Captivate Tracking in Authorware

I am trying to track results to courses we are developing in
Captivate. Since we do not have an LMS, we are trying to store data
in an Access database. I have very little (alright, I have no)
experience setting up Authorware with Access (and very little
knowledge of Access). I have researched all of the threads on this
site and the Captivate site and have reached a point where I need
some assistance.
I have been successful with the following:
1. Set up a Login KO.
2. Inserted a Captivate KO. I found a thread somewhere that
shows how to view the interaction tracking on the screen within
Authorware (kinda like using the trace option) and have this set up
so I can see these results while I am taking the course, but
obviously I don't want the end-user to see this information.
And that is where I am lost. How do I capture the
interactions from Captivate back to a database?
It seems like it would be very simple but I can not find the
answer or at least can't figure it out. I have tried the Captivate
information posted on Adobe from Joe Ganci about the Captivate KO
but he doesn't deliver how to track the results. I have also tried
to review the Zip file from a previous post containing files from
TAAC, Las Vegas. I didn't see what I am trying to achieve in these
files.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jim

The ShowMe was updated to reflect DSNless connections.
"Erik **AdobeCommunityExpert**"
<[email protected]> wrote in
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> Take a look at the ODBC example file in the
Authorware\ShowMe directory on
> your computer. That gives a basic overview of how to
send and retrieve
> data to/from an Acccess db using Authorware. This
example was developed
> before Authorware could handle DSN-less connections, so
if you have any
> problems setting up a DSN on user's computers, that can
be worked around
> now.
> HTH
> Erik
>
> BigDaddyNAZ2006 wrote:
>> I am trying to track results to courses we are
developing in Captivate.
>> Since we do not have an LMS, we are trying to store
data in an Access
>> database. I have very little (alright, I have no)
experience setting up
>> Authorware with Access (and very little knowledge of
Access). I have
>> researched all of the threads on this site and the
Captivate site and
>> have reached a point where I need some assistance.
>>
>> I have been successful with the following:
>> 1. Set up a Login KO. 2. Inserted a Captivate KO. I
found a thread
>> somewhere that shows how to view the interaction
tracking on the screen
>> within Authorware (kinda like using the trace
option) and have this set
>> up so I can see these results while I am taking the
course, but obviously
>> I don't want the end-user to see this information.
>>
>> And that is where I am lost. How do I capture the
interactions from
>> Captivate back to a database?
>>
>> It seems like it would be very simple but I can not
find the answer or
>> at least can't figure it out. I have tried the
Captivate information
>> posted on Adobe from Joe Ganci about the Captivate
KO but he doesn't
>> deliver how to track the results. I have also tried
to review the Zip
>> file from a previous post containing files from
TAAC, Las Vegas. I didn't
>> see what I am trying to achieve in these files.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>
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Captivate 2 in Authorware 7 - making it wait ??

We are wanting to use an Authorware 7 wrapper to hold
multiple Captivate 2 files. Most of the swf files we are publishing
from Captivate are interactive with branching. (so a simple frame
count isn't really helpful to us)
The Captivate files hold the content for each chapter in the
Authorware file. The user must view the entire Captivate file
before moving on to the chapter quiz. After the quiz, they return
to the Authorware menu, from which to pick the next chapter.
We want to stop the user from skipping any content, so on
each Authorware page there is a menu bar that deactivates while the
content plays. When it reactivates, the user can click Next to move
to the quiz.
The only way I've figured out to do all of this yet is as
follows....
1. On the main flowline, add a Map icon. (the icons on that
level make up the Authorware menu)
2. WIthin the Map icon (Level 2), add these icons:
- A Framework icon that includes another Map icon (to hold
the Captivate file) and a Map icon that holds the chapter quiz (a
quiz KO).
3. Within the Map icon for the Captivate file (Level 3), add
these icons:
- A calculation icon that turns off the Authorware menu bar,
so they can't navigate from that page.
- Display icon that says "Click Continue button to begin
this chapter."
- A Wait icon that has the Continue button.
- The Flash Icon (the Captivate file)
- A Wait icon that waits for the approximate length of time
it will take the user to view/interaction with the Captivate file.
- A calcuation icon that turns on the menu bar so they can
move on to the quiz.
All of that works pretty well, except for the Wait to finish
playing the captivate file. Since these are interactive SWFs, we
really don't know how long it will take for the user to complete
it. So, we have to guess how many seconds to put on the Wait icon,
which could allow them to skip the end of the Captivate file if
they notice the menu has been turned back on.
What are we missing here? There has to be a better way of
setting all of this up! We like using Authorware because it sends
info well to the corporate LMS (plateau), so we can't completely
leave Authorware. But we like how Captivate creates the flash
movies -- which makes the content look slicker than is possible in
Authorware.
Thanks!

