Adobe Captivate Bootcamp

Adobe Captivate Bootcamp Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Understanding Captivate’s role in eLearning

• Education Through Pictures
• Planning eLearning Projects
• Explore a Finished Captivate Project
• Explore the Default Workspaces
• Modifying the Workspace
• Creating Workspace
• Zooming and Magnification
• Navigating a Project
• Previewing a Project
• Create New Projects
• Inserting Standard Objects onto Slides

Lesson 2: Creating New Captivate Projects

• Creating Software Simulations & Screen Recordings
• Creating Soft Skills Training: policies, procedures, awareness training
• Learning to Create New Projects
• Importing Images
• Use Shapes as Buttons
• Disabling Sounds

Lesson 3: Creating Screen Recordings in Captivate

• Understanding Recording Settings
• Enabling Access for Assistive Devices
• Reviewing Default Recording Mode Settings
• Recording Using Multiple Modes
• Recording a Custom Simulation
• Recoding Demonstrations with Pan view
• Manually Recording the Screen

Lesson 4: Creating Video Demonstrations

• Recording video demonstrations
• Adding zoom effects
• Adding pan effects
• Smothing a mouse path
• Showing visual clicks
• Splitting and trimming video
• Inserting video projects into standard projects
• Publishing

Lesson 5: Creating Captions

• Styles and Timing in Captivate
• Inserting, Resizing and Moving Text Captions
• Modifying Caption Properties
• Editing Caption Styles
• Changing a Callout Type Used by a Text Caption
• Control Slide and Slide Object Timing
• Checking Spelling
• Importing and Exporting Captions
• Align Slide Objects

Lesson 6: Using Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

• Adding a Visual Click and Sound
• Modifying the Mouse Pointer
• Inserting and Formating Text Buttons
• Setting a Button’s Pause After Timing
• Working With Image Buttons
• Inserting and Formatting Highlight Boxes
• Changing Mouse Paths
• Closing Object Styles
• Inserting a Rollover Caption
• Inserting a Rollover Image
• Creating a Zoom Area
• Using Rollover Slides

Lesson 7: Working with Images, Videos and Drawing Objects

• Inserting and Resizing Images
• Transforming Image Size and Position
• Crop and Rename an Image
• Remove a Background Color
• Using the Library
• Managing Project Assets
• Inserting a Cloud Callout
• Creating an Image Slideshow
• Inserting Videos
• Setting Video Properties

Lesson 8: Using and working with Audio

• Importing Audio onto a Slide Object
• Adding Background Audio Music
• Adding Slide Notes
• Calibrating Microphones
• Recording Slide Audio
• Importing Voiceovers onto a Slide
• Editing Audio Files
• Inserting Silence
• Converting Text-to-Speech
• Using Rollover Captions

Lesson 9: Working with States, Animation and Effects

• Adding Animation to slides
• Inserting Text Animation
• Applying Effects to Slide Objects
• Applying Filter Effects
• Modifying Effect Properties
• Saving and Importing Effects
• Changing State Views for Buttons
• Adding Animation to Slides

Lesson 10: Creating Simulations

• Causing the Mouse to be hidden
• Replacing Phrases
• Inserting Click Boxes
• Inserting Text Entry Boxes

Lesson 11: Using Captivate with PowerPoint

• Importing PowerPoint slides
• Resizing Objects 
• Using Apply to All to Consistently Format Objects
• Updating Captivate Project with Edited PowerPoint files
• Synchronizing with Source Files

Lesson 12: Creating Quizzes in Captivate and using Question Slides

• Editing Quiz Object Styles
• Setting Quiz Preferences
• Applying Themes
• Hiding Slide Images
• Inserting Question Slides
• Editing Question Slides
• Adding Images to Question Slides
• Comparing Submit All and Submit Buttons
• Inserting Knowledge Checks
• Reviewing GIFT files
• Importing GIFT files into Captivate projects
• Creating Question Pools
• Moving Questions into Pools
• Inserting Random Question Slides

Lesson 13: Using Publishing to distribute your Captivate project

• Creating Internet Links
• Naming Slides
• Applying, Editing, Saving and Deleting Skins
• Create Table of Contents
• Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen
• Publishing SWF and PDF files
• Using the HTML5 Tracker
• Publishing as HTML5
• Exporting Captions

LESSON 14: CREATING THEMES IN CAPTIVATE

• Understanding themes
• Using default themes
• Customizing themes and theme slides
• Using a custom theme for a project

LESSON 15: WORKING WITH EXTERNAL ASSETS USING CAPTIVATE

• Importing Powerpoint projects
• Building custom buttons
• Creating a Branch with buttons
• Explore the Branching tab
• Create slide groups
• Editing slides with imported assets.
• Using the Branching view with interactive Objects

LESSON 16: WORKING WITH AUDIO IN CAPTIVATE

• Using Slide Notes
• Working with Text to Speech
• Recording Audio for eLearning projects
• Adding audio to Slides
• Adding audio to Objects
• Editing Audio using Captivate

LESSON 17: ADDING VIDEO TO CAPTIVATE PROJECTS

• Video formats
• Working with streaming video
• Adding Flash video
• Adding video transitions

LESSON 18: USING CAPTIVATE TO CREATE AND USE QUESTION POOLS

• Inserting a Question Slide
• Creating Question Pools
• Add Questions to Question Pools
• Insert Random Question Slides

LESSON 19: CREATING ACCESSIBLE CAPTIVATE PROJECTS

• Setting Document Information
• Enabling Accessibility
• Add Accessibility Text to Slides
• Importing Audio
• Adding Shortcut Keys
• Adding Closed Captions

LESSON 20: USING PHOTOSHOP LAYER COMPS IN CAPTIVATE

• Creating a background mask
• Editing Slide Backgrounds
• Importing Photoshop files
• Using Photoshop layers

LESSON 21: USING VARIABLES, ADVANCED INTERACTIONS AND BUTTONS

• Inserting System variables
• Editing System variables
• Creating user variables
• Using variables to gather data
• Creating custom buttons in Captivate
• Using Captivate’s advanced interactions

LESSON 22: REFINING CAPTIVATE PROJECTS

• Selecting project-wide Quality settings
• Setting individual slide display quality
• Defining the background color
• Starting and ending options
• Creating and editing Skins
• Hiding navigation controls to define a
• learning path
• Adding Table of Contents and glossary
• Using HTML5 Output
• Final file delivery options

LESSON 23: USING SCRIPTING AND ACTIONS IN CAPTIVATE

• Creating Actions
• Adding interactivity with actions
• Creating scripts
• Adding scripts to slides
• Understanding user variables
• Creating system variables
• Triggering actions with scripts

LESSON 24: INTEGRATING CAPTIVATE WITH AN LMS

• Reporting options for quizzes
• Creating manifest files
• Reporting button interactions
• Adjusting slide object Interaction
• Publish Content Packages
• Create a trial Inquisiq LMS Account
• Create an LMS Lesson
• Create an LMS Course
• Create an LMS Curriculum
• Testing an eLearning Course