Certificate of completion Captivate 8

Hei everyone.
Anyone here who knows how to change color theme on certificate of completion widget in captivate 8, or if it's even possible? I am able to change colour of text but can't see where to change colour of background, style etc.
Thanks in advance.

Hei Lilybiri,
Thanks for the help. I have followed the steps on your blog but the weird thing is that when i click on customize i don't get a dialog box. nothing under default colors and nothing under theme colors. The only choice i get is to change text color.
What could be the reason?
Here are the steps i have followed on your blog:
The interaction themes are at the left, with default theme selected; use the Custom button at the bottom
Default Colors are activated, and you could customize them using the Customize button, but then you'll see the old cold dialog box, which has no link to your theme colors
Click on Theme colors: the preview will be changed immediately, and the Customize button now appears under Theme Colors
When using this customize button, you'll see the Theme colors with their tints when changing a color.

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PDF customized certificate of completion

I need to create a printable landscape PDF certificate of completion, and I am not sure the best approach to take. The end certificate should look kind of like a diploma (will have fancy image border, some logos...). The certificate is basically a template with a couple of dymanicly populated areas (like the name). What is the best way to accomplish this? Do I create a PDF form template in Acrobat first, then read that in using cfpdf and then try to populate the dynamic areas (if that is even possible). I tried using cfdocument, which seemed to be the easiest solution, but I cannot get the certificate to take up the whole page - it only seems to take up 1/3 of the page no matter what I do.
Running CF8 (DW CS3 though I generally only use it for coding and do not know how to even use the extensions).
Thanks for any suggestions or references to tutorials or other threads.
Cheryl

Generally this is handled by an LMS.
To do in CP, the best I can think of is to make the last page
a
certificate that shows the user's score/results.
Or you could use basic branching, perhaps, to show or not
that
certificate slide...but not sure how you'd do that based on
the user's
score (CP branches are, afaik, based on clicks, not on
variable values).
Erik
sglc wrote:
> Is there a way to add a Certificate of Completion at the
end of a course - to be generated when the learner
> has satisfactorily completed the course? I am using
Captivate 3 with Windows XP.
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Certificate of Completion

Is there a way to add a Certificate of Completion at the end
of a course - to be generated when the learner has satisfactorily
completed the course? I am using Captivate 3 with Windows
XP.

Generally this is handled by an LMS.
To do in CP, the best I can think of is to make the last page
a
certificate that shows the user's score/results.
Or you could use basic branching, perhaps, to show or not
that
certificate slide...but not sure how you'd do that based on
the user's
score (CP branches are, afaik, based on clicks, not on
variable values).
Erik
sglc wrote:
> Is there a way to add a Certificate of Completion at the
end of a course - to be generated when the learner
> has satisfactorily completed the course? I am using
Captivate 3 with Windows XP.
Erik Lord
http://www.capemedia.net
Adobe Community Expert - eLearning
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
http://www.awaretips.net -
Authorware Tips!

Adding a Certificate of Completion

Hi!
Is there an easy way to create a certificate of completion for the module that I created? I found the link, but is not a very easy way...
I hope it will work with the pdf files that we're going to deliver to the students.
http://www.connectusers.com/tutorials/2009/02/certificates/
Thank you for the previous help. Adobe Presenter works OK now but only from the Administrator (built-in) account.
Thanks.
Margareta

There is a Certificate of Completion built-in, with several templates, but the student taking the module or course can only add his/her name and Presenter adds the total score, not the name of the module / course, and school. Did anyone find out a better way to issue these certificates? I cannot use Adobe Connect as the client wants to have these resources available offline.
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How to Host completed Captivate 5 Content

I thought completed Captivate 5 Content could be hosted on Acrobat.com. I see how to upload and share content for reviews. I have attempted to upload a project and all that I see will upload is a zip and pdf file but not cptx. I thought the option would exist to upload a completed project for a learning and that Acrobat.com would offer a link that would launch the project.
I would prefer to share the swf content and not a pdf as not all of our users have Acrobat Reader 9.
Is it possible to host a captivate project in Acrobat.com so I can have learners use the content? If so how?
I also thought the cptx files would upload but do not see it in my Acrobat.com account.
My intent is create short 5 to 10 minute demonstrations of software for training and to also develop more comprehensive Lessons. The Acrobat.com LMS will work for my needs.

