Adobe Certified Captivate Training

Course CAP10

Adobe Captivate 4.0

This course introduces users to Adobe Captivate. The course is designed to take participants through the development process of building software demonstrations and interactive simulations. The course is task-based, with participants learning by recording and updating projects. Along with covering the key features of Captivate, the course focuses on best practices to record Captivate projects.

Audience
The audience for this course is beginning and intermediate Adobe Captivate users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations. Adobe Captivate appeals to a wide variety of audiences, typically grouped in training and education, sales and marketing, or technical support and documentation.


Course Outline

Unit 1: Captivate Preferences and Interface

  • Planning eLearning Projects
  • The Development Process
  • The Captivate 4 Interface
  • Set General Preferences
  • Explore a Project
  • Explore Project Views
  • Navigate a Project
  • Preview a Project
  • Zoom Closer to a Slide
  • View the Timeline and Library

Unit 2: Recording Demonstrations and Assessments

  • Rehearse a Script
  • Set Recording Preferences and Keys
  • Record a Demonstration
  • Record an Assessment Simulation
  • Record a Training Simulation
  • Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

Unit 3: Full Motion Recordings (FMRs), Panning and Image Slideshows

  • Create a FMR
  • Record a Lesson With Panning
  • Create an Image Slideshow

Unit 4: Text Captions & 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 Object Display Times
  • Show/Hide Timeline Objects
  • Use Options to Control Object Timing
  • Set Mouse Properties
  • Check Spelling
  • Align Slide Objects

Unit 5: Images and Drawing Objects

  • Insert and Delete Slides
  • Insert an Image
  • Set Image Size and Slide Position
  • Use the Library
  • Manage Unused Project Assets
  • Control Transparency
  • Create an Image Watermark
  • Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
  • Work With Image Stacks
  • Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
  • Insert a Drawing Object

Unit 6: Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

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

Unit 7: 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

Unit 8: Slide Labels, Notes and Audio

  • Change Slide Background Quality
  • Add a Slide Label
  • Add a Slide Note
  • Add Sound to a Slide Object
  • Add Background Audio
  • Calibrate a Microphone
  • Record Audio
  • Import Slide Audio
  • Edit an Audio File
  • Insert Silence
  • Convert Slide Notes to Speech

Unit 9: Animation and Flash Video

  • Change a Project’s Frame Rate
  • Add Animation to a Slide
  • Insert Text Animation
  • Insert Flash Video
  • Set Flash Video Properties

Unit 10: 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

Unit 11: Introduction to Question Slides

  • 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

Init 12: Publishing

  • Link to a Web Site
  • Apply a Skin
  • Edit and Save a Skin
  • Delete a Skin
  • Add a Loading Screen
  • Set Project Information
  • Create a TOC
  • Publish a Flash (SWF)
  • Publish Word Handouts
  • Export Captions
  • Perform a “Round Trip”

Duration: 2 days, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee: $845.00 + HST (CDN)

Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, you should already:

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

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Course CAP11

Adobe Captivate 4.0 Advanced Features

This Advanced Features course is designed to cover Captivate's higher-end functionality while improving your production skills via project templates, design templates, advanced actions and scripts. You will learn to collaborate with team members via Captivates' powerful commenting features. You'll enhance your users experience via variables that will make it seem like each eLearning lesson you produce has been customized for and is talking directly to your participant.

Unit 1: Reviewing the Essentials

  • Set General Preferences
  • Rehearse a Script
  • Set Recording Preferences and Keys
  • Record a Custom Simulation
  • Edit a Text Capture Template

Unit 2: Importing and Branching

  • Import a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Resize a Project
  • Import Project Slides and Objects
  • Label a Slide
  • Use Buttons to Create a Branch
  • Explore the Branching Tab
  • Create a Slide Group
  • Aggregate Published SWFs

Unit 3: Question Pools

  • Insert a Question Slide
  • Create and Rename Question Pools
  • Add Questions to Question Pools
  • Insert Random Question Slides

Unit 4: Accessible Projects

  • Set Document Information
  • Enable Accessibility
  • Add Accessibility Text to Slides
  • Import Audio
  • Add Shortcut Keys
  • Add Closed Captions

Unit 5: Commenting, Image Editing and PhotoShop Layers

  • Send a Project for Review
  • Create a Background Mask
  • Edit a Slide Background
  • Delete a Slide Background
  • Import a PhotoShop File
  • Work with PhotoShop Layers

Unit 6: Variables, Widgets and Buttons

  • Add Document Information
  • Insert a System Variable
  • Edit a System Variable
  • Create a User Variable
  • Use a Variable to Gather Data
  • Insert a Question Widget
  • Insert a Certificate Widget
  • Create Custom Buttons

Unit 7: Project and Design Templates

  • Create a Project Template
  • Create a Project From a Template
  • Record Additional Slides
  • Delete Unused Objects
  • Create a Mask
  • Add a Text Animation Placeholder
  • Create a Design Template
  • Format Design Template Objects
  • Apply a Design Template to a Project

Unit 8: Advanced Actions

  • Control Object Visibility
  • Name Items
  • Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
  • Create Variables
  • Add Text Entry Boxes
  • Create a Script
  • Attach a Script to a Slide
  • Test and Edit a Script

Unit 9: Learning Management Systems

  • Set Quiz Reporting Options
  • Create a Manifest File
  • Report a Button Interaction
  • Adjust Slide Object Interaction
  • Publish a Content Package

Duration: 2 days, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee: $895.00 + HST (CDN)

Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, you should already:

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

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Captivate 3.0

Unit 1: Introducing Adobe Captivate

  • Start Adobe Captivate 3 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

Unit 2: 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

Unit 3: 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

Unit 4: 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

Unit 5: 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

Unit 6: 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

Unit 7: 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

Unit 8: 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

Unit 9: 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

Unit 10: 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

Unit 11: 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

Unit 12: 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

Unit 13: 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

Unit 14: MenuBuilder

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

 

Duration: 2 days, 9:00 am - 4:30pm

Fee: $845.00 CDN + HST

Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, you should already:

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

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