I have a large Captivate file, 193 slides, 72 MB when published. I am using Captivate 7 on Windows at a client site, but I also have Captivate 7 and 8 on my own Mac.
At 72MB the program often fails during download. I don't know if this will be better in an LMS, but I think I need to manage the size to be on the safe side.
I know I can link projects, but the problem is that I have a short quiz, and a user-defined variable to track whether the user has completed the quiz.
- There are three scenarios, based on the user's job.
- They only need to complete one scenario, plus the quiz, for lesson completion, but they can go back and view the other scenarios as well.
- If they choose a second scenario they skip the quiz and go directly to the lesson summary, where they can choose another scenario or exit the lesson.
I have not had the need to split lessons previously, and from what I can see, i would have to manage passing the variables on my own. Has anyone done this, and how successful was it?
A better solution for me would be to find a way to reduce the file size of the .swf, to avoid the problem altogether. Any ideas on that would be appreciated (e.g. not loading the whole lesson at once).
Thanks.