Adobe Captivate Training Class - Advanced

Advanced Adobe Captivate training class topics covered

The following topics are generally covered in this advanced Captivate course:

LESSON 1: CREATING THEMES IN CAPTIVATE

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

LESSON 2: 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 3: 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 4: ADDING VIDEO TO CAPTIVATE PROJECTS

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

LESSON 5: 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 6: CREATING ACCESSIBLE CAPTIVATE PROJECTS

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

LESSON 7: USING PHOTOSHOP LAYER COMPS IN CAPTIVATE

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

LESSON 8: 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 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 course
• Create an LMS curriculum
• Testing an eLearning Course