Can I place a record audio button in a Captivate project?

Hi. I am working on an e-learning project for radio journalists with Captivate CS5 (Mac version). It would be nice if the students could record their own voice in the same way as they can write in an input text box. And then later, in another slide, listen to what they recorded, and maybe even save the recording through SCORM (1.2) to the LMS (we use Moodle) so they can come back to the course and still listen to their recordings.
Is any of this possible?

Sure it is.
Just buy each student a license of Captivate to go with each course.
They can record their voice, output to SCORM, upload it to Moodle, and listen to themselves.
The course cost might be a bit expensive though...

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