Adobe Captivate

Pros: Captivate is a robust software that helps to build interactive materials for your online or hybrid courses. I used the screen recording to create step-by-step instructions to demonstrate how to use different technologies in our school. Question templates are also amazing.

Cons: A little pricy, and it is very difficult to reach customer support. In addition, the new users find it overwhelming to navigate.

Pros: Easy to produce very simple e-learning once you overcome the initial learning curve. Good for rework.

Cons: The initial learning curve is extremely steep, even with experience of video editing and other tools.

Pros: Customer support is great and you definitely get value for the monthly subscription. It's good for interactive learning but is now competing with AI tools that can generate quizzes and other interactions quickly. Course creation is not difficult once you learn the tool.

Cons: The version I used did not have AI integration and the interface needs to be improved. When I compare it to other tools, Captivate is behind. Instructional designers need tools that will help them to generate courses quickly and integration with AI--LLMs would put Captivate ahead.

Pros: I love how easy it is to create interactive content, like simulations and quizzes, which really keeps learners engaged. The fact that it works so well with other Adobe tools is a huge bonus too.

Cons: What I like least about Adobe Captivate is that it can be a bit overwhelming at first. With so many features and options, it takes some time to figure out how to use everything efficiently. The learning curve is steep for beginners. Though the interface can feel a bit dated.

Pros: The new Adobe version has a modern user interface and multiple widgets (flip cards, hotspot, carousel and more) that can make an e-learning module more interactive and engaging. It's easy to use as all you have to do is add blocks and components to build your content.

Cons: It can be glitchy and crash without a warning, so you have to save your work often to avoid losing progress. The blocks aren't customizable, you're limited to preset designs, therefore you can't get too creative.

Pros: Adobe Captivate offers a simpler tool to create eLearning. The product is drag and drop for the most part, and building simple courses is straight forward.

Cons: There are still some bugs in the product, and many of the editing and design features are a weak. It would be better if it offered more flexibility with design tools.

Pros: Some features for ease of use, powerful, eLearning software.

Cons: Complicated in some features. Either must have a developer or take a course. On ramping steep at times in the past.

Pros: When i first used Adobe Captivate, it was outstanding how it allowed me to bring my ideas to life. It has made building responsive eLearning courses so much easier and faster. I love the fact that you can incorporate simulations, quizzes, and surveys, to name a few.

Cons: For those without prior experience in eLearning development, it could sometimes get complex, just like everything else.

Pros: Permite crear diferentes tipos de actividades interactivas e-learning. Se puede integrar a páginas web fácilmente.

Cons: Es complicado de aprender, tiene una curva de aprendizaje complicada al inicio

Pros: ME GUSTA QUE ES UNA PLATAFORMA MUY COMPLETA,TE AYUDA A CREAR DIAPOSITIVAS DE MANERA FACIL,ES MUY INTERACTIVA,TE OFRECE EXPERIENCIAS DE APRENDIZAJE Y PARA FINALIZAR CUENTA CON UN BUEN PRECIO BASTANTE ACCESIBLE.

Cons: ES UN POCO DIFICIL DE USAR SI ERES PRINCIPIANTE

Pros: You have a lot of options to "program" behaviour into your final product. Very rich in features.

Cons: Steep learning curve, so it is critical you find "sample projects" to practice learning behaviours and features so you become proficient.

Pros: I found that the features in Captivate that allow the creation of interactive videos were useful.

Cons: Pop up content is standard in eLearning courses, but Adobe have continued to ignore this basic requirement, making it a very long-winded and difficult task to add pop up/reveal content.

Pros: Fairly simple to learn and use at a basic level, but powerful features lurk beneath the surface! Operates well with other Adobe applications and output can be exported into most other programmes. Easier to learn than Articulate Storyline.

Cons: The only real downside is the cost. It can take a little while to discover and use the more advanced features, but that's to be expected.

Pros: It has all the design and tool features that you need in order to create eLearning courses and SCORM compliant training.

Cons: There's a lot of formulas and other equations that need to come into play when using this program. Other programs have the more simplified approach.

Pros: I can only think of 1 and it is that it works with a Mac. Barely.

Cons: Captivate is a very clunky software. And by clunky, I mean that the interactions are counterintuitive and to create an interaction is incredibly time-consuming. The competing offering software has a much better interface. I was forced to use captivate because of my Mac computer. My organization will not let me use parallels so I was stuck with using captivate. After about offering three courses, I was done. Development took about twice as much as the other competing tool.

Pros: During my previous role as a Regional Training Executive I was nervous to create Training Modules as I had previously used a different software. Adobe Captivate is simple to use and quick to learn. I no longer create Training Modules however if I do I hope to use Adobe Captivate.

Cons: Possibly a personal issue however as I was working form home I had alot of issues accessing account however our remote IT Team were able to asssit me (apologies I am not sure what their resolution was).

Pros: Adobe gives course builders another option to developing customized courses.

Cons: Captivate is complicated to used at times. It takes double the time compare to Articulate to build a course.

Pros: The functionality allows for a variety of courses to be created.

Cons: Captivate is simply not intuitive or easy to use. Compared to other authoring tools for e-learning, Captivate is one of the most difficult softwares to use. Additionally, the support for the tools are just not there. If you reach out to support, expect to wait for a long time.

Pros: It's relatively easy to use from the get go and mildy intuitive. Once you get the hang of it you can produce very professional looking video demonstrations of software.

Cons: If you're not an Adobe person you will likely struggle with this - however that just means more learning of the product itself. It's not a modern feeling bit of software and feels a bit dated.

Pros: ease of access and tracking the progress the learning modules

Cons: nothing in overall i didn't or liked the least

Pros: Super easy to use once you get past the learning curve.

Cons: Some of my employees struggle with the system when first learning it. If you are familiar with Adobe products then it is much easier to work with.

Pros: One of the features that I like is the recording of demonstrations. You can record screen demonstrations to show learners how to perform certain tasks.

Cons: The feature that I like the least is the limited range of interactivity options. I feel that they could have added more functionality to provide greater diversity in interactive elements.

Pros: to designed all types of work in my business

Cons: to designed more in my business for my customers