Captivate 3 - Assessment Mode

I've recorded an assessment mode of a software simulation but
cannot get the user results ("the grade") to display. Is this even
possible or are grades only reflected from quiz slides?

Hi Dianne1121 and welcome to the community.
Open Quizz / Quizz Preferances from the menu and check your
output options there, secondly, just check that your user
interactions (click boxes, text boxes etc.) have got points
assigned to them and that these points are to be added to the total
as a zero point assessment cannot return any results.
Hopefully the above will fix your problem.
Cheers
Andrew

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Right-click funcionality not working in assessment mode. I NEED HELP!

Hi - I've recently created a number of assessment recordings. The right-click function works as I'm recording as well as when preview the project and then after I publish it. However, when I give it to a colleague(s) to demo it, for some reason the assessment isn't recognizing her right-click and she gets stuck. We're both running the same IE, flash and windows versions so I am really a at a loss on this one. Has anyone ever encountered the same problem and if so what did you do to fix it?! Thanks a million!

Check this out.
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/01/adding_rightclick_in_captivate.html
somewhere towards the middle of the page @Mike says the following. Hope this helps
quote
Now when you run the movie in your browser, Right-Click is not working...
off course it will not work, as Right-Click uses Flash External Interface, and this new path
is not a trusted path by your flash player
Solution : You need to add this new path to your Flash Player security
Scenario 2: You just shared your right-click movie folder over the network ,
say the new path for other users is   "\\your-machine-name\My-Right-Click-Movie"
( or "\\nework-machine-02\work\captivate-movies\My-Rihgt-Click" )
and other users are complaining that , Right-Click is not working...
Yes once again the reason is same and new path   "\\your-machine-name\My-Right-Click-Movie"
( or "\\nework-machine-02\work\captivate-movies\My-Rihgt-Click" )   in not a trusted path by
other user's flash player
Solution : other user need to add this path "\\your-machine-name\My-Right-Click-Movie"
into his Flash player security setting.
How to add a path to flash player security setting?
Check this URL :
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.htm l
unquote

Tab key does not work properly in Assessment mode

I am predominatly using Adobe Captivate for software simulations and assessment purposes.
I've seen similar items posted on the forums and noted this appears to be a common problem with a solution, to edit the HTM file with the code so.addParam("seamlessTabbing", "false"); see post http://forums.adobe.com/message/5283597#5283597.
I tried this with a file that was published without the need for SCORM compliance and it worked fine. Once the requirement was introduced for SCORM compliance (and to publish as a Zip file), this does not work as the code is different in the HTM file.
My file has the following code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="captivate.css" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Enter Billable Time - Assessment</title>

<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="standard.js"    ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="scormdriver.js" ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="SCORM_utilities.js" ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="Utilities.js"   ></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
   //Register event handlers
   window.onkeypress    = CheckForDebugCommand;
   window.onload    = OnloadActivities;
   window.onbeforeunload = Finish;
   window.onunload   = Finish;
   document.onkeypress   = CheckForDebugCommand;
</script>
</head>
<body>
   <div id = "CaptivateContent">
    <noscript>
     This course requires JavaScript to be enabled in your browser.
     Please enable JavaScript, then relaunch the course.
    </noscript>
   </div>
</body>
</html>
How could I edit this to disable the "seamless tabbing" referred to in the original article to make the TAB key work as intended.
Thank you.

This is from my e-book:
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/troubleshoot-adobe-captivate
Notice that the procedure for Seamless Tabbing in Cp6 with SCORM is different to that for normal non-LMS courses.
Implementing Seamless Tabbing in Cp6
All Captivate versions up to and including Cp6 had Seamless Tabbing active by default and set in the HTM template code. But you can still turn it off by manually inserting some code into the published HTM file as follows:
Navigate to your published Captivate content and open the HTM file in Notepad.
Locate the line of code in the HTM file that starts with:
var so = new SWFObject(
Add the following code on the next line:
so.addParam("seamlessTabbing", "false");
Save changes to the file and test by running your project again in the browser. You should now be able to use the TAB key without leaving your published content.
Adding seamless tabbing to Cp6 SCORM support files
Seamless tabbing in Cp6 SCORM projects is a little more complex because the templates are quite different to those used for normal content. To control seamless tabbing in SCORM content you need to make the changes to the SCORM_utilities.js file in the Captivate install directory.
Depending on whether you’re on 32bit or 64bit, you should be able to find it at one of these locations:
32bit:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 6 (32 Bit)\Templates\Publish\SCORM\Default\js
64bit:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 6\Templates\Publish\SCORM\Default\js
Open the SCORM_utilities.js file in Notepad or another suitable plain text editor. Scroll down to the end of the code until you find the following lines:
so.addParam("quality", "high");
so.addParam("wmode", CONFIG.WMODE);
so.addParam("bgcolor", CONFIG.BGCOLOR);
so.addParam("menu", "false");
so.setAttribute("name", CONFIG.SWFOBJ_NAME);
so.setAttribute("redirectUrl", CONFIG.REDIRECT_URL);
so.addParam("AllowScriptAccess","always");
so.write(CONFIG.TARGET);
Add the so.addParam("seamlessTabbing", "false"); code to this group and save the file.
If you are currently unable to save changes to these template files, my gut feeling would be that it must have something to do with your user permissions. E.g. you are not an Administrator for your own PC. Is that possible?

