Adobe Captivate Training Class - Introduction

Adobe Captivate Training Class 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