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What is Adobe Captivate?
Adobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.
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Adobe Captivate - Software Simulations and Video Demos
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Create your first video demo with Adobe Captivate (2017 Release)
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Adobe Captivate Animated Text - brief how to and samples
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Adobe Captivate Tutorial - Pan, Zoom, Picture-in-Picture - Captivate Training in Los Angeles
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HOW TO Record Video Demo with Adobe Captivate
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Demo PowerPoint to Captivate Demo
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What is Adobe Captivate?
Adobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It allows users to rapidly author responsive, interactive learning eLearning content, as well as mobile HTML-5 learning content. Users can test courses with the preview LMS feature, and track the performance of learners as they complete quizzes and other tasks. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt templates and learning assets, but users also have the option to custom code their own complex learning workflows. Adobe Captivate integrates with SCORM-compliant LMS systems, including Adobe Captivate Prime.
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Adobe Captivate Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Mac |
Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Adobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.
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The most common users of Adobe Captivate are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Rating: 6 out of 10
March 13, 2025
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
Courseware development that solves the training needs of multiple departments in the company.
Best tool on the market for software demonstrations and simulations
Rating: 9 out of 10
June 29, 2024
GN
Vetted Review
Verified User
17 years of experience
We primarily use Adobe Captivate for software demonstrations, simulations and/or training videos that contain software demonstrations. I've tried several other systems (Camtasia, Powtoons, etc.) and Captivate is by far the superior system for software demonstrations and simulations. In fact, we often use it in conjunction with other systems (After Effects, Powtoons, Camtasia, etc.) to create "next level" training videos!
Captivate is the #1 tool for eLearning- Hands Down
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 06, 2022
CM
Vetted Review
Verified User
8 years of experience
We use Adobe Captivate to create software simulations training but we do not use the video simulations as recording is blocked by our ISO. We have a variety of software for servicing mortgages and consumer loans, so most of our training is software training. We do have some industry knowledge type training we offer as well.
Great for Intermediate-Level Instructional Designers!
Rating: 7 out of 10
October 05, 2022
EW
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
We use Adobe Captivate to author all of our e-Learning courses. Specifically, we use Adobe Captivate to create SCORM shells that contain multiple slides and videos, and we use it for the interactive assessment options such as interactive video, hot spot assessments, knowledge checks, etc.. We use Adobe Captivate to meet needs for knowledge share, skill training, and behavior leaning.
Adobe Captivate - A challenging experience
Rating: 7 out of 10
October 05, 2022
CH
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
Our company decided to use Adobe Captivate to begin creating eLearning content for our customers to supplement our instructor-led and video training. We hope to utilize self-paced learning to introduce concepts to our clients before they enter the IL training space so they can get the most out of their time with a live instructor. To this end, we have created several courses that cover the basics of our software. Each course uses the "software simulation" portion of Adobe Captivate, along with some knowledge check questions.