Well, for a normal movie this would be really easy - as
Authorware and Flash can communicate perfectly using FS Commands,
and the Flash movies can tell Authorware, "I'm done!". No such luck
in Captivate - as you can't access the actionscript.
So... maybe have the Captivate movie close automatically at
the end, and maybe Authorware can detect that it has closed?
A side note... my adult learning background would say that as
a general practice, it's not effective to force users to sit
through content. If they know it already, let them skip it. Just
test them on it at the end :)

Tutorial - how to track user progress in a Captivate movie

I wanted to start working with the new scripting capabilities
in Captivate 4 and thought a good first project would be to create
a set of variables and custom actions and execute the actions based
on the state of the variables. I wrote up a description/walkthrough
with screenshots and the source .cp is downloadable here:
http://elearninglive.com/wordpress/2009/01/tracking-user-progress-in-captivate-4-using-var iables-and-actions/
Hopefully it proves useful to others!
A couple of things I mention at the bottom of the post in
regards to the new features in CP4:
1. The actions window is amazingly slow once you add more
than a handful of actions. Perhaps it's just my machine? I have a
very fast machine with lots of ram, but perhaps it's something
unique to my environment?
2. You can't 'chain' actions. In other words, you cannot use
'execute multiple actions' setting to execute user-created actions,
just the built-in ones, which seems to me a pretty big limitation.
I had to work around it.
3. As an add-on to #1 above - there is no way to
import/export code. Since the actions window is so slow it would be
ideal if we could just import code written in a text file, or
better yet, have a simple code editor (like the actions panel in
Flash).
My 2 cents, fwtw, as a new CP4 user....
mark
www.elearninglive.com

> But I didn't really know what AuthorWare was actually
> capable of producing until this past year when I
happened to subscribe to
> the
> AWARE list (AuthorWare Developers) and over time read
about the
> capabilities it
> had. It was an excellent tool - and it seems, the best
there ever was for
> our
> needs, and it amazes me that there isn't anything to
replace it yet that
> matches it. Of course, the problem was the shockwave
plugin. Which is a
> big
> problem and the real original reason I never looked into
it in the first
> place.
The biggest problem Authorware had was poor marketing. Second
was it had no
way to natively create the eye-candy that Flash was wowing
the world with.
Third, there was no attempt by Macromedia modernise
Authorware with a lot of
very basic things that would have made a huge difference to
everyone's
perception of the tool
Fourth, Marketing kept telling people Authorware was dead,
from about
Authorware 5. I think the Flash team was on a bonus for
converting people
>
> I don't understand why Adobe is now making Captivate the
next AuthorWare.
> That's basically what they're doing it seems. It's like
saving up to buy a
> ferrari when you have on sitting unused in your garage!
They already had a
> great elearning development tool in AuthorWare and just
needed the one big
> piece: output to flash swf and not shockwave. I guess
there were technical
> reasons why that wasn't done?
I think it is clear to those of us that have had to move to
Captivate from
Authorware that Captivate is *very* lacking in specific
advanced features
and functionality that old hands are used to. As with any
product, users are
bombarding adobe with requests that boost the power and scope
of Captivate.
It's a natural progression.
>
> As much as I like Captivate 4, it's a few major releases
away from coming
> close to what we *really* need.
I agree - but it is a lot closer this time around :-)
Steve
http://twitter.com/Stevehoward999
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
European eLearning Summit - EeLS
Adobe-sponsored eLearning conference.
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Tracking captivate interaction within AW

