Based on industry-leading Macromedia(R) Flash(R) technology, Adobe Captivate 2 generates interactive content in Flash, without requiring users to have programming knowledge or multimedia skills. With Adobe Captivate 2, training professionals, educators and business users can quickly create content that includes scored interactions, feedback, audio, and video. With this new version, complex branching scenarios allow users to rapidly develop specific scenarios by visually mapping out the different learning paths.

Adobe Captivate 2 provides the flexibility to develop different types of content, ranging from basic software demonstrations to scenario-based simulations, and to deploy the material to various systems and platforms. Users can harness the power of Flash technology to create high quality content while maintaining small file size, and generate multiple file formats such as SWF, EXE, or MP3 for podcasts. Flash users can leverage the speed of Adobe Captivate 2 by exporting project files directly into the Flash authoring tool for advanced editing and scripting. Adobe Captivate 2 content can be deployed and integrated with other e-learning solutions such as Breeze, Authorware, Questionmark Perception, and SCORM/AICC compliant Learning Management Systems (LMS).

Adobe Captivate 2 is expected to ship later this year at an estimated street price of US$599. Registered users can upgrade to Adobe Captivate 2 for an estimated street price of US$299. Volume discounts, government and education licensing are also available to eligible customers.

We have used Capitivate a lot at Kineo and look forward to road testing the new version later this year.