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Mobile learning: Adobe Captivate content on video iPod devices


Silke Fleischer

Silke Fleischer

Adobe

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Authoring considerations for video players
  3. Converting (interactive) Adobe Captivate files for video iPod
  4. Generating mp3 files or podcasts
Created:
26 February 2007
Modified:
3 March 2008
User Level:
Beginner

A job that requires any kind of travel also requires waiting—often lots of it, usually in airports, hotels, cars or other public environments that have not been conducive for learning—until now! Today's technologies make mobile learning very simple. Mobile learning, or m-learning, is simply learning on the go using portable devices such as video or audio players anywhere and anytime. This type of learning and the industry, including devices and content development, are growing rapidly.

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Note: M-learning also includes devices such as mobile phones. Brian Chau has provided a Flash Lite 2.1 version of the sample project used in this article. View sample softskills_mobile.swf (SWF) or download softskills_samples (ZIP, 109K). You can read more on mobile learning with Flash Lite 2 and Adobe Captivate on the Adobe Captivate Developer Center, in the article, Mobile learning with Flash Lite 2 and Adobe Captivate.

You can use Adobe Captivate to provide the small manageable learning pieces that can be "digested" in those otherwise lost time periods. This article will show you how you can get the most out of Adobe Captivate and provide your learners with content for their mobile devices.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Adobe Captivate

Sample files:

Prerequisite knowledge

A basic understanding of Adobe Captivate and portable audio/video players

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About the author

Silke Fleischer is a senior product marketing manager for Adobe Captivate and is responsible for product marketing. She works closely with customers and key figures in the e-learning industry to communicate their needs and ideas to the Adobe Captivate research and development team. A member of the eLearning Guild, ASTD, Silke has been a featured speaker at several national and international conferences, including MAX, STC, eLearning Guild, SALT, and Tekom—as well as numerous regional events and chapter meetings.