Hello,
Thank you for posting. At this time, it is not possible to preview Captivate content in Acrobat.com; you can certainly upload the files and share them, but they will not be viewable within the Acrobat.com environment. As Adobe Reader is free software, you may want to recommend that your intended audience download it from the Adobe site:
http://get.adobe.com/reader
It only takes a minute, and will help you distribute your content with Acrobat.com from within a PDF (although, to be clear, the PDF will have to be downloaded and viewed in Reader or Acrobat for your embedded .swf file to play).
If you have further questions, please let me know and I will be happy to answer them for you.
Best,
Rebecca

How do i remove the authorized signature from a certificate widget on captivate 8?

Does anyone know how to remove the authorized signature from a certificate widget on captivate 8?
or
How to build my own widget to include quiz results/score and print widget?

Strange workaround, but just checked it and it works (even for responsive project): you can drag the Signature, I dragged it as far out as possible (to the bottom) and when previewing the Certificate it was gone.
Do you need a widget? It is not that easy if you need it both for SWF and HTML output because I'm aware at this moment of only very few widgets available on the market. You can create a slide with all you need, using the quizzing system variables and a button with a JS to print?
Maybe some inspiration here: Intermediate Score Slides - Captivate blog

How to Host completed Captivate Content

I thought completed Captivate 5 Content could be hosted on Acrobat.com. I see how to upload and share content for reviews. I have attempted to upload a project and all that I see will upload is a zip and pdf file but not cptx. I thought the option would exist to upload a compteted project for a learning and that Acrobat.com would offer a link that would launch the project.
I would prefer to share the swf content and not a pdf as not all of our users have Acrobat Reader 9.
Is it possible to host a captivate project in Acrobat.com so I can have learners use the content? If so how?
Do I need a Connect Pro account? If so will I need a Meeting Account such as the one for $55/month that is available for a single host. I worked with one of the large teleconferance providers and they seemed to think I needed a Connect Pro Account with Presentation enabled and Author with no Meeting. Look like this would upload content only.
Or is Screencast.com an option?
My intent is create short 5 to 10 minute demonstrations of software for training and to also develop more comprehensive Lessons. The Acrobat.com LMS will work for my needs.

Thank you Mark,
I do like the way Connect Pro allows the training to start without a download. Will the Meeting and Presenter component that can be purchased for $55 per month work? The limit of 100 is not a problem for us. To me this is a better option than screencast.com and at this time, we do now want to set up an ftp server.
Regards,
Kevin

Certificate of Completion with Date Stamp

Greetings,
Is it possible to make a form that will automatcally add a date stamp to it.? Here is the scenario: a user completes a series of questions through an eLearning module. At the end of it, they click on a button/link that takes them to a page that has a PDF in it. The PDF has a fillable form so they enter their name into it and at some point, maybe when they get to the pdp, it is time/date stamped for that user. They print the PDF out and give it to their supervisor.
Make sense?
Maybe it's not possible to get the stamp to be added as soon as they get to the PDF, maybe they have to push a button on the PDF to have it added? I don't know what is possible or if it is possible. We would just like to have some way to get a date stamp onto the PDF. The PDF doesn't have to be downloaded, it only needs to be printed as hardcopy, although having an option to have the PDF emailed to the user might be an option as long as it can only be printed.
Comments, suggestions?

Yes, it's possible, with a bit of JavaScript. You can have the date field automatically populated when the form is first opened or after they enter their name. For the latter, you could add the following script to the Validate event of the name field:
// Get a reference to the date field
var f = getField("date");
if (event.value) {
f.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());
} else {
f.value = "";
Replace "date" with the actual name of your date field. You can also use a different date format, but this should get you started. If you want it to populate when the document is opened, it's a bit more complicated, but post again if this is what you want.

