Macromedia Integrates Breeze, Captivate 1.01

Customer Inter@ction Solutions, Aug 2005 by Kalinoski, Glenn J

Macromedia, Inc. has announced the integration of e-learning products Macromedia Breeze and Macromedia Captivate 1.01, enabling one-click publishing and full tracking of engaging interactive training simulations within Breeze virtual classes and self-paced training courses.

Captivate and Breeze are designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of software skills instruction, corporate software rollouts and help-desk applications. Trainers and meeting presenters can control Captivate playback within a Breeze meeting, either reviewing simulations with all participants at the same time or selecting "un-sync" mode to allow each participant to independently interact with the simulation. Interactions with Captivate simulation quizzes are fully tracked within the Breeze system for reporting or in-depth analysis.

Captivate 1.01 enables users to create professional-quality, interactive simulations and software demonstrations. Users can automatically record on-screen actions, including editable mouse movements, text captions and scored click boxes, and add e-learning interactions such as data-entry fields and customizable quizzes.

Macromedia Breeze 5 enables the creation, management, deployment and tracking of online training. Breeze offers self-paced courses and virtual classes within a common curriculum, and it provides tracking and reporting at both the learner and content/question level. Along with incorporating Captivate content, the Breeze system can manage a range of content types, such as content created with Macromedia Flash or Macromedia Authorware. www.macromedia.com