- Rapid training
- Virtual classrooms
- Flash-based presentations from PowerPoint
- Comparison chart for Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter
Rapid Training
Get training where it’s needed, when it’s needed, through self-paced, on-demand courses that convey information quickly and effectively. Using Adobe Captivate with Acrobat Connect Pro, you can:
- Provide instant access by directly publishing to the Acrobat Connect Pro server
- Easily manage enrollment and notification
- Define prerequisites and completion requirements
- Manage and track learner progress and generate training reports
- Include project files when publishing and use keyword searches to access, manage, and download existing content and projects
Learn more about Acrobat Connect Pro for rapid training
Virtual Classrooms
Deliver video, audio, and interactive content in a live, virtual classroom, to address a variety of learning styles and increase knowledge retention. By inserting Adobe Captivate simulations or quizzes, every virtual classroom or web conferencing participant can fully interact with the content and practice the procedures being taught in real time:
- Provide hands-on interactivity within the virtual classroom experience
- Synchronize all learners to the same scenario within the simulation
- Choose to drive the simulation or let students practice
- Track individual learner progress
Learn more about Acrobat Connect Pro for Virtual Classrooms
Flash-based Presentations from PowerPoint
Adobe Presenter can transform your Microsoft® PowerPoint® file into Flash-based presentations with voice-over and eLearning courses. Supplement presentations by inserting interactive SWF files from Adobe Captivate directly into a PowerPoint slide. The Adobe Captivate content becomes part of the presentation, so viewers do not have to download a plug-in or launch a separate application window.
Comparison Chart for Adobe Captivate and Adobe Presenter
Use Adobe Presenter for informational presentation content and Adobe Captivate for software simulations and scenario-based training.
| Key: Limited functionality Full functionality | |||
| Adobe Captivate | Adobe Presenter | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Viewer | none | advanced | Adobe Presenter includes a fully customizable viewing experience specifically designed for PowerPoint presentations. |
| Search Pane | none | advanced | Adobe Presenter allows viewers to search for particular slides or slide notes within a presentation. |
| Mobile viewing support | advanced | advanced | Adobe Presenter can create files optimized for mobile devices that support Adobe FlashLite 3. Adobe Captivate can output AVI files for viewing on a variety of mobile devices, and it supports panning to optimize the viewing experience on small screens. |
| PowerPoint Conversion to Flash | basic | advanced | Presenter is a plugin to PowerPoint to add voice over audio, media and more. Slides remain editable. Adobe Captivate only imports PowerPoint slides (non-editable). |
| Video Capture of speaker | none | advanced | Adobe Presenter offers video capture of the speaker as talking head video and edit options. |
| Software demonstrations/ simulations | advanced | none | Adobe Captivate records onscreen actions for software training and automatically adds interactivity. |
| Soft Skills scenarios with branching | advanced | none | Adobe Captivate enables complex branching including a branching view for creating interactive, scenario-based learning content. |
| Interactivity | advanced | basic | Interactive simulations can be included in PowerPoint via Adobe Presenter. |
| Quizzes | advanced | advanced | Both tools offer quiz functionality with import, pooling, randomization, and answer shuffle. |
| Audio and media | advanced | advanced | Audio, images, Flash video, and SWF files can be included with both tools. |
| SCORM/AICC | Both tools offer AICC/SCORM support and tracking. | ||
| Flash output | Both tools provide instant access using Adobe Flash® Player, already installed on more than 98% of Internet-connected computers | ||
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