In this two day hands-on Adobe Captivate training class the student will learn the step-by-step proven methods top instructional designers use to create online classes for their clients. The course covers all the tools the student will need to develop and build interactive eLearning courses and software demonstrations. You'll learn to create complete Captivate projects using objects such as hotspots, interactive elements, video, buttons, voice narrations and audio. In addition to learning key concepts of eLearning, you'll learn best practices for creating and publishing Captivate projects in professional development workflows. You will also learn how to use Adobe Captivate to create your eLearning Courses.

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Learning Objectives

You'll learn to create complete Captivate projects using objects such as hotspots, interactive elements, video, buttons, voice narrations and audio. In addition to learning key concepts of eLearning, you'll learn best practices for creating and publishing Captivate projects in professional development workflows.

1

  • INTERFACE OVERVIEW

  • Navigating Through the Menus

    The Side Tool Bar

    The Top Tool Bar

    The Film Strip

    The Timeline

    Master Slides

    Properties

    Library

    Quiz Properties

    Project Info

2

  • WORKING WITH THE TOOL BAR

  • Using Shapes

    Creating Text Boxes

    Using Text Captions

    Inserting Images and Video

    Highlight Boxes

    Mouse Actions

    Creating Buttons

    Creating Zooms

3

  • SETTING UP THE PROJECT

  • Creating the Master Slide

    Choosing Quality and Resolution

    Image Sizes

    The Skin Editor

4

  • MASTERING THE TIMELINE

  • Locking and Unlocking Items

    Using the Eyeball Function

    Recording Slides

5

  • CREATING SLIDES

  • Text, Images and Videos

    Arranging Objects on a Slide

    Aligning Objects

    Snapping to Objects

    Image Editing

    Crop and Renaming Images

    Timing, Transitions & Transform

    Positing Objects on Slides

    Adding Widgets

    Reordering Slides

    Editing Images

    Adding Web links

6

  • WORKING WITH IMAGES

  • Resizing and Restoring Images

    Cropping and Renaming an image

    Removing background color

    Inserting a Cloud Callout

    Creating an Image Mask

7

  • POINTERS, PATHS, BOXES AND BUTTONS

  • Controlling Mouse Effects

    Editing a Mouse Path

    Inserting a Highlight Box

    Insert an Image Button

8

  • ROLLOVERS AND ZOOMS

  • Inserting a Rollover caption

    Inserting a Rollover image

    Inserting a Rollover slidelet

    Inseringt a Zoom area

9

  • ACTIONS

  • Name Objects

    Creating a Mask

    Controlling Object Visibility

    Creating a simple Action

    Attaching an Action to a Button

    Group Timeline Objects

    Creating a Variable

    Creating a Conditional Action

10

  • CLICK BOXES

  • How to Use Them and Why

11

  • ANIMATIONS AND EFFECTS

  • Using Animation to Enhance your Slides

    Text Animation

    Modifying Effects Properties

    Creating Zoom Areas

    Interactions

    Animation Effects

    Adding Drop Shadows and Gradients

    Adding Visual Clicks and Sounds

12

  • WORKING WITH VIDEO

  • Recording a video demo

    Adding a Video Zoom

    Adding a Video Pan

    Spliting a Video

    Triming a Video

13

  • UNDERSTANDING SLIDE ACTIONS

  • On Start

    On Exit

14

  • USING AUDIO

  • Recording Audio

    Calibrating a Microphone

    Importing Audio

    Inserting Silence

    Editing Audio

    Creating Loop Audio

    Removing Audio

    Creating Closed Captions

    Background Audio

    Inserting Silence

    Converting Text-to-Speech

15

  • PREVIEWING AND RECORDING

  • Previewing Your Project

    Using Automatic Recording Mode

    Playing Your Project

    Check Captivate’s Recording

    Rehearsing a Script

16

  • LIBRARY

  • How to manage the Library

    Finding Items

    Deleting Unused Items

17

  • SAVING, PUBLISHING & UPLOADING

  • Saving to Disk

    Sharing Files

    Uploading to YouTube

    Publishing

18

  • THE PUBLISHING WINDOW

  • Publishing to .swf, HTML5, video, adobe connect, media, email, ftp, print

    Publishing a pdf

    Publishing settings

    Windows or Mac Executable

    Importing and Exporting

    Importing from PowerPoin

19

  • CREATING QUIZZES AND QUESTIONS

  • Testing Strategies

    Quiz Preferences

    Quiz Properties

    Question Slides

    Incorporating Interactions into Quizzes

    Question Pool Manager

    Adding and Deleting Questions

    Editing Captions and Buttons

    Creating Random Questions

    Formatting the Quiz Results Page

    Mobile delivery and Quizzes

    Building a Presentation Movie

    Creating VR Videos

Audience

This class is ideal for anyone just starting out with Captivate, or for teams to be able to communicate effectively with their Learning and Development group.

Language

English

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of a Mac or PC computer

$1,295

Length: 2.0 days (16 hours)

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