Captivate 5 level 1 beginner class

Captivate 5 level 1 beginner class

Adobe Captivate 5 enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging computer-based software materials, scenario-based training, and robust quizzes without programming knowledge or multimedia skills.

Course Description:

This 2 day Adobe Captivate 5 class will provide students with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to develop and build software demonstrations and interactive simulations with Captivate.
This class will provide 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.
The course is aimed at beginner to 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.

Captivate 5 level 1 beginner class
Course Details:

eLearning and Captivate

As your class ramps up, you won't just learn how to start Captivate and click each tool, you'll begin the process of creating eLearning lessons from the ground up. You'll not only learn how to create effective eLearning, but why those lessons will be effective.

• eLearning Concepts
• Planning eLearning Projects
• Explore the Captivate Interface
• Create and Manage Workspaces
• Preview a Project
• Use the Zoom Features

Recording Demos and Sims      

Recording your desktop actions is one of Captivate's key features... and you'll cover the hottest recording modes: demo, assessment, training and custom.

• Rehearse a Script
• Edit Recording Settings
• Set Recording Keys
• Record a Demonstration
• Record an Assessment
• Record a Training Simulation
• Record a Custom Simulation

Captions, Styles and Timing

Once you've recorded your lessons, the real work begins. During these lessons, you will learn how to add text caption, set object styles and control the timing of slides objects.

• Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
• Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions\
• Modify Text Caption Properties
• Edit the Default Caption Style
• Reset an Object Style
• Change an Object's Position & Size
• View the Timeline
• Change a Slide's Display Time
• Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times
• Show/Hide Timeline Objects
• Use the Properties Panel to Control Timing
• Set Mouse Properties
• Check Spelling
• Align Slide Objects

Images and Drawing Objects

Adding images to your project will enhance the lesson. These lessons will teach you how to add images, maninpulate them and manage them.

• Change Slide Background Quality
• Insert and Delete Slides
• Insert an Image
• Set Image Size & Slide Position
• Use the Library
• Manage Unused Project Assets
• Crop An Image
• Create an Image Watermark
• Control Image Timing and Transition
• Work With Image Stacks
• Add a Visual Click and Sound
• Draw a Line

Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

If you've created a demonstration, that pesky mouse can sometimes have a mind of its own. You'll learn how to tame that wild mouse during these lessons. Then you'll learn how to add some basic interactivity to a lesson via buttons.

• Modify the Mouse Pointer
• Edit Slide and Object Display Times
• Insert a Text Button
• Set a Button's Timing and Options
• Work with Image Buttons
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box

Rollovers and Zoom Areas

Rollovers and Zoom Areas enhance the eLearning experience by encouraging interactivity (rollovers) and grabbing the learners attention (zoom areas). Learn them both during these lessons.

• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Insert and Format a Rollover Slidelet
• Format the Rollover Area
• Add a Caption and Image to a Rollover Area

Audio

eLearning lessons that contain voiceover audio and sound effects are more effective than lessons that don't... and that's just a fact! Learn how to add, edit and record audio during these lessons. And if that's not enough, you'll also learn how to convert Text-to-Speech, which is just cool!

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

Flash Video, Animation & Effects

In a word, Flash Video is cool! Learn how to add Flash Video to your eLearning lessons. There are lessons for adding Animation and special effects too.

• Insert Flash Video
• Set Flash Video Properties
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Insert Text Animation
• Apply a Fly-In Effect to a Text Caption
• Apply a ZigZag Motion Path

Click and Text Entry Boxes

Interacitve eLearning is generally thought to be more effective than passive demonstration videos. During these lessons, learn how to convert a demonstration video in a highly engaging, interactive affair.

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

Introduction to Question Slides

Captivate sports some robust quizzing tools. You'll learn how to setup, create and edit question slides.

• Edit Quizzing Object Styles
• Set the Quiz Preferences
• Insert Question Slides
• Format a Question Slide
• Add an Image to a Question Slide
• Paste as Background

Publishing

No project is finished until it's published. Learn the best publishing format to use for the widest audience. Learn how to add a TOC to your lessons and the best settings for publishing to Flash (SWF).

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

Captivate 5 level 2 advanced class

Captivate 5 level 2 advanced class

Adobe Captivate 5 enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging computer-based software materials, scenario-based training, and robust quizzes without programming knowledge or multimedia skills.

Course Description:

• Importing and Branching
• Question Pools
• Making Projects Accessible
• Commenting, Image Editing and Photoshop Layers
• Variables, Widgets and Buttons
• Project and Design Templates
• Advanced Actions
• Learning Management Systems

Captivate 5 level 2 advanced class
Course Details:

Reviewing the Essentials

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

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

Question Pools

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

Accessible Projects

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

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

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

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

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

Learning Management Systems

• Set Quiz Reporting Options
• Create a Manifest File
• Report a Button Interaction
• Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Content Package
• Create an Inquisiq LMS Account
• Create an LMS Lesson
• Create an LMS Course
• Create an LMS Curriculum
• Test an eLearning Course

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.