Summary
By the end of this chapter, you should have a much better understanding of what Captivate Prime is. Captivate Prime is a cloud-based LMS developed by Adobe. Captivate Prime has all the features of a modern LMS platform and you can use it as such. However, Captivate Prime has a lot more to offer!
First of all, Prime is one of the three products developed by Adobe Digital Learning Solutions. The other two are Adobe Captivate, an award-winning eLearning authoring tool, and Adobe Connect, the videoconferencing and virtual class solution of Adobe. Even though Adobe provides easy integrations between these three products, there is absolutely no obligation to use them all together. Prime can host content developed by any authoring tool, including, but not limited to, Adobe Captivate. You are also able to use Prime to schedule and manage synchronous virtual classrooms using any video conferencing system, including, but not limited to, Adobe Connect.
Another key aspect that sets Captivate Prime apart is the fact that it is designed as an enterprise LMS. As such, it includes unique features designed specifically for midsize to large organizations, such as a dedicated manager role, extensive reporting capabilities, the ability to share content among various Prime accounts, the ability to include external third-party content in your Prime catalog, an AI-powered course recommendation engine, and more. Captivate Prime can also be integrated with a wealth of other enterprise solutions used by a wide range of organizations. For example, you can integrate Prime with your company's LDAP directory for user authentication, with your CMS, with your marketing automation tool, with your e-commerce platform, and more. These integrations are possible with any such third-party platform, but if you decide to use the solutions of the Adobe Experienced Cloud (AEC), you will be able to leverage the built-in connectors available out of the box in Captivate Prime. Thanks to these integrations, you can deliver customized learning experiences to your employees, partners, and customers alike.
In this chapter, you also took your first steps into discovering the Prime platform hands on. You activated your free 30-day trial and explored the basic settings of your personal user account, as well as the basic information of your Prime account as a whole. Finally, you had your first glimpse at the four roles available in the system: Administrator, Author, Learner, and Integration Admin.
In the next chapter, you will continue with the initial setup of your Prime account by reviewing the options available to customize the look and feel of both the user and admin experience.
