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  1. Captivate Classic User Guide
  2. Introduction to Captivate
    1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate
  3. Captivate Classic Release Notes
    1.  Adobe Captivate Classic 11.8.3 Release Notes
    2. Adobe Captivate Classic 11.8.2 Release Notes
    3. Adobe Captivate 11.8.1 Release Notes
    4. Adobe Captivate 11.8 Release Notes
    5. What's New in Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 5
    6. What's New in Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 2
    7. Adobe Captivate Release Notes
  4. Create Projects
    1. Create different types of projects in Adobe Captivate
    2. Customize the size of an Adobe Captivate project
    3. Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate
    4. Create Virtual Reality (VR) projects
    5. Work with responsive text in Adobe Captivate
    6. Work with themes in Adobe Captivate
    7. How to apply view specific properties in responsive projects
    8. How to create backup files for Adobe Captivate projects
    9. Asset panel
    10. Create branching and forced navigation in Captivate
    11. Replace image on the stage
  5. Add and Manage Objects
    1. Work with multi-state objects in Adobe Captivate
    2. Object effects
    3. Insert web objects in Adobe Captivate projects
    4. Work with object styles in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to rotate objects in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to manage objects with the Main Options toolbar
    7. How to merge objects in a slide
    8. How to manage objects in the library
    9. How to group objects in Adobe Captivate
    10. Edit object information using the Advanced Interaction panel
    11. How to copy, paste, and duplicate objects in Adobe Captivate
    12. Control the visibility of objects
    13. How to change the display order of objects in Adobe Captivate
    14. Apply shadows to objects
    15. How to align objects in Adobe Captivate
    16. How to add reflection to objects in Adobe Captivate
    17. Import assets into a Captivate project
  6. Slides
    1. Add slides to an Adobe Captivate project
    2. Editing slides in an Adobe Captivate project
    3. Delete Adobe Captivate project slides
    4. Change slide order in Adobe Captivate
    5. Set slide properties in Adobe Captivate
    6. Add and convert slide notes to audio files with Adobe Captivate
    7. Set up knowledge check slides in Adobe Captivate
    8. How to add slide transitions in Adobe Captivate
    9. How to work with master slides in Adobe Captivate
    10. How to lock Adobe Captivate slides
    11. How to hide or exclude slides in an Adobe Captivate project
    12. How to group and ungroup slides in Adobe Captivate
  7. Timeline and grids
    1. Use rulers and guides
    2. Work with grids in Adobe Captivate
    3. Work with the timeline
    4. Shortcut keys in Adobe Captivate
    5. Working with the filmstrip
    6. How to customize the Adobe Captivate workspace
    7. How to use the Adobe Captivate Library
    8. How to use the Branching panel in Adobe Captivate
  8. Create Quizzes
    1. Insert question slides in Adobe Captivate projects
    2. Set quiz preferences for Adobe Captivate
    3. How to enable learners to submit all quiz responses simultaneously
    4. How to set up question slides with Adobe Captivate
    5. Using random question slides in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to allow users to return to quiz
    7. Import questions from CSV format files
    8. Import questions from GIFT format files
    9. How to insert pretests in Adobe Captivate
  9. Audio
    1. How to insert audio into an Adobe Captivate project
    2. How to preview audio in Adobe Captivate
    3. How to edit audio files with Adobe Captivate
    4. View audio details in Adobe Captivate
    5. Set audio recording preferences and recording audio
    6. How to export audio from Adobe Captivate
  10. Video
    1. Slide videos
    2. Work with event videos in Adobe Captivate
    3. Differences between events and synchronized videos in Adobe Captivate
  11. Interactive Objects
    1. Add interactive buttons to your Captivate projects
    2. Create click boxes in Adobe Captivate
    3. Add text entry boxes with Adobe Captivate
    4. How to add audio to boxes and buttons
    5. How to add JavaScript to boxes and buttons in Adobe Captivate
  12. Interactions
    1. Create drag-and-drop interactions in Adobe Captivate
    2. Use Adobe Captivate variables in widgets
    3. Set the properties of widgets with Adobe Captivate
    4. How to create static, interactive, and question widgets in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to add widgets to your Adobe Captivate project
  13. Non-interactive objects
    1. Create and edit smart shapes
    2. Edit and create text captions with Captivate
    3. How to use images and rollover images with Captivate
    4. How to customize smart shapes in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to create zoom areas in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to set audio for noninteractive objects
    7. How to create rollover slidelets in Adobe Captivate
    8. How to create rollover captions in Adobe Captivate
    9. Change mouse properties in Adobe Captivate
    10. Use highlight boxes in Captivate
    11. Work with swatches in Adobe Captivate
    12. Fix size and position of non-interactive objects
    13. Add animations to a Adobe Captivate project
  14. Advanced Editing and Project Reviews
    1. How to link Adobe Captivate projects
    2. Import, export, and delete content
    3. Skins
    4. Create accessible projects in Adobe Captivate
    5. Create a table of contents (TOC) with Adobe Captivate
    6. Resize Adobe Captivate projects
    7. Projects and project preferences
    8. How to preview projects in Adobe Captivate
  15. Variables and Advanced Actions
    1. Adobe Captivate variables
    2. How to create user-defined variables in Adobe Captivate
    3. Advanced actions in Adobe Captivate
    4. Shared actions in Adobe Captivate projects
    5. Edit or delete user-defined variables in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to assign advanced actions to an event
  16. Record Projects
    1. Create interactive videos
    2. Automatic and manual recording with Captivate
    3. Set recording preferences in Adobe Captivate
    4. Record video demonstrations with Adobe Captivate
    5. How to record software simulations in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to pause recording
  17. Publish Projects
    1. Preview and publish responsive projects
    2. Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime
    3. Publish projects as HTML5 files with Adobe Captivate
    4. Publish projects as executable files
    5. Publish projects as MP4 files with Adobe Captivate
    6. Set publishing preferences in Adobe Captivate
    7. Using web fonts from Adobe Fonts in Adobe Captivate
    8. Report quiz results to an internal server
  18. Use Adobe Captivate with Other Applications
    1. Import and edit PowerPoint presentations in Captivate
    2. Upload an Adobe Captivate project to a Learning Management System
    3. Learn about the Common JavaScript interface for Adobe Captivate
    4. How to publish Captivate projects to Microsoft Word
    5. Using Adobe Connect with Captivate
    6. How to add Captivate projects to a RoboHelp online help system
    7. How to package multiple SCOs using the Adobe Multi-SCORM Packager
  19. Troubleshoot Adobe Captivate
    1. Resolve known issues and limitations in the latest versions of Adobe Captivate, Adobe FrameMaker, and Adobe RoboHelp.
    2. Early build for Captivate (2019 release) on macOS Big Sur (macOS 11)
    3. Hotfix for VR content not playing on devices
    4. Configure SSL for Live Preview on Devices
    5. Captivate (2019 release) activation issues on macOS Catalina
    6. Captivate responsive courses will not auto-play on browsers
    7. Issues with Asset panel in Adobe Captivate (2019 release)
    8. Error 103 while installing Adobe Captivate
    9. Issues when previewing a Captivate project

