Author Archives: Tristan

New Runtime Detection Explained

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Tristan

Cold on the heels of the release WidgetFactory 5.5 (well 5.6 now), I’d like to take some time to explain one of the major new features: Runtime Detection. What is Runtime Detection? In short, Runtime Detection is the method for … Continue reading →

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A Word on Partial Scoring

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Tristan

So Rod had been on to me for a long time to look into partial scoring. Which is basically a way of conveying ”You sorta got it right, but not entirely” as a quiz score. Currently all Captivate Quiz Questions and Interactive Objects … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to the Infosemantics Master Widget

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Tristan

I’m afraid I haven’t had time to put up another blog post for a while now, because I’ve been too busy doing this! Here we are, two videos for the Infosemantics Interactive Master Widget (or ‘Master Widget’ for much shorter). … Continue reading →

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WidgetFactory 5.5.1 and Question Pools

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Tristan

Just a quick post to let you know that I released a minor update to WidgetFactory which fixes some problems with widgets in question pools. Click here to get the update. While I’m here I may as well talk about … Continue reading →

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WidgetFactory 5.5

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Tristan

It’s been a long time coming, and now it’s here… 5 POINT 5 YEEEEEHAAAA! That’s not to say that WidgetFactory 5.1 wasn’t compatible with Captivate 5.5, but… Yeah. WidgetFactory 5.5 has many new features, but there are three major ones. I … Continue reading →

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Testing Your Widgets

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Tristan

I’m taking a break from Captivate family relations for a moment (they’re so sensitive!) to touch on a rather essential topic. You can do all the IDE fooling you want, but like it or not, at some point you have … Continue reading →

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Meet the Captivate Family – The Manager

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Tristan

In the last post we got an introduction to the everyday ordinary slide, and how it fits into the Captivate Movie. However, Captivate Movies are rarely made out of one slide. More often than not they’re made out of A-MILLION-BAJILLION SLIDZE! … Continue reading →

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Meet the Captivate Family – Slides

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Tristan

In the last post we learned about the Captivate Movie’s head honcho: The Captivate Main Timeline. Now it’s time to climb a little further down the family tree and meet the old man’s kids. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you: Slides. What … Continue reading →

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Meet the Captivate Family–Old Man Timeline

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Tristan

Have you ever had one of those ‘Let’s Meet the In-Laws’ dinners? Kinda awkward aren’t they? Often we fail to realize how stunningly varied the human race is until we share a meal with those soon to be related to … Continue reading →

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Interactive Widgets

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Tristan

And now, after long delay, I give you: Previously we discussed WHAT makes and Interactive Widget interactive, but now we shall see HOW to make an Interactive Widget interactive. It All Comes Down To This… Unlike Static Widgets who merrily … Continue reading →

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