Need clarification for Captivate assessment settings

Greetings,
I have questions about how an LMS handles unique identifiers
that are assigned to questions or interactions in a 3rd party
software such as Flash or Captivate.
First of all, I must say that the more I work with our LMS
(Integrity eLearning’s WBT) the more I like it. It appears to
so feature rich that I have to ask questions such as the ones
below. I would certainly recommend this product. But I am not the
LMS admin, so these questions are necessary.
My intent is to make an LMS Report (such as the Question
Response Summary Report) more readable, and therefore better
understood. To do this I need to understand naming limitations when
a Captivate generated SCO is integrated with our LMS.
For example: (for those experienced with Captivate)
In Captivate:
I have an assessment based on how a user interacts with a
series of slides. The slides emulate the use of a piece of
software. There are transparent click boxes on specific slides.
On specific slides, for a specific click box:
In Click Box Properties, Reporting tab, I have 5 variables
available. 3 fields and 2 check boxes. I understand the uses of the
2 check boxes (Include In Quiz and Report Answers) and the
Weighting field. My questions relate to 2 fields:
Objective ID:
Interaction ID:
The Objective ID:
I believe this variable needs to be a consistent identifier,
the label is the same for each different interaction within the one
assessment (SCO). So, if I have 5 slides, each with one click box,
this property for each of the 5 click boxes is the same.
Does this relate to a separate Objective dictated by the LMS
or is this related strictly to the that SCO?
Can I use the same identifier in a different assessment, for
a different SCO?
In other words, can I re-use this exact label and not have
data problems when I generate reports?
The Interaction ID:
I believe this variable has to have unique identifiers
(within the single lesson) for each question in the assessment
(SCO). So, if I have 5 slides, each with one click box, this
property for each of the 5 click boxes is different and unique
within the SCO.
Is this correct?
If correct:
Can I use the same identifier in a different assessment, for
a different SCO?
Can the value have spaces or will spaces cause problems?
Can I re-use the labels in different SCOs?
If I have no particular Objective, but I do have Interactions
I want to track, do I have to have a value for the Objective ID
field?
If not, is it good practice to have one anyway? Does it
matter?
When I put in identifiers in these fields, and if I can
re-use the identifiers in different SCOs, can I have spaces,
special characters, etc. or would this cause problems when data is
retrived from the back-end database?
Thank you,
TPK

TPK,
Objective ID fields are supposed to be based on Objectives
set in
conjunction with an LMS. You can tie various questions to an
"Objective"
and then confirm the learner has met their objectives (or
determine where
they need help). Captivate doesn't support much beyond
sending Objective
IDs in interaction data (e.g. doesn't send objective's score,
etc).
Interaction IDs are supposed to be unique across all content
in an LMS.
That typically isn't realistic and I don't know any LMS that
requires or
expects them to be unique. For your reports, the Interaction
IDs should be
unique in a single Captivate file. If you want to track
interactions, but
don't care about objective's - you can leave it blank or put
in a "0". It
won't cause problems in your reporting with WBT Manager (e.g.
a recommended
LMS).
Hope that helps
Regards,
Andrew

