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

• Exploring 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
• Import Images
• Use a Smart Shape as a Button

Lesson 3: Screen Recordings

• Rehearse a Script
• Review Recording Settings
• Review Recording Modes
• Record Using Multiple Modes
• Record a Custom Simulation
• Record a Demonstration that Pans
• Manually Record the Screen

Lesson 4: Video Demos

• Record a Video Demo
• Add a Video Zoom
• Add a Video Pan
• Smooth a Mouse Path and Show Visual Clicks
• Split a Video
• Trim a Video
• Insert a Video Project into a Standard Project
• Publish a Video Demo

Lesson 5: Captions, Styles, Timing and Round Tripping

• Insert and Edit Text Captions
• 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
• Export Captions to Word
• Import Captions from Word into Captivate
• Preform a round trip

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: Images and Videos

• Insert, Resize, and Restore an Image
• Import Images into the Library
• Resize, Transform, and Align Images
• Manage Unused Library Assets
• Create an Image Slideshow
• Insert a Video
• Set Video Properties

Lesson 8: Audio

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

Lesson 9: States, Animations, and Object Effects

• Change State Views for a Button
• Add an Animation to a slide
• Insert a Text Animation
• Apply an Effect to a Slide Object
• Apply a Free Fall Effect to an Object

Lesson 10: Software Simulations

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

Lesson 11: Working with PowerPoint

• Create a Project from a Presentation
• Edit the Source Presentation
• Synchronize with Source
• Rescale a Project

Lesson 12: Quizzing

• Edit Quizzing Object Styles
• Set the Quiz Preferences
• Question Slides
• Insert Question Slides
• Edit a Question Slide
• Compare Submit All to Submit Buttons
• Insert a Knowledge Check
• Review a GIFT File
• Import a GIFT File into a Project
• Create Question Pools [ Move Questions to Pools
• Insert Random Question Slides

Lesson 13: Publishing

• Apply a Skin
• Edit, Save, and Delete a Skin
• Name Slides
• Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen
• Publish as SWF and PDF
• Run the HTML5 Tracker
• Publish as HTML5