Captivate Training: Essential Skills I

Create interactive E-learning simulations, demonstrations and assessments in this two-day comprehensive Captivate training. Learn to create complete presentations using objects such as text captions, hotspots, interactive elements, voice narrations and audio. You will also create simulations using Captivate's built-in screen-capturing capabilities for building rich interactive user experiences. Your instructor will also cover the essential equipment to create polished video and audio narrations with cameras and microphones.

Your instructor will cover the pitfalls, and the best practices will be followed so that you are creating professional-grade E-learning applications that can be properly viewed on the web, CD-rom and other media in this Adobe Captivate class.

This Captivate 4/5 training is intensive, but not complicated. Our job is to make difficult concepts easy to understand and implement into your own projects.

NEW FEATURES OF CAPTIVATE 5 COVERED

• Object Styles
• Master Slides
• New Tracking and Reporting Feature
• Rich Animation Effects

INTRODUCING CAPTIVATE

• Start Adobe Captivate and
• Set General Preferences
• Open and Close Existing Projects
• View Project Information and Open Slides
• Preview a Project
• View the Library and Timeline

RECORDING

• Step Through a Script
• Set the Recording Type and Options
• Record a Project Manually
• Record a Demonstration
• Record an Assessment Simulation
• Record a Training Assessment

TEXT CAPTIONS AND THE TIMELINE

• Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
• Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
• Change Text Caption Properties
• Change an Object’s Slide Position and Size
• View the Timeline
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
• Change Timeline View Settings
• Use the Timeline to Set Text Caption Display Times
• Show/Hide Timeline Objects
• Use Options to Control Object Timing
• Set Mouse Properties
• Check Spelling
• Align Slide Objects

IMAGES

• Insert an Image
• Set Image Size and Slide Position
• Use the Library
• Manage Unused Images
• Create an Image Transparency
• Create an Image Watermark
• Replace an Image
• Set Image Timing Options and Transition
• Effects
• Work With Image Stacks
• Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound

POINTER PATHS, BUTTONS AND HIGHLIGHT BOXES

• Change the Pointer Path
• Change the Pointer Type
• Edit a Slide and Object Display Times
• Insert a Text Button
• Set a Button’s Options
• Insert an Image Button
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box

CONVERTING DEMONSTRATIONS INTO SIMULATIONS

• Hide the Mouse
• Insert a Click Box
• Set Click Box Options
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
• Set a Text Caption Transition
• Insert a Text Entry Box

ROLLOVERS AND ZOOM AREAS

• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Set Rollover Area Properties
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Insert a Rollover Slidelet
• Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
• Format and Position a Slidelet
• Insert a Caption into a Slidelet
• Insert an Image into a Slidelet

SLIDE LABELS, NOTES AND AUDIO

• Add a Slide Label
• Add a Slide Note
• Add a Sound Effect to an Object
• Add Background Music to a Project
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record a Slide Note
• Edit an Audio File
• Insert Silence

ANIMATION AND FLASH VIDEO

• Change a Project’s Frame Rate
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Change an Animation’s Slide Position
• Insert Text Animation
• Add Flash Video

IMPORTING AND BRANCHING

• Import PowerPoint Animation
• Import PowerPoint Backgrounds
• Resize a Project
• Import Project Slides and Objects
• Label a Slide
• Use Buttons to Create a Branch
• Explore the Branching Tab
• Export the Branching View
• Create a Slide Group
• Work with a Slide Group

SKINS AND TEMPLATES

• Apply a BMP Playbar
• Apply a Skin
• Edit and Save a Skin
• Delete a Skin
• Add a Loading Screen
• Create a Project Template
• Create a New Project From a Template
• Record Additional Slides
• Edit a Template

COMPLIANT MOVIES, BANDWIDTH AND PUBLISING

• Enable 508 Compliance
• Add Accessibility Text
• Add Closed Captions
• Link to a Web Site
• Check Bandwidth
• Publish a Flash (SWF)
• Publish Word Handouts
• Export Captions

CREATING QUIZZES

• Set Quiz Preferences
• Insert a Question Slide
• Add an Image to a Question Slide
• Reuse a Slide Background
• Format the Question Title
• Use the Slide Grid
• Format the Progress Indicator
• Create and Rename Question Pools
• Add Questions to Question Pools
• Insert Random Question Slides

MENUBUILDER

• Publish a Standalone Project
• Create a MenuBuilder Project
• Add Text Items to a Menu
• Format Styles
• Edit Text Items
• Export a MenuBuilder Project

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• Set Reporting Options
• Create a Manifest File
• Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Content Package
• Test an E-Learning Course

Captivate Training: Essential Skills I Course Prerequisites

• Basic Computer Skills on Windows or Mac