I loved how you can create panels and embed videos within those panels for training purposes. Captivate can be used in meetings as presentation slides as well even though other programs may be better for that purpose.

Cons

What I like least is kind of a strength of the software. It is so robust that training on how to use the software is necessary. You can jump right in without training but you can miss a lot of the perks that Captivate offers.

Pros

This software save you a lot of time on making your software documentation and/or how to teach the final user to use the software or website they need to do their work. Remember, “A picture is worth a thousand words”, and I think a video is worth a thousand pictures.

This is special useful on companies that have many employees, or with employees distributed for all the country/world. Companies that needs to take working the new employees as soon as possible, with a minimum loss of time on teaching him/her the new employee on how to use the software needed for their job.

Cons

In my special case, I need to complement this software with one video-editing software, for take more advantage and do more things that final user of my software/web very appreciate. However, Captivate works just fine by itself.

Pros

it's adobe, so that's about the real pro it has going for it.

Cons

besides being adobe in name, it mirrors no other adobe product on the UI side. it also isn't as intuitive as other authoring products and also doesnt really work with AICC compliant content

Pros

Variables that I could assign and use in the course.

Cons

It was very labor-intensive. Although you could do anything, it just took a lot of time. Especially if the course needed to be available on multiple platforms, such as desktops, tablets, and mobile.

Pros

I like how many things you can do with it. You can literally edit any document any way you want.

Cons

The only problem I've had with Adobe is that sometimes documents freeze every once in a while.

Pros

I consider Adobe Captivate to be a re liable took to create multimedia and screen recording tutorial video. With little learning I am able to create very empresive videos . I like the ability that I can combine several existing projects together and easily add images and videos.

Cons

The software is a little pricey and not a part of Adobe Cloud collection but if your are in education the price is affordable.

Pros

This software is a great instructional design tool. Having used it since its inception (RoboDemo) I have seen it evolve a lot over the years. Nothing negative

Cons

Nothing negative. Simply I switched over to Storyline and found it way easier to use for advanced eLearning development.

Pros

This has been of a great help to me in reading and editing out pdf documents.

Cons

It doesnt really have any drawbacks. I an satisfied using this software.

Pros

This software can do just about anything that you would like for your eLearning courses. It’s easy to create interactive software demos, video role-plays, and detailed quizzes. If you have Adobe Captivate Prime, you can upload directly into the LMS. But even if you use another LMS, it’s easy to create a SCORM file and import it in.

Cons

It’s not the most intuitive product. You can do just about anything you would imagine, but it will take some experimentation. However, if you stick with it (or look up a few how-to’s on YoutTube) you’ll be all set!

Pros

So many features such as responsive design, screen recording and script writing.

Cons

I feel overwhelmed at times to keep up with latest editions.

Pros

One endearing quality of Adobe Captivate is their "Live Device Preview" Which allows you to preview your creation on an actual device.

Cons

Coming from Articulate Storyline, it's very difficult to get the same type of interactions and logic in Captivate without some considerable tinkering.

Pros

I used this software for creating courses online for my Organizations and I have found very useful specially in COVID19 Situation around the Globe however my most favorite feature of this software to choose the answer types by several options like multi choose, choose one etc

Cons

Its configurations related to issuing certificate is tricky which is not very user friendly and it needs to made simple and easy

Pros

It's relatively easy to use from the get go and mildy intuitive. Once you get the hang of it you can produce very professional looking video demonstrations of software.

Cons

If you're not an Adobe person you will likely struggle with this - however that just means more learning of the product itself. It's not a modern feeling bit of software and feels a bit dated.

Pros

Signed up for the 'Adobe ColdFusion CF Specialist Certificate' program and had the chance to use Adobe Captivate as the learning content setup by Adobe.

Cons

The links sent by Adobe to login into Adobe Captivate worked in one Browser and not in other. Sometimes, even after login, it just keeps spinning without no reason

Pros

Easy for self learning. Simple features for creating courses. Availability for uploading audio, video and image files.

Cons

Overall size can be problem if the created content has videos and images which create loading problem web based online trainings.

Pros

This software gives a variety of options when creating online learning courses, ranging from interactive courses that engage the user and keep their attention to more traditional courses where the user reads page-by-page. Lots of options to customize courses depending on the company and the function the course will serve.

Cons

Interactivity can sometimes be complicated to add to course material. With practice, it does become easier.

Pros

What is possible with this product? Pretty much anything! This is what I'm learning with using Captivate. The more I learn the more I can create. This is a great program for my needs in building a training program. It's essential to where we are taking the company.