Some questions about features of captivate

Hello,
since I am waiting some days now for a recall of the adobe office i ask here if some features are available within captivate:
- Is it possible to upscale a recorded session to the screen size. e.g. captured with 800*600, played with 1024*768? Same functionality like upscaling a video on youtube ...
- Is there a pause button? Can i pause the session (as the person who is using the finished module to learn something) and restart at the same point som days later? Even on another computer?
- I´ve seen multiple choice and dropdown. Are there any other types of question directly implemented in captivate? Like fill-in-the-blank text or drag & drop with pictures? Or anything else?
- What about accessibility? anything possible with the mouse also possible by shortcuts with the keyboard? Especially forward, backward, start, stop, pause, tab to the next input, ...
- Can the design of the controls customizable? We need all buttons with a corporate design ...
- How detailed are the recordings. Can i see a example for mouse overs and dropdowns somewhere? How much will this increase the file size of the final module?
- Is the an (optinal) print button on to print out any single page of the module?
Thank you very much for some short answers
Frank

Short answers, as requested:
- Is it possible to upscale a recorded session to the screen size. e.g. captured with 800*600, played with 1024*768? Same functionality like upscaling a video on youtube ...
YES. You can change the project size after capturing, however, you will likely notice some loss of crispness in the output. The best size to use for capturing is the one that you DO NOT need to alter afterward.
- Is there a pause button? Can i pause the session (as the person who is using the finished module to learn something) and restart at the same point som days later? Even on another computer?
YES and NO. You are referring to bookmarking. Captivate has a couple of options in this area. One is used when NOT using an LMS and the other is only possible when using SCORM and an LMS. If you are publishing your content to SCORM using a Learning Management System, then some LMSs may support being able to resume the content from another PC at a later date. You need to know more about your particular LMS for the full answer.
- I´ve seen multiple choice and dropdown. Are there any other types of question directly implemented in captivate? Like fill-in-the-blank text or drag & drop with pictures? Or anything else?
YES. There are seven different scorable quiz question types, plus non-scorable Likert questions, and you can also randomise questions via quiz pools. Drag and drop question slides are available via widgets from Infosemantics. Captivate 6.1 and 7, also have drag and drop capability.
- What about accessibility? anything possible with the mouse also possible by shortcuts with the keyboard? Especially forward, backward, start, stop, pause, tab to the next input, ...
YES and NO. Your question is too broad to answer. Not everything possible with a mouse is replicable with a keyboard because some keystrokes are already taken by the browser, and not all browsers behave the same way. Tabbing has been vastly improved in Cp7.
- Can the design of the controls customizable? We need all buttons with a corporate design ...
It depends on your definition of "buttons" and how you want them to look. For example, you can use a graphics editor to create your own image buttons, and Cp6 or Cp7 allows you to fill shape buttons with a graphic. Either of these can be added to slides. If you're talking about branding the playbar buttons, you'll need to pay an ActionScript or Flash guru to build you a custom playbar.
- How detailed are the recordings. Can i see a example for mouse overs and dropdowns somewhere? How much will this increase the file size of the final module?
Download the trial version, install it and play around with the screencapture functionality. You'll soon see what you can and cannot achieve. You can certainly capture mouseovers and dropdown menus in demo mode. Reproducing the behaviour of similar controls in Training or Assessment mode is a bit more involved.
- Is the an (optinal) print button on to print out any single page of the module?
NO. But you can create printable PDFs and link them to each page if you really want this.

Entering numbers on captivate 3

When I run the project in assessment mode Captivate allows me to enter text and it will then move on to the next slide (using mouse clicks or shortcuts). However, when I do this with numbers it sticks and will not move forward. When i click back into the text box and press enter (this is the shortcut for this slide) really hard it finally moves to the next slide. It only does this with numbers and I dont know if I am using the wrong type of box or not. If anyone knows how to rectify this please help. I can send through attachments to explain what I mean.
Thank you

Hi,
Simply use the keypad as you type an SMS (atleast used to type on the old generation cell phones )
Simply click the number key several times till the required number appears on the screen.
Shlomi
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Captivate 6 How to validate user input without using keyboard shortcuts

I've been using Adobe Captivate 6 for about 4 months now. Completely new to the program. The number one function of Captivate for me will to create many software simulations for verifiable training. This means that I will be utilizing the training and assessment modes A LOT. I have run into many hurdles throughout the process, but one of my biggies right now is this:
In the training and assessment modes, I have times where the user must input data such as an address or number. In the actual software they will be utilizing it is not always required to use TAB or ENTER in order to move to the next field. In some instances, it will be necessary to actually click into a field after entering data. My problem is that it seems as if Captivate will not allow this, as a keyboard shortcut is automatically entered even if a TAB or ENTER is not required after input. I assume this is so that the inputted information can be verified. If you decide you do not want to use a keyboard shortcut to validate the inputted information, you must have a submit button. Is there any way to change this?? All I want is for the user to enter information and then click into another field WITHOUT having to press ENTER, TAB, or hit a submit button. Is this even possible if you need user input to be validated?? Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated!!