Captivate 8 print widget does not print in landscape; prints full resolution of project and not just the certificate?

I am new to Captivate and am tasked with learning how to use Captivate 8. I need to add a certificate of completion to the end of my project and have many questions for which I cannot find any answers! Please, if anyone can answer these:
1) I do not want the certificate to be printed until the score of the quiz reaches a specific minimum - for example, you need a score of 80% or better to print a certificate. How do I do this with the print widget?
2) I want the certificate to print out without the slide background and without the project's resolution - in other words, I only want the certificate image (with added text box for name) to print, IN LANDSCAPE, without the user having to make all the adjustments on their end (choosing landscape over portrait with their printer). How is this accomplised?
3) I want a date entered on the certificate - how do I add this specific element?
Without a certificate widget and the use of Flash with this version, I am confused as to how exactly Captivate provides the ability to print certificates? I do not know HTML5, and am spotty with Javascript. Why would a feature such as certificates and the ability to print them be such a clandestine thing? No tutorials, no clear advice on how exactly to achieve this widely popular feature of training material development. Seems to me that it should be MUCH easier to accomplish, but I'm stumped at this point.

The solution I found is this:
Don't use the print widget in Captivate 8. It simply does not work the way it should be able to work. Unless you are capable of scripting in Actionscript 2.0 and have access to an older version of Captivate, there is no way to get around this bug.
The problem I discovered is that Captivate 8 will only allow you to use Actionscript 3.0 in Flash; you can open the widget in Flash, but you MUST open it through Captivate first if you intend to use it in Captivate. So, once you open the widget for adjustments through Captivate, it automatically chooses AS 3.0 as the scripting language to use, no other choice is available. IF you have Captivate 7 or lower, however, it allows you to script in AS 2.0. I do not, so I cannot assist you in scripting the widget.
What I ended up doing was, I made my own certifcate in Photoshop, saved it as a .PNG, and added it to the last page. Using the internal coding of Captivate I told the program to only go to that slide upon success of the quiz.
To Print: go to Window > Skin Editor. On the left are check boxes for playbar choices - check off 'Show Playback Control,' and then choose your theme. From the dropdown, choose "print." If you don't want anything else on the playbar, then check those items off; Choose where you want the playbar to show (I chose bottom and bottom center). See below:
You can see the icons on the bottom, in the center. The icon to the left is the Print button. This works well, though you may have to make print choices from your local print dialog. I have to tell it to print landscape, for instance, otherwise it prints portait and too small. But this does work, and it solves the issue of non-working print widgets.

Certificates in Captivate 4

Hello All,
I have managed to use the certificate widget to insert a basic certificate into adobe captivate 4 - I have got the user name on the certificate via a text box - and using the v-Name varaible. However the certificate is very basic. Is there any way I could import a certificate created in powerpoint - and then put the vname varaible on it.

Hi Kingrollo2,
Did you get any replies yet to your question ?
I agree with you, the Certificate in v4 is very, very basic.
I have another question that I will be posting on this forum and that is: Can you Edit the font and number of characters for the Course name ? My course title does not appear in full on the certificate and cannt see how to change the settings.
Any ideas ?
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Captivate 6 Certificate Interaction Printing Error

I have read a few forum discussions about the prinitng problems associated with the Certificate Interaction in Captivate 6. I am having similar experiences whereby I can generate a certificate with the users specific information. However when they use the print option it clears all of that data and only prints a blank certificate. Has anyone found a fix or know a way around this? I tried the print widget but it would only print a small chunk of the page. I have afairly urgent need for this and could really do with some advice.
Also on a side note, how do I create and tie a text box to the User Name field in the Certificate. I cant find any variables that are created with it. So cant see how to control it. At the moment im using the "Other" variable in the widget to pull through a name.
Any help woudl be greatly appreciated. I feel so frustrated as im so close but seeminlgy so far.
Jay

I've seen a number of these issues reported so far. Adobe has offered an update for one of the other interactions. My hope is that they will soon do likewise for the certificate.
In the meantime, if you don't need HTML5, you might try the older certificate widget that you can insert from the widgets panel.
Or as an alternative, you might like to check out some third party certificate widgets from CaptivateDev.com.