If you do not want to use a Learning Management System (LMS) for tracking the quiz scores, Adobe Captivate Classic provides you with alternate reporting options. You can choose an internal web server as your reporting server.

After the user submits the quiz result, Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer, an AIR-based desktop application, lets you analyze the assessment report in online and offline modes.

Reporting workflow

  1. You create a quiz and set an internal server as the reporting server preference.

  2. A learner completes the quiz and submits the result to the reporting server.

  3. You access the report from the server, view, generate, and publish using Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer.

  4. You save the report locally so that it can be analyzed in offline mode.

After you set the reporting preference, the process happens in the background and usually requires no user intervention.

Setting the reporting preferences

  1. Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate Classic > Preferences (Mac).

  2. Select Reporting from the Quiz menu in the Preferences dialog box.

  3. Check Enable reporting for this project.

  4. Select Internal Server from the LMS drop-down list.

    Captivate Classic internal server reporting
    Captivate Classic internal server reporting

  5. To configure the internal server for reporting, click Configure.

    Captivate Classic internal server settings
    Captivate Classic internal server settings

    In the Server field, you can enter an IP address or a well-defined URL. To capture the results, the server should support PHP or ASP. It could be an internal server (WAMP/IIS) or external (any webserver that supports PHP).

  6. Copy the files InternalServerReporting.php and internalserverread.php to your web server. 

    The sample files  InternalServerReporting.php and internalserverread.php are available inside the Templates/Publish in the Captivate Classic installation directory.

    Provide the following server settings:

    Internal Server: Specify the path to the web server as provided in the following example:

    http:\\<ip address>\internalServerReporting.php

    The internal server can be a web server of your preference.

    You can either use it or create your own server-side file, for example, a PHP or ASP to write files to the server. Ensure that the server allows writing to files.

    WAMP

    1. Navigate to the root folder C:\wamp\www and then create a new folder for example,. localinternalserver.
    2. Copy and paste the files internalServerReporting.php and internalserverread.php inside localinternalserver.

    IIS

    Change the path to the root folder to C:\inetpub. The rest of the steps remain the same as WAMP.

  7. Enter the details of the institution that conducts the assessment, department, and course.

Setting the Captivate Classic Quiz Result Analyzer preferences

  1. Launch Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer.

  2. Click Options > Preferences. 

    Options > Preferences
    Options > Preferences in Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer

  3. To add the server, click Add.

    Add server
    Add server

  4. Enter the location of the internalserverread.php file on the server in the format http://<ip address or server name or localhost>/internalserverread.php.

  5. Click OK.

Submitting the results

  1. After the users complete the quiz, they reach the results slide and then click Post Result.

  2. At prompt, the users specify the names and e-mail addresses, and then click Send.

    Note:

    Then name and e-mail address are not verified.

  3. You can view the quiz results in the folder CaptivateResults in the same location as the internalServerReporting.php file in the  webserver .

Viewing the results

  1. Use Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer for viewing and downloading the results.
  2. In Source, select the Internal Server Name > Click Get Results > Generate Reports.

Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer and Offline reporting

Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer is an AIR-based desktop application that allows you to analyze quiz results that are posted to the internal server.

Use this tool to:

  • View results and generate reports

  • Save results to a local folder so that they can be viewed in offline mode

  • Customize your reports to display or hide the report columns

  • Print reports

  • Generate dynamic charts that visually present the results as line charts and bar charts making results easy to compare. You can also export the reports as CSV.

Note:

To use Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer, you do not require Adobe Captivate Classic installed on your machine.

Installing Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer

When you install the latest version of Captivate Classic, the Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer also gets installed.

Using the Adobe Captivate Classic Quiz Results Analyzer

Launch the Analyzer and specify the source. The source can be Internal server, or (if you have downloaded the results) From this computer.

The internal server option appears only if you have added the servers in the preferences of the AIR application. To do this, click Options > Preferences and then click Add.

Note:

On the internal server, the results are stored in the folder CaptivateResults.

To download the results to the local computer, click the Download To Disk icon. The results are stored in the folder CaptivateResults-<source name>.

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