The more I test Adobe Captivate 8, the more I realize this is the version for Mobile Learning Design I've been waiting for! Check out why I think that Adobe, by embracing Responsive Design principles in Captivate 8, is going in a better mobile learning direction (vs. Articulate Storyline), because it helps users design flexible and fluid m-Learning, that can be consumed on desktops, tablets and smartphones, without the need for installing an extra app.

1. 10 Things Adobe gets Right about Mobile
Learning with Captivate 8 [Review]
by RJ Jacquez - www.rjacquez.com

2. “When comparing the two big players in
the rapid eLearning market, Articulate,
and Adobe, they approach mobile learning
design very differently.”

3. “Articulate, for example, has gone the native app route
for deploying learning projects to tablets and HTML5 for
smartphones like the iPhone. They have a good app
called Articulate Mobile Player, which initially was only
available for the iPad and now is also available for
Android Tablets. The challenge with this native app
approach is building and maintaining native apps for a
myriad of mobile operating systems, screen sizes, and
resolutions, which is a tough task and this strategy may
not scale moving forward in my opinion. For the learner
is yet another app to download to their smartphone and
then there’s the issue of installing apps inside certain IT
corporations. Also while the experience of consuming an
e-learning course on Articulate’s Mobile Player on Tablets
is great (better on iPad vs. Android), this same course on
a smartphone via their HTML5 output is practically
unusable and leaves a lot to be desired.”

4. The challenge with this native app approach is building and maintaining native apps
for a myriad of mobile operating systems, screen sizes, and resolutions.
For the learner is yet another app to download to their smartphone and then there’s
the issue of installing apps inside certain IT corporations. Also while the experience
of consuming an e-learning course on Articulate’s Mobile Player on Tablets is great
(better on iPad vs. Android), this same course on a smartphone via their HTML5
output is practically unusable and leaves a lot to be desired.

5. The challenge with this native app approach is building and maintaining native apps
for a myriad of mobile operating systems, screen sizes, and resolutions.
For the learner is yet another app to download to their smartphone and then there’s
the issue of installing apps inside certain IT corporations. Also while the experience of
consuming an e-learning course on Articulate’s Mobile Player on Tablets is great
(better on iPad vs. Android), this same course on a smartphone via their HTML5 output
is practically unusable and leaves a lot to be desired.

6. Captivate 8 is simply better
than Articulate Storyline!
“I actually think that Adobe, by
embracing Responsive Design
principles in Captivate 8, is
going in a better mobile
learning direction, because it
helps users design flexible and
fluid m-Learning, that can be
consumed on desktops, tablets
and smartphones, without the
need for installing an extra
app.” - RJ Jacquez

7. Responsive Learning Design
One URL. Single Content. One Code. CSS3 Media Queries. Multiple Devices!

8. One Web. One Learning. rjacquez.com
“This is how we should view the future
of learning design and consumption, we
should focus on designing learning that
is flexible and fluid across multiple
screens; intelligent learning, that always
points learners to a single URL, and
avoid at all cause the need for installing
different native apps for different mobile
operating systems, in order for learners
to access the learning.”

9. – RJ Jacquez
“And this is why in my humble opinion,
the future of mobile learning design looks
brighter for Adobe, and I see Captivate 8
as a great first step toward this vision.
With Captivate 8, Adobe commoditizes the
creation of best-in-class mobile learning,
without having to know much about the
technology behind the scenes, and to me
this is a game-changer in the transition
from e-Learning to m-Learning!”

10. Having said that, here are
10 things Adobe gets right
about Mobile Learning
with Adobe Captivate 8:

11. 1. Responsive Projects
Single Project. Multiple Screens. Desktop.

12. 1. Responsive Projects (cont’d)
Single Project. Multiple Screens. Tablet.

13. 1. Responsive Projects (cont’d)
Single Project. Multiple Screens. Smartphone.

14. 2. Relative positioning vs. Absolute
“If your design calls for absolute dimensions, you have already failed!“

15. 3. Mobile Gestures
“For too long now we have been designing learning for the precision of the connected mouse and keyboard, however,
we now must design for the not-so precise finger or more accurately, for the ergonomics of the thumbs.“ - RJ Jacquez

16. 4. Responsive Project Preview
“there’s a slider you can drag left and right to get a preview of how the various break points
will work across multiple devices with different physical sizes and resolutions“

17. 5. Device Preview with Adobe Edge
“There’s something pretty special when you starting thinking about mobile and you can actually
touch your work on a smartphone or tablet, and this is where Adobe Edge Inspect comes in.“

18. 6. Geolocation-based Learning
“This could be used to provide personalized learning based on where learners are located at
the time he or she takes the learning.“

19. 7. Responsive Interactions
“The ‘Catch AlphaNums,’ interaction is game-based and it takes full advantage of the mobile
device’s accelerometer in order to tilt the device for playing the game.“

20. 8. Responsive Screen Capturing
“Adobe Captivate will detect screen activity in the recording window and automatically pan around
those areas in order to create screen capture that is optimized for the tablet and smartphone.“

21. 9. Importing HTML5 Content
“Adobe has a product called Edge Animate that allows you to create animation in native HTML5
format, which you can then import into your mobile learning projects in Captivate 8“

22. 10. Monthly Subscription
“I do like the idea of renting Captivate 8 for ongoing mobile learning projects and by now it
should also be clear that cloud-based subscription are the future of software.“

23. Conclusion: Captivate 8 is the best
tool for designing Mobile Learning!
“I actually think that Adobe, by
embracing Responsive Design
principles in Captivate 8, is
going in a better mobile
learning direction, because it
helps users design flexible and
fluid m-Learning, that can be
consumed on desktops, tablets
and smartphones, without the
need for installing an extra
app.” - RJ Jacquez

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