Group quizzes possible with Captivate?

Hi - I was wondering if a 'Captivate' (or other Adobe
eLearning software) is capable of producing a quiz where a
classroom of students could each take the quiz simultaneously on
their own laptops.
What I'm going for is something similar to the 'buzztime'
trivia games you see in sports bars (see buzztime.com). Instead of
the little 'playmaker' consoles student would use their own laptops
and communicate via wireless internet. The application would
present questions and keep score.
It's not clear to me from the captivate specs whether this
type of real-time group collaboration would be possible.
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks...Larry

Welcome to our community, Larry
While it's true that many may interact with a Captivate quiz
at the same time, what you are looking for cannot happen with
Captivate.
Perhaps it will help to think of Captivate output as you
would a simple web page. The server sends the page to the user and
hundreds or thousands of users may all be viewing the page
simultaneously. But they typically cannot interact with one
another.
There are a few eLearning folks that visit here on a regular
basis. Perhaps one of them will pop in to suggest a product that
works in that manner.
Cheers... Rick

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Hi there
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Click here for a tutorial on how to configure
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