Captivate Essentials - An Introduction to Captivate

Course Description

Captivate Essentials - An Introduction to Captivate is a three – day course designed to teach the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive eLearning and mLearning content. By following step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. You’ll learn to record and produce software demonstrations, and interactive training simulations. This course will take you through three e-learning projects: a demonstration, a simulation and a SCORM-compliant quiz.

Prerequisites:

• A practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows
• Basic Web knowledge

Who Should Use Captivate?

Corporate training professionals, educators, instructional designers, and all types of business users with limited programming capabilities who want to create product demos, application simulations, soft skill and compliance training, and mobile learning. Also educators and trainers who are currently using PowerPoint and need to add interactivity to their training materials.

Course Outline

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Day 1

Lesson 1: Exploring Captivate

• Understanding Explore a Finished Captivate Project
• Zoom and Magnify
• Navigate a Project
• Explore and Reset the Workspace
• Preview the Entire Project

Lesson 2: New Project & Soft Skills eLearning

• Create a Blank Project
• Add Images to Placeholders
• Insert and Format a Text Button

Lesson 3: Recording Demos and Sims

• Rehearse a Script
• Review Recording Settings
• Enable Access for Assistive Devices
• Review Default Recording Mode Settings
• Record Using Multiple Modes
• Record a Custom Simulation

Lesson 4: Captions, Styles and Timing

• Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
• Modify Text Caption Properties
• Edit the Default Caption Style
• Change a Callout Type Used by a Text Caption
• Control Slide Timing
• Control Slide Object Timing
• Check Spelling
• Align Slide Objects

Day 2

Lesson 5: Images and Smart Shapes

• Understanding Insert, Resize, and Restore an Image
• Transform an Image
• Use the Library
• Manage Unused Project Assets
• Crop and Rename an Image
• Remove a Background Color
• Insert a Cloud Callout
• Create an Image Mask
• Delete a Slide Background
• Work with Photoshop Layers
• Create an Image Slideshow

Lesson 6: Pointers, Paths, Boxes, and Buttons

• Control Mouse Effects
• Edit a Mouse Path
• Clone an Object Style
• Insert a Highlight Box
• Insert an Image Button
• Control Appear After Timing

Lesson 7: Rollovers and Zooms

• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Insert a Rollover Slidelet
• Insert a Zoom Area

Lesson 8: Audio

• Import Audio onto a Slide Object
• Import Background Audio
• Add a Slide Note
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record Slide Audio
• Import a Voiceover onto a Slide
• Edit an Audio File
• Insert Silence
• Convert Text-to-Speech

Day 3

Lesson 9: Video, Animation and Effects

• Organizing Insert a Flash Video
• Set Flash Video Properties
• Add Animation to a slide
• Insert Text Animation
• Apply an Effect to a Slide Object
• Apply a Glow Filter Effect
• Modify Effect Properties
• Save and Import Effects

Lesson 10: Adding Interactivity

• Hide the Mouse
• Replace Phrases
• Insert a Click Box
• Insert a Text Entry Box

Lesson 11: Working With PowerPoint

• Import PowerPoint slides
• Resize One Object and Apply to All
• Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits
• Synch With Source
• Rescale a Project

Lesson 12: Introduction to Question Slides

• Edit Quizzing Object Styles
• Set the Quiz Preferences
• Apply a Theme
• Hide a Slide Image
• Insert Question slides
• Add an Image to a Question slide

Lesson 13: Finishing Touches

• Create a Link to a Web Site
• Apply a Skin
• Edit, Save and Delete a Skin
• Create a TOC
• Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen
• Publish a SWF and PDF
• Run the HTML5 Tracker
• Publish as HTML5
• Export Captions
• Perform a “Round Trip"