We love working with the ASTD Nebraska group. This was the second year in a row that I presented a session during their month-long Trainer’s Institute. I was doing a 4-hour session on eLearning tools. I covered Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate. I also worked in some general mLearning strategies. Below are my slides and a number of resources from the presentation Resources Adobe Captivate 6 Free Trial Adobe Presenter 8 Free Trial Adobe eLearning YouTube videos Creating … Continue reading
I had a fabulous time at the 2012 Adobe Learning Summit in Las Vegas. In the afternoon, I gave a presentation on building apps for iOS devices. My presentation included some general mLearning tips and tricks too. Below are my slides, session files and a number of resources. Thanks to everyone who attended and the many eLearning rockstars I got to chat with. Also a big thanks to the members of the Adobe eLearning Suite and Adobe Connect product teams. … Continue reading
Got the chance last night to present to a group of top-notch JavaScript developers at JavaScriptMN usergroup in Minneapolis last night about Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript. If you are doing front-end web development you definitely want to check out this group. Below are my slides, demonstration files, and a few resources from the presentation. OOP and JavaScript from easelsolutions Resources Demo Files Free Source Code Pro font Brackets code editor TodoMVC
I had a busy schedule at this year’s ASTD Twin Cities Regional Conference in Saint Paul. Three presentations and lots of networking at our exhibitor booth. It was a great show. Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions and stopped by to chat! I met a lot of great folks and had some really good discussions. Below is a brief summary of each of my presentations and any slides or resources associated with them. If you have any feedback, leave … Continue reading
Today, Adobe hosted their Create the Web keynote in San Francisco. During the presentation the announced and demonstrated a ridiculous number of new tools/services centered around web design and development. Below is a quick summary of what was announced. You can find a lot more information at http://html.adobe.com. Tools & Services Edge Animate 1.0 (formerly Adobe Edge) Edge Reflow Edge Code (based on Adobe Brackets) Edge Inspect (formerly Adobe Muse) Edge Web Fonts Typekit PhoneGap Build Adobe Edge Animate 1.0 … Continue reading
Below are the slides and files I used during a presentation about Object Oriented Programming and JavaScript for the Twin Cities .NET Forum last night. JavaScript and OOP from easelsolutions You can download the demonstration files here.
Now is the time to upgrade your eLearning tools if you haven’t already. Last month, we saw the release of Adobe Connect 9 which added some great virtual training features and a completely rebuilt event/registration system for managing live online training classes. We also were introduced to the new and improved Captivate 6. I posted my first impressions shortly after the launch and I highly recommend it for anyone developing software demonstrations, interactive simulations or scenario-based training. People say bad things … Continue reading
Content authors creating mLearning often need a way to quickly and easily test their courses on a mobile device. The below video demonstrates how to set up a testing server so you can test courses on your mobile devices directly from your computer. This saves you from having to upload the course to an LMS or staging server. In the video, I’m publishing the course using the HTML5 output feature of Adobe Captivate 6. I’m using XMAPP as my testing … Continue reading
Captivate 6 is now available. It is hands-down one of the best product updates that I’ve seen from Adobe. CP6 truly demonstrates both a response to what power users have been asking for and a chance to innovate. In a nutshell, you need this version. If you’re new to eLearning development, it’s a great all-around tool. If you’re already using Captivate, upgrade now. While there are a couple missing pieces, overall, it’s a home run. Keep reading to find out … Continue reading
First off, if you missed the webinar on how to Create Software Simulations with Adobe Captivate, here’s a link to the recording: Creating Software Simulations with Adobe Captivate Webinar. We had a lot of positive feedback on this session so if you have time, check it out! One of the webinar participants reached out to me after the session with a question about linking to a URL in Adobe Captivate. In her project, one of the slides includes a button … Continue reading