Cons

It's a little tricky to learn and remember where everything is. I am signed up for the Captivate Specialist program and want to get started. However, I cannot access the learning videos until 4 weeks prior to the learning summit. This for me is almost 4 months away and we want to start building our training program now!

Pros

is a software that is updated annually and has no error in the program, very easy to make presentation projects!

Cons

When multi-state videos are present on a slide, the most recent videos are not played in HTML5 output on devices. Only the first video is played.

Pros

Adobe is easy to use. Even for a beginner I was able to navigate through the process. I am able to use it properly and make the project look very good.

Cons

One thing I dislike is that if a mistake is made like deleting it is hard to get back. It can be hard to adjust once gone to get back the same as in sizing.

Pros

ease of access and tracking the progress the learning modules

Cons

nothing in overall i didn't or liked the least

Pros

I liked that Adobe Captivate is user-friendly and it exports my projects as mp4 videos which are easy to share. Also, the automatic backup feature is really amazing.

Cons

I was totally disappointed because the software is super buggy and it slows my laptop.

Pros

the option more complete for the user in the education is Captivate, the integration of code is good and have more option for explained the class

Cons

the integration with HTML5 is deficient, the posibilites for import and connect with other documents o file type of adobe is null

Pros

Captivate is very easy to use to develop engaging training modules. Great for software simulations and training.

Cons

Older versions crashed often on my computer, but the new versions appear to be much more stable in my experience.

Pros

Easy to use tool as compared to Camtasia - very intuitive and with some more features. You can edit videos, produce videos (software tutorials, marketing videos, sizzle reels, etc.) and also create interactive eLearning content by adding interactivities and quizzes within!

Cons

Not as many features and functionalities to edit videos and sound like Camtasia.

Pros

The new and enhanced interactive features are done well in Adobe Captivate. Once the 360° images or videos are imported, it allows course creator to add pointers for information, quizzes, audio files or points to navigate through the course. The learning retention is very high when it is interactive and it also helps in demos, walkthroughs and enables action oriented engaged learning.

Cons

Cache can get a bit heavy when using Video resources. Ensure sufficient memory space.

Pros

I liked that this was a Mac OS product.

Cons

No way to import Keynote slides with effects and transitions.

Pros

to designed all types of work in my business

Cons

to designed more in my business for my customers

Pros

Captivate allows for management to create helpful and insightful training modules to get them up to speed on how to properly perform their jobs

Cons

Nothing so far. It has been easy to use and very user friendly when it comes to creating training modules

Pros

The thing I like the most is you get a software to develop online training and deploy the training into your LMS in a relatively easy fashion.

Cons

The thing I like the least is that I feel it’s much more difficult to use than other authoring tools and isn’t as intuitive.

Pros

There is so much too learn and they make it so accessible.

Cons

there is not anything I can think of to complain about.

Pros

Great tool for eLearning authoring, screen recording and video making. Easy to use and powerful tool to do lots of stuff to build your eLeaning courses

Cons

Nothing I can think of. It is quite an intuitive tool to use.

Pros

The templates of captivate are very customizable and and thus become very effective for different categories of courses. Also there is multi language support, this is very useful and required feature too that i personally like its seamless integration with other of adobe platforms like photoshop and illustrator. The tests and assignments are also very easy to conduct and keep a track of.

Cons

I feel there is limited interactivity with other of the e learning systems when compared to some other e learning authoring tools. I also feel like training administration can be made even more efficient.

Pros

The training administration is good. The course publishing is also easy to do so. The content is interactive and offers good amount of personalization tools to add and enhance the course.

Cons

The course management is good but same needs to be done with learning management. More tools need to be made available in the learning management too for even better personalize experience that can enhance the output.

Pros

I recently started using this software and wouldn't have even thought I needed it until I tried it. Great and useful features.

Cons

There should be more how to videos that are easy to find utilizing all the features.

Pros

Super easy to use once you get past the learning curve.

Cons

Some of my employees struggle with the system when first learning it. If you are familiar with Adobe products then it is much easier to work with.

Pros

Easy to navigate for knowledgeable user - Avatar type in or speech and speech to text - Software simulations

Cons

Tricky settings - Freezing file, long to proceed (Scrom) responsive on design - Text to speech quality

Pros

The course management is very easy and smooth with adobe captivate. The training administration is very easy to manage with adobe captivate, also the course publishing and interactive learning is very easy to handle.

Cons

I feel that the course authoring can be even more improved, the tests and assessments are easy to conduct but their data analysis need to be made even more efficient. Rest of the tool i found only.