Certificate of Completion_Captivate 4

Hey Everyone,
At the end of the Captivate course, I want the participates to have the ability to print out a certificate of completion. How can this be done in Captivate 4?
Thanks!

Hi there,
Captivate 4 ships with lot of widgets, one of them is the Certificate Widget. You may insert the certificate widget from the Widgets panel. Follow Windows >> Widget to invoke the widget panel
You will find more details about the widget here : http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Captivate/4.0/Using/WS48CDC052-3430-49b3-9BFC-0FC7793F1C34.htm l
-Ashwin Bharghav B
Adobe Captivate Team

Printing a slide in Captivate 6 HTML5 output via javascript

I have been googling for the past 3 work days trying to figure this out.
I had some limited success with printing a div via javascript and pointing it at the slide div (I know it happens to be Slide16952).
Which is fine, except it doesn't keep the CSS elements of the slide which is what makes it a pretty completion certificate. Print widgets won't work because I have to publish to HTML5 and not flash (no, no choice in this). I am struggling to get any javascript working.
I have this right now which I just picked up as a generic to try and get me going
function PrintElem(elem)
        Popup($('<div/>').append($(elem).clone()).html());
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        mywindow.document.write('<style type="text/css" media="print,screen">.hideMe{display:none;}.NoPrintClass{display:none;}</style>');
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        mywindow.document.write(' using javascript: '+mywindow.opener.document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML);
        mywindow.document.write('<br/>contentEnds');
        mywindow.document.write('<br/>');
        mywindow.document.write('</body></html>');
        mywindow.document.focus();
        mywindow.document.close();
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I then point my print button at PrintElem('Slide16952') via a javascript window.
obviously I haven't written this to fit my particular project yet, but the part I am having the most issue with is trying to get the captivate CSS stuff to come through. mydiv should = Slide16952 I think. The CSS form that captivate creates has several block visible elements, but I believe the one I am trying to make sure I get is .cp-shape in CPLibrary.css, but there could be others I want too and I am not sure which.
has anyone had any luck getting a single slide printed in HTML? window.print() only gets me like 95% of the slide and a loft of white space around it.

function printPartofPage() {
    var DocumentContainer = document.getElementById('Slide16952');
    var WindowObject = window.open('', 'PrintWindow', 'width=1280,height=720,top=50,left=50,toolbars=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,resizable=no') ;
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<!DOCTYPE html>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<html><head><title></title>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/css/CPLibrary.css">');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('</head><body>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<body style="background-image:url(dr/CertBorder.png);">');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<h1 style="text-align:center; top: 30px;">Certificate of Completion</h1>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln(DocumentContainer.innerHTML);
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<img src="dr/17170_271_44.png" style="position:absolute; left: 896px; top: 464px; width: 294px; height: 73px;"></img>');
    WindowObjext.document.writeln('<p style="text-decoration:overline; position:absolute; left: 908px; top: 494px;">Authorized Signature</p>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('</body></html>');
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latest code update. Almost everything is working now. I am going to get rid of the h1 line because I am going to redesign the certificate image and incorporate the Certificate of Completion part in the image file CertBorder. I may also do that for the image (which is a signature) and the <p></p> portion, so that I am pulling all of that into the image template and aligning it where it needs to be and just grabbing the image.
I have the WindowObject.print and .close commented out so I can get it all working. Once I know it works I will uncomment those for final testing.
This isn't a great solution, but it's the only one I can seem to make work at this point and it will be pretty transparent to the user once it's done. So far it doesn't set off the pop-up blocker for me, but I am doing this all locally on my hard drive so I suspect that may become an issue once published.
also, all credit where credit is due (here is where I got my baseline code ideas http://jsfiddle.net/Zmqzb/)

