INTERACTIVE VIDEO WITH ADOBE AE AND CAPTIVATE
From Passive to Engaged Learners
I got excited about developing this interactive video training in Adobe Captivate and wanted to share it with you. My goal was to use a scenario that would cater to the tactics, concepts, and methods used by the military in achieving tactical objectives in overseas missions. None of this could have been possible without sound accredited military research of others.
One thing that I have realized is that if you want people to practice making decisions in a process that plays out on their jobs, then use a simulation scenario that vividly conjures a sense of presence otherwise unattainable via other formats of traditional learning.
Pipeline for the Recon Project
Experimenting with Adobe After Effects animations, PowerPoint slides, and Adobe’s Captivate interactive video.
Adobe After Effects:
4k+ size maps work best.
Use the Map Route Generator plugin.
Render out as MP4 HD 1080px.
Adobe Captivate:
Import video as interactive.
Add overlays and bookmarks for questions/remediation.
Publish for HTML5 browser viewing.
PowerPoint:
Develop content slides in PowerPoint.
Import slides into Adobe Captivate.
Captivate supports PPT dynamic link editing.
How I Push creative boundaries with tools
On the software side of things, I created the map animation in Adobe After Effects using a nifty little plugin script called the Map Route Generator that I purchased at $36. Content slides were developed in PowerPoint and later imported into Adobe Captivate. I finally added interactive video overlaid with question slides. This video tutorial shows how I put it all together.
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