I been working on this project for a very long time and I've
hit just about every snag possible (I'm sure we all have at some
point). Most of the time I can figure it out and fix it. This time
I just can't seem to get it right. I use the Captivate KO in
authorware with a test I developed in Captivate. I just use AW in
this case to track all ineteractions and track whether the student
got each each question right or wrong. The problem is that it never
tracks every interaction. The score is always right, but sometimes
it leaves out a couple of "c"s or "w"s. I desparately need
assistance. Maybe there is another way to output the results of
each interaction (anyway besides email). I also have access to
Moodle. I can use that to get the scores but not sure how to get
each interaction. I have Access but no cold fusion
experience.

jbhilt25,
Make sure you are reporting all interactions. You can also
check this
example (I haven't looked at it in a while nor did I look at
your issue,
yet):
http://www.learningconsulting.com/lms/AuthorwareAndCaptivate.zip
Regards,
Andrew

Captivate 2 right-click and drag and drop in simulation

Captivate has been suggested as a suitable replacement for
Authorware since the announcement that Adobe doesn't plan to
continue with Authorware. I find myself in the position to put this
to the test. I'm in the process of recreating a course that had
been created in Authorware in a toolset comprised of Artuculate
Presenter, Articulate Quizmaker, Articulate Engage, Captivate, and
PowerPoint.
The simulation created in Authorware has these feautures:
-learner right clicks on items on screen to see a context
menu then selects option from the context menu
-learner drags toolbar and other items on screen to another
screen location
-learner selects item from Windows Start>>Program and
other application menus. As the learner's mouse moves over the
menu, menu options highlight and flyout menus appear even if
they're not directly involved in the simulation
-learner logs into course with an employee ID number. This
information is stored and is used in the simulation in which they
log into the system being simulated.
Can I do any of these things in Captivate?
I suspect I can simulate the flyout menus with a number of
mouse over hotspots - exactly the way it's done in Authorware.
However, I haven't found any way to do simulate the other items:
-use of drag and drop where the learner performs the action
-use of a variable value to check validity of what has been
entered in the text field
-use of right click to advance Captivate simulation.
I'd appreciate any help you can give me. After all, I've
heard many people claim that Captivate can replace Authorware.
Thanks
Grace Daminato

Hi Grace,
Captivate is indeed a replacement for Authorware, but only in
the way that an Audi is a replacement for a Ferrari. They do the
same basic job, but you need to do some after market modifications
to the Audi to level the playing field somewhat.
1) Flyout menus are indeed possible, if you're willing to
create "rollovers" that display a picture of the expanded menu when
the user mouses over. You are limited to exposing only first-level
menus, however. Captivate does not allow for rollovers on
rollovers, except possibly via Captivate 3's Slidelet
functionality.
***EDIT***: You can also use Paul Dewhurst's rollover widgets
to fake multi-level menu behavior. They are available from Paul's
site here:
http://www.raisingaimee.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=29
2) Drag-and-drop in Captivate is currently only available as
an add-in Flash object, each of which must unfortunately be built
by hand in Flash. Adobe Community Expert Paul Dewhurst offers
source files for such interactions on his website:
http://www.raisingaimee.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=29
3) Captivate has built-in checking of field values, but you
are limited to hardcoded values only. If you need variable-based
input checking, you must create it yourself in Flash and insert it
as an animation.
4) Right-click is possible in Captivate, but must be added
manually. Captivate community contributor William Heinz has created
a nifty right-click solution for HTML/SWF publication and Paul
Dewhurst again comes to the rescue with a solution for .EXE-based
output:
HTML/SWF-based Output:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/rightclick.html
EXE-based Output:
http://www.raisingaimee.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=29
Unfortunately, making these modifications to Captivate files
comes at a cost. First, there's the overhead of tracking down and
implementing the custom enhancements. More importantly, Captivate
has no way of "scoring" custom enhancements, so any such
interactions will not be reflected in the user's reported results.
If you're willing to live with these limitations, and a few
others, Captivate can indeed be a suitable replacement for
Authorware.