Need Certificate Widget for Cap 5 with Auto Date

Okay, folks--I've spent a half day on this and it's time to throw up my hands. I've wandered all over the internet, sure I would find the answer, but no.
I'm not a Flash developer or a code afficianado. I'm just your average instructional designer trying to get along with Captivate 5. I don't want to create a bunch of new stuff. I want the functionality there for me. I did research and try to see what it would take for me to develop my own certificate widget, but it sort of defeats the whole rapid e-learning premise, if you know what I mean!
I just want a certificate of completion widget that A) allows the user to enter his name B) autofills the date C) actually inserts my logo instead of asking for the file and then doing nothing with it C) prints out when you click the print button. Where can I put my hands on such a widget that will function in CAPTIVATE 5?
(Why, OH WHY, doesn't the certificate of completion work the way it did in Captivate 4? In desperation, I tried loading the widget that was used for 4, but it's not happy in 5. And WHY would you have it available in the award certificate and not the completion certificate? I don't want to AWARD them. I want to acknowleded that they successfully completed a tutorial.)

By the way the certificate widget doesn't work using the instructions in "Using Adobe Captivate 5" manual (which are actually 4s instructions), no blank slide with a variable of v_Name is required.
The correct instructions for 5 are:
Insert a blank slide after the quiz result and insert the certificate widget, choose the layout and add information:
·         Name of the course
·         Date on which the course was taken or leave default dates which fill in automatically upon completion
·         Signature of Authority
Once published, before the certificate is displayed, there is an auto generated page by the widget requiring the user to input a name, and to use the Submit button. The name automatically is inserted on the Certificate. It can also be tested by Previewing it.
Note: This still didn't work for me after I had set up the certificate widget according to the manual and after much research I found that if you have already created a variable in Project/Variables named v_Name, in order to get the certificate to work in Captivate 5 the variable needs to be removed from Project/Variables.
Captivate may tell you it can't remove the variable and that it is attached to a slide, however once you remove the slide that it was used on and delete it from the library you can remove the variable. As a precaution, I shut down Captivate and reopened it to clear any temp memory, then checked to see if the variable was gone and it was. At that point I inserted the certificate following the instructions above and it worked correctly.
Good luck, Scharolet

Verification that someone has completed training?

Hello,
I just downloaded a trial version of Captivate and before I decide to buy the software, I need to know if it can do something specific for me. I've watched the training videos and looked around the support section and I can't find what I need...
Can I set up a slide that users can fill out and click on to verify that they have completed a training? It would be even better if it were to have a certificate of completion come up after they fill out the verification.
Here's the idea.
Trainees watch short presentation
Then trainess complete a quiz
After quiz they fill out their name and agency info info a short form
They check a box that says they have indeed finished the training and if they completed quiz and filled out the form then the last slide would be a certifcate that they could print out.
If they don't complete the quiz and/or form, they either have to start over with the quiz or go back to the form.
Does that make any sense? My coding experience is nill, so I don't even know if I am asking my questions correctly. Is this something that I could do by myself without having to hire a programmer?
Thanks,
Megan

Hi Megan
I believe what Mr. Partridge is referring to is the certificate Widget supplied by Captivate 4. Certainly it allows one to have a certificat of completion.
However, as I understand your question, it is really twofold in nature, no?
1. You want some sort of electronic indication that the user has completed the course. Perhaps an acknowledgement sent back to a database or something.
2. You want the certificate.
Mr. Partridge has given you the answer for the second part. So here's the answer for the first.
Captivate creates output that is often uploaded to and works in conunction with a Learning Management System (LMS). When a LMS serves a Captivate movie to a learner, it engages in a conversation. The "language" the conversation uses is typically known as SCORM or AICC. That's how Captivate works best. Captivate does also offer E-Mail reporting to a specific E-Mail address, but it's very unreliable and works about 50% of the time.
Now this reporting is usually the result of a quiz, where you ask questions of the learners and they are graded on the accuracy of the answers they supply. But there are often times when all you need is an acknowledgement that they viewed the course. That is easily obtained by just inserting a Button object on a slide near the end. The Button is configured to report back.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
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