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Hi there, I'm Joaquim P. Menezes, Online Editor, IT World Canada. I'm here at the Adobe offices in Toronto to find out more about Adobe Captivate 3, the latest version of Adobe's e-learning tool. With me are Abbas Rizvi, Adobe Solutions Architect, and an expert on Adobe's Web development and e-learning apps - and Colin Smith, Senior Adobe Solutions Architect, and a much sought after instructor on Adobe products.
Abbas and Colin thanks for doing this interview.
Let's start with the basics – Abbas – what is Adobe Captivate 3. Could you give us a capsule description?
Adobe Captivate 3 is primarily an e-learning content development tool that allows trainers, educators or the people in sales and marketing to create really engaging e-learning content in Flash format.
Okay – so who are the types of people who could use this tool effectively? Educators immediately come to mind. But, who else?
Colin: So it could be anybody…in sales and marketing, people who are recording information and need to play it back; or people in IT that need to create demonstrations on how to do things – how to set up your browsers – to record these and play them back for anybody.
Abbas: Yes, even if you think of HR departments that need to create soft skill simulations or training – maybe on [dealing with] sexual harassment, things like that.
Interesting – so it seems like you can create a fairly broad range content. But what are types of tools the end user would need to view this content once it's been created?
Colin: All you need is a browser and a Flash plug in to view. That's the great thing. 96 per cent of the computers out there have the Flash player already installed, so you simply go to a URL and it starts to play back.
Abbas: And the minimum is Flash Player 7, which is already 3-4 years old, so it's pretty much on everyone's desktop already.
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