New Captivate User

I'm New using Captivate and i need someone's help to make my
first project just i want suggestions to take the right way.
What i need to do is a practical exam in usind windows, i
begin to make it using authorware but i found it will take a long
time to do so, and they suggests captivate for me but i don't want
to make a software simulation what i need to di is a practical exam
that tracks actions of user and the result will be according to
steps user make not just one action, then i'll use
Captivate-Authorware KO to put the questions in authoreware and
i'll send result to authorware
what i needs to know in order to begin:
1- What type of projects i should select.
2- I need to capture screen shots for desktop and the output
project i need it to be in 640*480 resolution when i try to do so
the screen shots resolution is so bad.
3- I need to take result from Capitave into authorware and
when i tried to do so i didn't get the result.
Anyone have any suggestios about how to do this and how to
begin
An example for exam questions is the to make the steps to
shutdown the computer, so first user should click Start then click
"Turn off computer" then dialop appears and user click "Turn
off"

"noha khalifa" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks for your reply, I'm glade to be here.
>
> first, I found that making questions using Captivate
will be easier than
> Authorware but the problem is that i have a special
design and i'll need
> authorware in some types of questions, so what i thought
to do is to make
> the
> practical questions using Captivate and use it inside
authorware, when i
> searched through Adobe Communite i found an object
Called "Captivate -
> Authorware KO" it'll allow me to use my Captivate
questions inside
> authorware,
> so i'll have a collection of Captivate and Authorware
questions and and i
> want
> to collect question results from Captivate and use it in
authorware. i
> didn't
> find that this option found in Captivate 3, is it
supported in lower
> versions.
Personally, I find creating custom questions a lot easier in
Authorware -
but that's probably because I've been using Authorware since
the dark ages
(before 1999). Captivate 3 has many limitations that often
make it
impossible to build exactly what you need. But you didn't
really explain
what it is you need to do, you only told us that you find
Captivate easier
to use.
For the record, you should be able to build your own code in
Authorware,
without using the KO, that *might* give better access to
question data.
However I am relatively sure that there are solid limitations
in Captivate 3
that mean you won't ever be able to get quiz results into
Authorware. I'm
happy to be proven wrong, though, as I might find this
ability useful
sometime.
>
> Second, about resolution i want to say capture screen
shot for desktop so
> resolution should be 800*600 or 1024*768 but i want my
project resolution
> to be
> 640*480, so i caouldn't use recording feture in
Captivate instead i made
> print
> screen and use it in captivate as Image Slides but when
i do so resolution
> is
> so bad, is there a solution??
> I found an option in slide properties called Quality i
made it "High
> Quality",
> is this option oky and will solve the problem.
There's really not much you can do to fix this - if you
rescale your content
from 1024x768 down to 640x480, then there will always be a
loss of quality.
You could try using PhotoShop or Fireworks for the scaling,
as these *might*
produce better quality rescaled images, but I stress
**might**. You would
need to try first rescalinng the images, and then using
filters such as
Sharpen to improve the readibility of the final image.
Why are you using 640x480 as your screen shot size? We've
been able to
confidently publish our courseware at 1024x768 for years.
Steve
http://twitter.com/Stevehoward999
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
European eLearning Summit - EeLS
Adobe-sponsored eLearning conference.
http://www.elearningsummit.eu

Creating a Simulation-based Final Test in Captivate 4.0

Can I create a simulation-based SCORM-Compliant Final Test in Captivate 4.0 that can be tracked by an LMS?
I want to be able to create a final test that is simulation-based, not knowledge-based and have it load to an LMS which would keep track of each learner's scores and test attempts. I have created a sample simulation-based test around software use so I could make sure that Captivate tracks right/wrong responses and results appear as expected on the quiz Summary screen. My question is, will it load successfully to an LMS assuming I've set the publishing preferences correctly or do I need to follow some set of rules for what a final test should include based on Captivate's and an LMS's functionality?
The "rules" I have received in the past for creating a scored final test have been to 1) always create a knowledge-based test with either multiple choice questions or true-false questions. 2) The Final Test is in a separate file with no test introduction or post-test summary. I'm sure these rules came from somewhere because I have seen them followed in more than one company. However, I'm hopeful that it is now possible for me to create a more challenging and realistic simulation-based test --- can I? Are there any new rules I should keep in mind for this type of test in order to make sure that the published package conforms with a standard LMS's requirements?
Thanks so much for your help!

