A course that teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create eLearning courses. You will learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. You will learn to record and produce software demonstrations, interactive training simulations, and Video Demos. By the time you finish, you will know how to add such standard objects to a slide as text captions, images, characters, videos, Smart Shapes, and more. You will record, import, and edit audio. You will also further enhance the learner experience by adding interactivity via click boxes, buttons, text entry boxes, and quizzes. You will learn how to import existing PowerPoint content into Captivate. You will learn to publish a Captivate project as SWF, PDF, or HTML5 so that your content can be used on virtually any device including desktop computers, laptops, smart phones, and tablets.
- Price: $790.00
- Duration: 1 day
- Delivery Methods: Virtual
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Interface Overview
- Navigating the Menus
- Side Tool Bar
- Top Tool Bar
- Film Strip
- Timeline
- Master Slides
- Properties
- Library
- Quiz Properties
- Project Info
Setting Up The Project
- Creating the Master Slide
- Choosing Quality and Resolution
- Image Sizes
- The Skin Editor
Mastering the Timeline
- Locking and Unlocking Items
- Using the Eyeball Function
- Recording Slides
Creating Slides
- Text, Images and Videos
- Arranging Objects on a Slide
- Aligning Objects
- Snapping to Objects
- Image Editing
- Crop and Renaming Images
- Timing, Transitions & Transform
- Positing Objects on Slides
- Adding Widgets
- Reordering Slides
- Editing Images
- Adding Web Links
Working with Images
- Resizing and Restoring Images
- Cropping and Renaming an image
- Removing Background Color
- Inserting a Cloud Callout
- Creating an Image Mask
Pointers, Paths, Boxes and Buttons
- Controlling Mouse Effects
- Editing a Mouse Path
- Inserting a Highlight Box
- Inserting an Image Button
Rollovers and Zooms
- Inserting a Rollover Caption
- Inserting a Rollover Image
- Inserting a Rollover Slidelet
- Inserting a Zoom Area
Actions
- Name Objects
- Creating a Mask
- Controlling Object Visibility
- Creating a Simple Action
- Attaching an Action to a Button
- Group Timeline Objects
- Creating a Variable
- Creating a Conditional Action
Click Boxes
- How to Use Them and Why
Animations and Effects
- Using Animation to Enhance your Slides
- Text Animation
- Modifying Effects Properties
- Creating Zoom Areas
- Interactions
- Animation Effects
- Adding Drop Shadows and Gradients
- Adding Visual Clicks and Sounds
Working with Video
- Recording a Video Demo
- Adding a Video Zoom
- Adding a Video Pan
- Splitting a Video
- Trimming a Video
Understanding Slide Actions
- On Start
- On Exit
Using Audio
- Recording Audio
- Calibrating a Microphone
- Importing Audio
- Inserting Silence
- Editing Audio
- Creating Loop Audio
- Removing Audio
- Creating Closed Captions
- Background Audio
- Inserting Silence
- Converting Text-to-Speech
Previewing and Recording
- Previewing Your Project
- Using Automatic Recording Mode
- Playing Your Project
- Check Captivate’s Recording
- Rehearsing a Script
Library
- How to Manage the Library
- Finding Items
- Deleting Unused Items
Saving, Publishing & Uploading
- Saving to Disk
- Sharing Files
- Uploading to YouTube
- Publishing
The Publishing Window
- Publishing to .swf, HTML5, Video, Adobe Connect, Media, E-mail, ftp, Print
- Publishing a pdf
- Publishing Settings
- Windows or Mac Executable
- Importing and Exporting
Importing from PowerPoint
- Transferring PowerPoint Presentations to Keynote
Creating Quizzes and Questions
- Testing Strategies
- Quiz Preferences
- Quiz Properties
- Question Slides
- Incorporating Interactions into Quizzes
- Question Pool Manager
- Adding and Deleting Questions
- Editing Captions and Buttons
- Creating Random Questions
- Formatting the Quiz Results Page
- Mobile Delivery and Quizzes
Building a Presentation Movie
- Exporting to Quicktime as a single movie
- Interface Overview
- Setting Up The Project
- Mastering the Timeline
- Creating Slides
- Working with Images
- Pointers, Paths, Boxes and Buttons
- Rollovers and Zooms
- Actions
- Click Boxes
- Animations and Effects
- Working with Video
- Understanding Slide Actions
- Using Audio
- Previewing and Recording
- Library
- Saving, Publishing & Uploading
- The Publishing Window
- Importing from PowerPoint
- Creating Quizzes and Questions
- Building a Presentation Movie
No special instructions regarding this course’s target audience provided. Please contact us to discuss if you are unsure whether this course is for you!
Basic knowledge of a Mac or PC computer is required.