Adobe Captivate 4 - Getting Started — A 2-day course

Synopsis

This Captivate 4 training provides students with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to develop and build software demonstrations and interactive simulations with Captivate. In addition to learning key concepts, students also learn best practices for creating and publishing Captivate projects.

Course Objectives

On this course, the participants will learn the following:

Create effective training by first understanding the workflow process and storyboarding
Record software demonstrations and simulations with on-screen action
Create engaging training by using multimedia
Set initial recording options and project preferences
Preview and save projects
Update content by editing captions
Insert slide elements such as text captions, images, objects, sound, and animated text
Use the Timeline feature to change caption and object timing
Edit projects by recording additional slides
Ensure narrative accuracy by spell checking your project
Create handouts for reviewers so they can understand the projects sequence and narrative
Publish your project to Word documents and SWF files
Add narration by recording or importing audio into projects
Increase user interactivity by inserting click boxes and highlight boxes, and text entry boxes
Add interest by inserting rollover captions and rollover images
Test e-learners by inserting question slides and scoring options
Create interest by branching to different slides and projects
Create a backup of a project
Resize a project
Leverage existing content by importing PowerPoint slides, importing printable documentation into a project
Increase usability of projects by creating hyperlinks to websites and to another project
Create a MenuBuilder project to tie all the projects together so viewers can easily access one project after another

Suitable For

The audience for this course is beginning and intermediate Adobe Captivate users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations.

Prerequisites

You should already be:

Familiar with the Microsoft Windows operating system
Familiar with using Microsoft Internet Explorer
Familiar with basic computer terminology

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

London — £595 (+VAT)

29–30 Mar 2010
19–20 Apr 2010
3–4 Jun 2010
14–15 Jun 2010

Manchester — £595 (+VAT)

8–9 Apr 2010
3–4 Jun 2010

Glasgow — £595 (+VAT)

22–23 Apr 2010

Course Contents

Introducing Captivate

Start Adobe Captivate and Set General Preferences
Open and Close Existing Projects
View Project Information and Open Slides
Preview a Project
Zoom Closer to a Slide
View the Library and Timeline

Recording

Step Through a Script
Set the Recording Type and Options
Record a Project Manually
Record a Demonstration
Record an Assessment Simulation
Record a Training Assessment
Record a Custom Project
Record a Project in Different Languages
Record a Project in Multiple Modes at One Time

Text Captions and 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 Text Caption Display Times
Show/Hide Timeline Objects
Use Options to Control Object Timing
Set Mouse Properties
Check Spelling
Align Slide Objects

Images

Insert and Delete Slides
Insert an Image
Set Image Size and Slide Position
Use the Library
Manage Unused Images
Create an Image Transparency
Create an Image Watermark
Replace an Image
Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
Work With Image Stacks
Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound

Pointer Paths, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

Change the Pointer Path
Change the Pointer Type
Edit a Slide and Object Display Times
Insert a Text Button
Set a Button's Options
Insert an Image Button
Insert and Format a Highlight Box

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

Rollovers and Zoom Areas

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

Slide Labels, Notes and Audio

Add a Slide Label
Add a Slide Note
Add a Sound Effect to an Object
Add Background Music to a Project
Calibrate a Microphone
Record a Slide Note
Edit an Audio File
Insert Silence

Animation and Flash Video

Change a Project’s Frame Rate
Add Animation to a Slide
Change an Animation’s Slide Position
Insert Text Animation
Add Flash Video

Importing and Branching

Import PowerPoint Animation
Import PowerPoint Backgrounds
Resize a Project
Import Project Slides and Objects
Label a Slide
Use Buttons to Create a Branch
Explore the Branching Tab
Export the Branching View
Create a Slide Group
Work with a Slide Group

Skins and Templates

Apply a BMP Playbar
Apply a Skin
Edit and Save a Skin
Delete a Skin
Add a Loading Screen
Create a Project Template
Create a New Project From a Template
Record Additional Slides
Edit a Template

Compliant Movies, Bandwidth and Publishing

Enable 508 Compliance
Add Accessibility Text
Add Closed Captions
Link to a Web Site
Set Project Information
Check Bandwidth
Publish a Flash (SWF)
Publish Word Handouts
Export Captions
Perform a 'Round Trip' From Word

Creating Quizzes

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
Create and Rename Question Pools
Add Questions to Question Pools
Insert Random Question Slides

MenuBuilder

Publish a Standalone Project
Create a MenuBuilder Project
Add Text Items to a Menu
Format Styles
Edit Text Items
Export a MenuBuilder Project

Learning Management Systems

Set Reporting Options
Create a Manifest File
Adjust Slide Object Interaction
Publish a Content Package
Create an LMS Account
Create an LMS Lesson
Create an LMS Course
Create an LMS Curriculum
Test an E-Learning Course

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