Hello,
A lot depends on the LMS too, not only on CP. I have been creating software simulation assessments, and been successful in loading them up to our LMS (blackboard based). In those simulations I use a mix of scored interactivities (such as clicking, choosing menu options) and question slides. You have to decide which interactivities will be scored, and added to the Total score. Some tips: try to label your interactivity objects (such as click boxes) because it will be easier to understand the results page on the LMS (if the LMS is able to give you the data stored). Check and double check the view 'Advanced Interaction' which gives you a global view of the scored questions and interactions. I had to do some 'trial and error' attempts before finding the right way to publish, but am not sure my settings will be the right one for every LMS. P.e. our LMS can return only the first or the last score, if you want to have multiple attempts. If it is a real final assessment I will rarely allow multiple attempts. Be sure to block the possibility to go back. Perhaps this blog could help you (some nice widgets for quiz slides):
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/09/widgets_to_streamline_your_qui.html
Hoping to have been of some help,
Lilybiri

Adobe Captivate 3

With the End-Of-Development announced for Authorware, Adobe
asked me to
write this article on Adobe Captivate 3 that should be useful
to Authorware
users who are not code lovers, and those who need to do
software simulation
and scenario-based training:-
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/authorware_cp3.html
Steve

Hi Steve,
Given you are in touch with Adobe, and also recognise in your
article that
Captivate 3 will not export to a version of Flash that
Authorware can play
using the asset xtra - it seems that the least Adobe could do
for the
Authorware community is release a new version of the Flash
Asset Xtra that
does support a version of Flash exported by Captivate 3, or
release the
source code to allow someone else to finish building this for
the community.
I know that Mike Baker was working on a new version of the
Asset Xtra during
the AW8 beta, and from memory it wasn't far off being
finished. I put my
hand up as a company that would be prepared to finish off
this Xtra and
release it to the community for free if they were prepared to
give us the
source code. This would allow developers to move to Captivate
slowly from
Authorware, and make this process a bit less painful.
Are you in a position to put this proposal forward to the
powers that be
within Adobe? If not, would you be willing to pass on the
contact details
of who we should contact?
Regards, Glenn.
"Steve Howard" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f9aqep$icd$[email protected]..
> With the End-Of-Development announced for Authorware,
Adobe asked me to
> write this article on Adobe Captivate 3 that should be
useful to
> Authorware users who are not code lovers, and those who
need to do
> software simulation and scenario-based training:-
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/authorware_cp3.html
>
>
> Steve

Reporting Score in Solo Learning LMS

I have read through the message thread and see that there are
other folks having difficulty getting quiz scores to report on
various LMS platforms. Does anyone have suggestions on how to get
the score to report from a Captivate3 SCORM 1.2 course to the Solo
LMS?

Ravi,
For AICC communication, Captivate communicates directly from
the SWF file to
the AICC-compliant LMS. All of the score logic is determined
in the SWF and
then communicated directly from the SWF to the LMS. Unless
you override the
Captivate tracking mechanism, you won't be able to control
the data sent
normally from Captivate to an AICC-compliant LMS. That's why
I suggested
you capture the data from Captivate using the SCORM
mechanism, since all of
the data is sent through JavaScript; and then forward that
data to your
AICC-compliant LMS using your own mechanism.
There are other ways you can capture and override the data...
- Build a server-side script that you re-direct all
AICC-communication to.
Then override the data and forward to the AICC-compliant LMS
- Build a Flash-based wrapper for Captivate files
I am sure there are more options - but maybe I'd start with
the override
using your own server-side script (or using the SCORM
mechanism to capture
the data and re-direct to your AICC-compliant LMS).
The basic steps for using a server-side script would be:
- Build an ASP or other server-side script.
- The server-side script needs to be able to perform an
HTTP-POST to the LMS
- The server-side script needs to be able to parse and
override the data as
necessary for your needs
- Build your own HTM file that captures the AICC parameters
sent to the
content and changes the AICC_URL to the ASP file you built.
It also needs
to pass the real AICC_URL as a different parameter so that
Captivate sends
data to your ASP file but would somehow know what the real
AICC URL is that
is posted to
I don't have the time to help out with this, as I have other
responsibilities.
Regards,
Andrew

