Course Overview
In Adobe Captivate 5 Essential Skills II, go beyond screen capture and achieve superior results with engaging interactions, improved workflow and learn to use Photoshop and Flash Professional to extend your learning content. Learn to apply consistency across your entire project using object styles and master slides. Add video to your projects and synchronize it across the slides by altering timing and transitions. In this course, we will cover advanced topics such as object styling, system and user-defined variables, master slides and tracking results through hosted solutions.
Course Outline
THE BASICS AND NEW FEATURES OF CAPTIVATE 5
- Project Preparation Guidelines
- Set Recording Preferences and Keys
- Record a Custom Simulation
- Exploring the New InterFace
- Personalizing the Workspace
- Working with Captivate Objects
- Using the New Properties Panel
- View and Modify Recorded Slide
KEEPING IT CONSISTENT
- Apply Consistant Formatting with Object Styles
- Set Formatting Attributes as an Object Style
- Applying Object Styles to a Selected Object
- Set Object Style as Default Formatting Across a Project
- Use Object Style Manager to Re-Define Formatting Attributes
- Maintaining and Managing Library Assets
- Removing Un-Used Library Assets
- Sharing Library Assets Across Multiple Projects
MASTER SLIDES
- Create Project Consistancy with Master Slides
- Designing a New Master Slide
- Creating a New Page Based from Master Slide
- Creating Multiple Master Slides
- Managing Master Slides
VARIABLE AND ACTIONS
- Understanding Variable and Their Purpose
- Defining a System Variable
- Using a Defined System Variable
- Defining a User Variable
- Assigning a Value to a User Defined Variable
- Capture User Information with a Text Entry Box
- Control Object Visibility
- Name Items
- Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
- Create a Script
- Attach a Script to a Slide
- Test and Edit a Script
- Using Captivate Widgets
- Insert a Question Widget
- Insert a Certificate Widget
WORKING WITH PHOTOSHOP FOR CAPTIVATE
- Creating a New Photoshop File
- Image Preferences for Captivate
- Importing Images into One Canvas
- Understanding Photoshop Layers
- Using Photoshp Adjustment Layers
- Cropping an Image
- Adding a Text Layer
- Compression for single file output
- Importing Multilayered Photoshop files into Captivate
- Working with Transparent PNGs
RICH ANIMATION EFFECTS
- Simple Transitions for Objects
- Creating Complex Multi Effect Animations
- Setting Triggers for Animation Effects
- Importing PowerPoint Animated Slides
- Create Custom Animations in Flash Professional
- Using Flash Motion Tweens for Animation
- Import Flash Animations into Captivate
WORKING WITH VIDEO
- Use Adobe Media Encoder
- Understanding Video Compression Settings
- Using the Right Compression Format
- Importing Video into Captivate
- Synchronize Video Across Multiple Slides
- Editing Timing and Transitions with the Video Preview Panel
CREATING A REVIEW PROCESS
- Overview of Acrobat.com
- Publish Captivate Project to Acrobat.com
- Starting the Review Process through Acrobat.com
- Using the Captivate Review Player
- Add Comments to Captivate Timeline
- Collaboration Between Project Tester and Captivate Developer
TRACKING AND REPORTING
- Using Acrobat.com for Hosting Captivate Projects
- Publishing to Acrobat.com
- Send Invites to Hosted Captivate Projects
- Tracking User Data through Acrobate.com
- Viewing Results with Quiz Results Analyzer
- Publishing for Learning Management Systems
- Setting Scorm/AICC Preferences
- Packaging for LMS Deployment
Prerequisites
Captivate 5 Training: Essential Skills II Course Prerequisites
- Have attended Captivate Essential Skills I, or have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in Captivate Essential Skills I.