Hello,
A while ago I explained the work flow I’m using often in that case, only for the last field you need to have either a shortcut or a submit button AND the sequence has to be imposed. The idea is that you make the Submit button for the first field transparent, delete the ‘Submit’ text and put it over the second field. So if the user clicks on the second field, he also submits the value of the first field.
Here is the blog post I’m referring to:
http://lilybiri.posterous.com/one-submit-button-for-multiple-text-entry-box
Although it was written for previous versions, the idea will still be functional.
Lilybiri

Recording Mode

Captivate will not allow me to change the Recording Mode to
anything other than "Demonstration".
This is what I do. I go to "Edit", "Preferences",
"Recording", "Modes", and change the Recording Mode from
"Demonstration" to "Training Simulation". If I click "OK" and go
back into "Preferences", the Recording Mode is set back to
"Demonstration". Captivate will not allow me to change the
Recording Mode to anything other than "Demonstration". What could
be causing this?
Adobe Captivate 4 Build 1596
Dell Vostro 2510
Windows Vista Business SP1
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz
3GB RAM
250GB HDD

Welcome to our community, EM
I think you are slightly confused by the dialog. When you
click Edit > Preferences > Recording node > Mode(s) node
what you see is a dialog allowing you to configure preferences for
the different recording modes. You aren't actually choosing the
mode to record in by default. You choose the mode at the time you
record.
Here's how it works. You open Captivate and choose to record
a project. Upon choosing the type of recording you see the red
recording rectangle. In the upper left corner of the rectangle is a
gray strip containing 5 icons. You choose the recording mode from
those icons. For example, let's say you wanted Assessment mode. You
would click the Camera icon. When you do this, a larger flyout
dialog appears. In that dialog is where you configure the mode(s)
you want.
Hopefully something here was helpful... Rick

How can I get Captivate to score across multiple question pools?

I have set up a Captivate assessment as follows:
A core set of 50 questions will be presented to all learners
Depending on where the learner is, he will receive an additional 10 questions from one of 5 location-specific pools
Learners will see a total of 60 questions
I have my question pools set up and branching correctly, and am using the Branch Aware option to assist with this and the progress indicator. Before the first question I have the learner click one of several buttons (not quiz elements) to set a location variable, and after presenting the core questions I use this variable to determine which random question slide to jump to next (with set of slides pointing to a different question pool). After asking the 10 random questions from that pool the learner is then redirected to the review slide so only one set of location-specific slides is encoutnered on each attempt.
All of that seems to be working as designed but the scoring is not behaving as I had expected; despite the fact that all questions are asked before the review slide is presented (i.e. all questions are within the quiz scope in both the edit-time and run-time sense) the review slide only reports results from the first question pool. For example, in a test file I reduced the question slides for the first pool to only display 2 questions, for a total of 12 presented, but my results show "0 of 2 correct" or "2 of 2 correct." The pass/fail results of the module match the review slide, so this is not a simple display issue; if I miss either of the two questions from the first pool I fail regardless of what happens in the second pool.
What am I missing? Surely there wouldn't be the option of using multiple question pools if only one could be graded ...
I am working on Captivate 6.0.1 64-bit for Windows. FWIW the file was originally created in Captivate 5 and has since been upconverted, but the additional question pools weren't introduced until after the conversion processes so I wouldn't expect this to be related to residual crud left over from that process.

Thanks for the quick response ...
I had already tried deleting the review slide itself, though Captivate wouldn't let me - it just hid it. I tried again using the method you recommended but the slide remained in the filmstrip, so I tried deleting again, then re-added it from the Quiz Settings page ... no joy, same behavior as before.
I checked the Advanced Interaction page and confirmed that all of the scored questions were configuredthe same way as the non-scored questions, with the only difference being the pool that they were drawing from.
Other thoughts? I am by no means a Captivate expert but this one really feels like it shouldn't be this hard, and I'm more than a little afraid that it's the file itself that's jacked up ...