SCORM API and APIType

Using Andrews Chemey's article on using SCORM and Captivate
I'm working on a javascript SCORM API to integrate Captivate
results into a web application. I made a shell API and used the
sample from the article and it works perfect in FireFox. When I
switched to IE I can see API calls for Initialize, Commit, and
Terminate, but none of the other calls ever make it to my SCORM
API. I was looking at the Simulation.htm in the SCORM 2004 Non-Pif
directory and found that if I foreced g_intAPIType equal to 1
(getURL) it worked fine in IE.
I'm assuming there are reaons that when it detects IE it was
switching to 0 (fscommand). Can anyone shed some light on this? Is
there a setting in Captivate I need to instruct my content
developers to use to force it to always use 1?
Thanks in advance for any help.

NielRevelle,
I'm confused with what you are trying to do...
However - the Captivate tracking mechanism is a two-way
mechanism that needs
to work in as many browsers, Flash Player versions and
Operating Systems as
possible. This "two-way" mechanism takes advantage of
IE/ActiveX and uses
the setVariable method to pass data into Flash. However,
other browsers and
OSs don't support ActiveX so it uses a different mechanism to
send data into
Flash. That's why g_intAPIType is used (if 0 - it uses
setVariable for the
ActiveX control; if it's 1 - it uses a different mechanism
that supports
other OSs and Browsers, but still supports IE).
Finally, I can understand why Initialize (and Commit and
Finish/Terminate)
is supported but nothing else. If a SCORM-compliant LMS is
not available or
the SCORM API can't be found or the LMS can't initialize -
the other SCORM
calls aren't made. Now - you have to determine why you think
the LMS should
have been initialized but wasn't.
Can you provide more information on what you are trying to
do? Does a stock
Captivate file launch/track from your LMS?
Regards,
Andrew

SCORM 1.2 tracking Captivate 3 lesson_location

I have a client who is using Captivate 3 to author a SCORM 1.2 course. When deployed to the LMS we have experienced problems with bookmarking, in that it does not appear to work all of the time.
On investigating this further using ADL Testsuite to track the data being passed between content and LMS, I was able to establish that a "lesson_location" vary rarely written back to the LMS, even upon Save and Exit. There were a couple of slides and button interactions that trigerred data to be written to the LMS, but upon looking at the author file, there was nothing to suggest why these slides or button clicks should send back data.
I have 2 questions.
1: Is it possible to manipulate when data is being written back to the LMS, ie, can I choose when a lesson_location is saved? The solution I am looking for would be one that is native to Captivate 3 and not a custom JavaScript solution as I need to provide it to a non developer a non developer.
2: What would be the likely cause of the lesson_location being sent to the LMS on the slides and button clicks that it did happen. Understanding this, I hope will help me manipulate it.
I appreciate any help you can provide on this.
Thanks,
Sam

i HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAPTIVATE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WITH BOOKMARKS....NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK WHEN SCORM
1.2.
HERE IS MY COMMUNICATION LOGS:
Fri May 14 16:48:35 CDT 2010
LMSInitialize
LMSGetValue:[cmi.core.lesson_location] value:G0Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enon e%24nPA
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetValue:[cmi.core._children] value:credit,entry,exit,lesson_location,lesson_mode,lesson_status,score,session_time,stud ent_id,student_name,total_time
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetValue:[cmi.launch_data] value:G0Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enon e%24nPA
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetValue:[cmi.core.lesson_location] value:G0Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enon e%24nPA
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSSetValue:[cmi.core.lesson_status] value=failed
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSSetValue:[cmi.core.lesson_location] value=1
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSSetValue:[cmi.core.session_time] value=00:00:19
LMSGetLastError: value=0
LMSSetValue:[cmi.suspend_data] value=B0Enone%24nP0Enone%24nP0Enone%24nP0Enone%24nP0Enone%24nP0Enone%24nP1Enone%24nP1Enon e%24nPA
LMSSetValue:[cmi.core.lesson_status] value=failed
LMSCommit
LMSCommit
i HAVE ATTEMPTED TO USE
cmi.core.lesson_location
cmi.launch_data
to place the contents of "cmi.suspend_data" and nothing seems to restart the Captivate 4 with Bookmarks, in continually restarts the course in the beginning.
Any Help would be appreciated.
reference:
RESTART CAPTIVATE COURSE WITH BOOKMARK SCORM 1.2
RESTART CAPTIVATE 4 COURSE WITH BOOKMARK SCORM 1.2
thanks,
Doug Lubey of Louisiana
www.douglubey.com

