What Are The Common Features of an Interactive PDF? Using design software such as InDesign (although this is not the only software that can create Interactive PDFs), standard static PDF documents can be made ‘interactive’ by adding elements that engage the reader and require actions from them in order to ‘explore and experience’ the document, rather than just passively read it.
It is a way of displaying content in written, audio and visual elements that remains standardised in the user experience (format and display of the file) across devices. Here are some of the things that you might not know about interactive PDFs and how you could use them to enhance your e-Learning or blended learning approaches.Ī PDF is a ‘Portable Document Format’, which is a document that can be opened in many platforms and readers, but most commonly is read with Adobe (previously Acrobat). Why issue your learners with a boring textbook that they’ll never open or a static text document as an accompaniment to their training, when you could turn your textual training components into animated files complete with embedded videos, animated symbols, audio commentary, music, in-document quizzes, zoom-in images and much more?
PDFs have been around since the early 1990’s, and in the early 2000’s software began offering features that enabled the development of PDF interactivity.Īlthough to some, the old familiar PDF may seem a bit boring and ‘old school’ on the outside, the possibilities of PDF design are now almost limitless in enabling e-Learning developers to create highly engaging, gamified, interactive learning experiences that can add an impressive and effective layer to your training and education programs.
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