Adobe Captivate Essential Training (Introductory/Intermediate Level)
With Adobe Captivate software, you can rapidly author professional eLearning
content with advanced interactivity, software and scenario simulations, quizzes,
dames, and other engaging experiences--no programming or multimedia skills
required. Boost your productivity with templates and collaboration workflows.
And deliver content virtually anywhere by publishing to Learning Management
Systems, Output to AVI for viewing on YouTube and a variety of mobile devices;
embed Adobe Captivate movies in Adobe PDF files; and more.
Prerequisite: Intermediate to advanced knowledge of windows and
experience using applications such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Outlook) or Corel WordPerfect, or other Adobe applications.
Upon successful completion of this 2-day course, students will be able to:
- create screen recordings
- create interactive soft skills training
- import videos and combine with existing videos
- caption videos
- import and record audio files
- add special effects to videos such as zooming and panning
- create basic quizzes
- produce videos for web, CDs and other devices
- have lab time to create their own custom videos
Course Content
- Education Through Pictures
- Planning eLearning Projects
- The Development Process
- The Captivate 4 Interface
- Set General Preferences
- Explore a Project
- Explore Project Views
- Navigate a Project
- Preview a Project
- Zoom Closer to a Slide
- View the Timeline and Library
Lesson 2: Recording Demonstrations and Assessments
- Rehearse a Script
- Set Recording Preferences and Keys
- Record a Demonstration
- Record an Assessment Simulation
- Record a Training Simulation
- Record a Custom Assessment Simulation
Lesson 3: Full Motion Recordings, Panning and Image Slideshows
- Create an FMR
- Record a Lesson With Panning
- Create an Image Slideshow
Lesson 4:Text Captions & 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 Object Display Times
- Show/Hide Timeline Objects
- Use Options to Control Object Timing
- Set Mouse Properties
- Check Spelling
- Align Slide Objects
Lesson 5: Images and Drawing Objects
- Insert and Delete Slides
- Insert an Image
- Set Image Size and Slide Position
- Use the Library
- Manage Unused Project Assets
- Control Transparency
- Create an Image Watermark
- Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
- Work With Image Stacks
- Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
- Insert a Drawing Object
Lesson 6: Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
- Change the Pointer Path
- Change the Pointer Type
- Edit Slide and Object Display Times
- Insert a Text Button
- Set a Button’s Options
- Insert an Image Button
- Insert and Format a Highlight Box
- 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
Lesson 8: Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
- Change Slide Background Quality
- Add a Slide Label
- Add a Slide Note
- Add Sound to a Slide Object
- Add Background Audio
- Calibrate a Microphone
- Record Audio
- Import Slide Audio
- Edit an Audio File
- Insert Silence
- Convert Slide Notes to Speech
Lesson 9: Animation and Flash Video
- Change a Project’s Frame Rate
- Add Animation to a Slide
- Insert Text Animation
- Insert Flash Video
- Set Flash Video Properties
Lesson 10: Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations
- Hide the Mouse
- Replace Phrases
- Insert a Click Box
- Set Click Box Options
- Change a Slide’s Display Time
- Set a Text Caption Transition
- Insert a Text Entry Box
Lesson 11: Introduction to Question Slides
- 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
Lesson 12: Publishing
- Link to a Web Site
- Apply a Skin
- Edit and Save a Skin
- Delete a Skin
- Add a Loading Screen
- Set Project Information
- Create a TOC
- Publish a Flash (SWF)
- Publish Word Handouts
- Export Captions
- Perform a “Round Trip”