Does anyone or has anyone converted Adobe Captivate courses over to Storyline? We have a client that is asking us to convert the current Captivate courses. Without having to reinvent the whole course, does anyone have any tricks they may have used to do this?
There is no way to simply 'convert' Captivate content into Storyline. You can reuse assets, e.g. audio files and bitmaps, but any Captivate logic (actions and advanced actions) need to be recreated in Storyline.
Michael is correct - as Captivate and Storyline aren't compatible and use different file structures so you can't import one into the other. You can embed the content directly into Storyline, but that won't allow you the ability to edit or change the way anything behaves within the embedded content in Storyline.
I second that. The biggest/best tip is to re-use the images and audio files and so forth. Beyond that, have the Captivate version handy so that you can see the screens, try out the interactions, and essentially make sure you re-crecreate the behavior of the course as well as its look, feel, and visual layout.
Just my 2 cents. In short, all replies are correct. We recently built a very large multi-module course for our customer using SL2. When we evaluated SL2 & Captivate during the initial stages, we chose SL2 over Captivate. After finishing project, we tried to re-build one of SL2 modules in Captivate as a learning exercise. As a part of that exercise, we put together a blog based on our comparison of features. You can check it here -
If you don't have the luxury of time and effort, Take the captivate output host it somewhere (can give clarification on this) and import it as a web object in Storyline.
I'm not familiar with the output Adobe Character Animator creates, but the suggestion by Sanal to host it somewhere else and insert as a web object is a good idea! Take a look at this tutorial on how to insert web objects into Storyline!
I know this is an old thread, but for those who may have the same issue today, here's one more idea that might speed things up. If you created part or all of your Captivate project by starting in Powerpoint and importing the slides, you can at least import those slides into SL.
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There is no way to simply 'convert' Captivate content into Storyline. You can reuse assets, e.g. audio files and bitmaps, but any Captivate logic (actions and advanced actions) need to be recreated in Storyline.
Hi Catherine,
Michael is correct - as Captivate and Storyline aren't compatible and use different file structures so you can't import one into the other. You can embed the content directly into Storyline, but that won't allow you the ability to edit or change the way anything behaves within the embedded content in Storyline.
I second that. The biggest/best tip is to re-use the images and audio files and so forth. Beyond that, have the Captivate version handy so that you can see the screens, try out the interactions, and essentially make sure you re-crecreate the behavior of the course as well as its look, feel, and visual layout.
Just my 2 cents. In short, all replies are correct. We recently built a very large multi-module course for our customer using SL2. When we evaluated SL2 & Captivate during the initial stages, we chose SL2 over Captivate. After finishing project, we tried to re-build one of SL2 modules in Captivate as a learning exercise. As a part of that exercise, we put together a blog based on our comparison of features. You can check it here -
Articulate Storyline 2 Vs Adobe Captivate 9 – Feature Comparison
Hope this helps you in some way. Inputs & feedback are welcome.
thanks
Thanks guys,
I know it will be a big project to recreate everything. Thanks for your help.
Catherine
Hi, so, for instance, animated files made with Adobe Adobe Character Animator CC can't be inserted (and work properly) into SL? Thanks.
If you don't have the luxury of time and effort, Take the captivate output host it somewhere (can give clarification on this) and import it as a web object in Storyline.
Hi Diego,
I'm not familiar with the output Adobe Character Animator creates, but the suggestion by Sanal to host it somewhere else and insert as a web object is a good idea! Take a look at this tutorial on how to insert web objects into Storyline!
I know this is an old thread, but for those who may have the same issue today, here's one more idea that might speed things up. If you created part or all of your Captivate project by starting in Powerpoint and importing the slides, you can at least import those slides into SL.
Anything change related to this topic?
I am inheriting an Articulate project and would be great if a tool was available
No change here, the option listed are still the only way to convert.
I am sure things haven't changed, but has anyone figured out a way to convert .cptx files to storyline?