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All, Any script or method to find out how many users are connected to exchange servers in online mode?
Manju Gowda

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Help!!! Can captivate stop between slides??

Hi
I am creating a demo through capitvate. Is there anyway for
capitvate to stop between slides and it be up to the presenter to
continue to the next slide?
Please help! I am desperate!
Simona

Hi Simona and welcome to our community
If you are wanting this behavior to occur by virtue of
recording, click Options > Recording Options... and configure
one of the Assessment modes.
If you are talking about a project you have already recorded,
click Insert > Click Box... or Insert > Button... and insert
a Click Box or Button object on each slide. The default nature of
these objects is to pause the project until your user interacts.
Hopefully this helps... Rick

Auto-generated objects are not generated - CP2 and CP1

Hi folks,
Almost nothing that is dependent on the Event Handler works.
When I "click" during recording, nothing is added to the new movie
except the capture of the background ... no matter the
recording mode used. When recording in Demo mode, text captions and
highlights should be auto-generated, but are not. And when
recording in either of the Assessment modes, clickboxes and other
interactivity that should be auto-generated are not.
Sudden onset - no prior trouble.
Both Captivate 1 and 2 are loaded and the problem exists with
both. Yet both were fine earlier (though I don't know when this
happened, I just know it was discovered on both at the same time
yesterday.)
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Recording Software Simulation using Epiphan VGA2USB

Hi,
Can someone help me with an answer for the below question:
I have one question : How can we Record Software Simulation in Assessment mode in the following scenario :
1.laptop 1 has Adobe Captivate installed and is the source recording machine
2.laptop 2 has the software for which the recording and simulation needs to be done but this does not have captivate.
3. We use Epiphan's VGA2USB device to perform screen capture from Laptop 2 to Laptop 1 using Epiphan Capture Tool software.
My Question is : How can we get the clicks done on Laptop 2 be recorded using Captivate on Laptop 1, so I can capture the recording in Assessment Mode.
Thanks
Raghu

Hi Raghu,
Firstly, we do not recommend to record a different machine using a remote client, as there could be issues with latency.
If both machines are in same domain/intranet, you can use the Remote Desktop Share and while recording choose an application to record from list as RDP Service, readjust the recording window and start capturing.
Captivate would capture the events from Application listed which in this case would be RDP, I have not personaly used VGA2USB, if it can recreate a similar scenario you can test that as well.
Thanks,
Anjaneai

How to edit the final output ?

I have recorded the instructions using Captivate 5, using application mode.
I just realized that, i do not want the users to view the entire application. Instead i want them to view only a portion of the application.
I do know that there is an option while you start recording, to select only a portion of app, but i want to edit the one which i already have.
Could anyone please help me out in this ??
Thanks !

Hello and welcome to the forum,
Your question is not totally clear: you did use application mode, and other settings: Automatic or FMR, if Automatic, did you use Demonstration, Training or Assessment mode?
If it is FMR, the quickest way is to restart the capture, and IMO that is only the best way if you used Automatic with any of the modes I mentioned.
One way to achieve (but with loss of quality) is to rescale the project (Modify menu) and have it cropped to the portion you want to keep. But this means that the resolution will be a lot smaller than the one you first choose and you'll loose quality.
If you do not mind work, you could also lookup the backgrounds in the Library, edit them in a graphical application (like Photoshop) and edit all the other objects as well. But really, choose the easiest way: recapture everything and choose the proper region you want to capture.
Lilybiri

Images getting replaced when reviewing project

I am at wits end. I have an 88 slide Test that involves a lot
of .jpg images inserted into question slides. At the end of the
test I have a software simulation in Assessment mode for the
student to maneuver around accordingly. That's where things get
funky. Different images are placed where they shouldn't be. And
when I go to edit the slide, it shows the correct slide, but when I
preview the project it is incorrect.
I have cleaned out my library, and restarted my computer, but
with now luck. I am hoping someone can help. Thanks!!
Jason

Hi Jason
For starters, perhaps pare the number of slides down? Break
the project into two different projects. At the end of one, open
the other.
I've never heard of Captivate rearranging images. I'm not
saying it can't happen, just that I've never seen it or seen it
reported here. Are you certain that you don't have some images
hidden? Look at your Timeline in the column below the icon of the
eye. Anything have an X? If so, that means the object is hidden
from your view, but will still be included in the final result.
Cheers... Rick

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