Added try it activity.. unable to track the course in Captivate 8?

Hi, I am using Captivate 8 version, I am tracking my course via Slide count. I have try it activity in my course. I am facing the following issues in tracking the course completion.
If the learner answers the try it correctly in the first attempt itself- the slides for try again is skipped, hence those pages are not tracked and completion is not marked.
If I try reducing the slide number in Quizzing->Reporting->Slide Views, there is chance that the completion will be marked well before the learner completing the entire course.
Is there a workaround where we can enter the slide numbers which alone can be tracked for completion?
Note-we are not having any quiz elements.

Hi Lilybiri,
Thanks for your response.
As per our requirement, we have designed the course in such way that a try it activity will be introduced in the middle of the course, where the learner have to perform few steps.
If they perform in correct sequence, he will be promoted to do next set of steps /actions. However, if he/she fails to do so, guidance will be provided with feedback.
Yes, for each single step of action of an application, we have duplicated the slides for try again' as Incorrect, incorrect try again and correct step of action.
If the learner answers the 'try it' correctly in the first attempt itself- the slides for try again is skipped, hence those pages are not tracked and completion is not marked in LMS.
So, need your suggestion and support for this case.

Does Captivate allow a user to track your progress?

Does captivate have the ability to track a users progress? I am trying to create an e-Learning project and I would like to allow the user to stop and exit the course and return a later date at the part of the course they had left. Is this possible. Thanks in advance.
Greg

Thanks for that, that was really helpful. Do you know of any downloadable examples using LMS to bookmark the users progess.
Also I saw this example on the internet, although this is done slightly differently I believe, by using a swf widget.
http://www.cpguru.com//demonstrations/captivateBookmarkDemonstration/captivateBookmarkDemo nstration.htmhttp://www.cpguru.com/2009/02/25/captivate-shared-object-bookmark/
Although this method requires me to purchase a product to create it. Is using LMS better or is this "Shared object bookmark" better?
Greg

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Does anyone know if you can set up "tracks" for a captivate course in the LMS.
I have a course with a lesson that is only applicable to certain group of learners and we dont want the rest of the company to view that information.
Our LMS does have the capability to set up tracks for courses created directly in the LMS system, but I originally created the course using captivate instead.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

If it is critical that one role does NOT see what the other role should see (e.g. for security reasons) then you need to have three separate versions of the course and set up your LMS to determine which role the person belongs to so that the only choice they get is the one appropriate for them. Most LMSs allow you to configure role-based learning this way. You add people to the roles set up in the LMS and that controls the learning options they see.
Doing what I suggested in Captivate is really just a way to have slightly personalised content for different roles inside the same project file. But the downside is that when you get to the quiz, everyone has to do the same questions, otherwise your quiz score can never be 100%. Then you'd need to resort to using a target for points scored instead of a percentage out of 100.

Does Captivate requires Tin Can to enable tracking and viewing in iPad?

Hi Guys,
I'm using Moodle 2.6 then upload Presenter SCORMs.
I need to know if Captivate SCORM supports tracking in iPad.
I'm an Articulate user. Articulate requires Tin Can to enable tracking and viewing in iPad.
Does Captivate requires too?
We need your advise on this.
Please help.
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards, Erwin

Hi Jorma,
Thank you for the fast reply and your attention . I really appreciate it.
That's what we are trying to do now. I hope SCORM will work for iPad specially on tracking activity like graded quizzes and course viewing completions.
I'll update you with the developments. It's a fact that eLearning now a days is evolving to advance learning environment.
Again thank you for your time.
Best Regards,
Erwin

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