Last week Adobe announced the imminent release of version 2 of Adobe Captivate (formerly Macromedia Captivate). I didn’t mention it then ’cause you can’t actually get your hands on the product yet – they say another 3-4 weeks before it ships. Oddly, in one of the comments the product manager says this delay is due in part because of the time it takes to press CDs, produce boxes, and update the download section. Wow. Doesn’t that sound Web 2.0! We can’t download the product until it’s also available in hard copy 🙁
Anyhoo, Adobe is offering a series of free one-hour webinars to introduce the new version, and one of the webinars is even geared towards using Captivate 2 in Education – that’s the one I signed up for. The description:
Adobe® Captivate™ 2 for Education
*Please note this session is designed for those in the Education industry*
See for yourself how to involve your students with interactive Flash® courses — without having to learn Flash. With the new Adobe Captivate 2, you and your students can quickly and easily create professional-quality, interactive learning scenarios like “Choose your own adventure” stories, simulations and software tutorials and publish them in Macromedia Flash format — without any programming knowledge. Join our seminar to find out how you can easily add hands-on excitement to your courses! You will even have the opportunity to experience an interactive simulation firsthand.
Right now they only have one session scheduled for education – Tuesday, Sept. 26th from 3-4 EST.
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