Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate Training

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Adobe Captivate is an electronic learning tool for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in .swf format.

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Adobe Captivate 9 Introduction

Course Overview

  • Plan your projects
  • Use the "Align with Previous Slide" option
  • Recording projects
  • Pointer Paths, Text Captions and the Timeline
  • Buttons and Highlight Boxes
  • Creating interactive simulations and tutorials
  • Rollover Captions, Images, and Zoom Areas
  • Slide Labels, Notes, and Audio
  • Animation and Flash Video
  • Importing, Exporting, and Branching
  • Devising an appropriate quiz strategy

Audience:

This course is designed for new users of Captivate, or those with limited experience or knowledge.

Prerequisite:

Working knowledge or experience of Adobe Captivate is required to attend this course.

Duration:

This is a 1 day Adobe Captivate Course. The course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30. Alternate timings can be arranged upon request. The course can be held on a date that suits you.

Location:

Our Adobe Captivate course can be run at our training venue near Liverpool Street  (London) or any preferred location in the UK or Europe.

Adobe Captivate 9 Introduction Course Outline

CAPTIVATE OVERVIEW

What is Captivate?

Planning your projects

Resolution and recording size

Guided tour of the Captivate user interface

RECORDING PROJECTS

Pros and cons of Auto Recording

Selecting an appropriate Recording Mode

POINTER PATHS, TEXT CAPTIONS AND THE TIMELINE

Changing the pointer path

Adding a visual mouse click and mouse click sound

Using the “Align with Previous Slide” option

Working with text captions

Editing an object’s position and size

Using the timeline to control object timing

Showing an object for the “Rest of Slide”

Aligning captions

Hiding and deleting slide objects Images

Inserting blank slides

Inserting images

Setting image size and position

Setting image timing options and transition effects

Merging images into the background

Working with image stacks

Using the Library

Importing images from other Adobe Captivate projects

BUTTONS AND HIGHLIGHT BOXES

Inserting a Text Button

Inserting an Image Button

Using colour to highlight an area of the screen

Highlighting an area by greying out the rest of the screen

CREATING INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS AND TUTORIALS

Introduction to e-Learning tutorials

Explanation of interactive objects

Hiding the mouse

Inserting and working with Click Boxes

Auto Recording with interactivity

Inserting and working with Text Entry Boxes

Showing and hiding typing

ROLLOVER CAPTIONS, IMAGES AND ZOOM AREAS

Introduction to Rollovers

Working with Rollover Captions Working with Rollover Images

Using Rollovers to provide a “true” Hint facility

Using Rollovers to enable users to explore on their own

Inserting Zoom Areas

SLIDE LABELS, NOTES, AND AUDIO

Working with Slides Labels and Notes

Explanation of possible audio strategies

Adding background music to a project

Adding audio to a slide

Recording and editing audio

Adding sound effects to slide objects

ANIMATION AND FLASH VIDEO

Working with animation slides

Inserting Animations to draw attention

Inserting Text Animations

Inserting Flash Video

Setting Flash Video Properties

IMPORTING, EXPORTING AND BRANCHING

Importing PowerPoint presentations

Importing Captivate slides and objects

Using Buttons to create a branch

Working with the Branching Tab

Publishing Word handouts “Round-tripping” text captions to and from Word Skins and Templates

Editing and saving skins

Applying a BMP Playbar to a project

Adding a Loading Screen

CREATING A PROJECT TEMPLATE

Recording a new project based on a Template

Editing a Template Compliant Movies and Publishing

Ensuring accessibility by enabling 508 Compliance

Adding Closed Captions (subtitles)

Linking to a Web Site

Setting Project Properties

Publishing Flash and Standalone projects

Using FTP Question Slides and Learning Management Systems

DEVISING AN APPROPRIATE QUIZ STRATEGY

Setting Quiz Manager options

Creating a Manifest File

Inserting Question Slides

Setting Question Slide options

Formatting and laying out Question slides

Editing the Submit Button text

Publishing a Zipped Flash Project

Optional: Working with MenuBuilder

Creating Menu Builder projects Formatting styles Exporting MenuBuilder projects

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