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Adobe Captivate training class - Introduction
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Adobe Captivate training class - Introduction: Course length: 2 days
In two days this Adobe Captivate training class teaches you how to quickly get up and running with this popular application for authoring e-learning content, screen captures, simulations, and video presentations. In this Adobe Captivate class, you'll learn to capture content, create assessments, design quizzes, and add interactivity and animations. This Captivate class also covers ways in which Captivate content can integrate materials from presentation applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint. After the two-day class, you will have the skills needed to create your own e-learning presentations using Captivate. Our public Captivate course is delivered using Captivate Classic. Training for the new Captivate is available as a separate course.
What you learn in this introductory Adobe Captivate course
- Understand Captivate's role in eLearning and its functionality
- How to create and publish new Captivate projects
- Create screen recordings and video demonstrations
- Create training for soft skills such as policies, procedures, and awareness.
- Add pointers, buttons, and highlights to call out on-screen items
- Import content into e-learning projects and simulations
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Why learn Adobe Captivate at AGI
- Hands-on learning: Learn Adobe Captivate by doing, using our proven method to gain skills quickly.
- Proven curriculum: We have delivered Adobe Captivate training to thousands.
- Our expert instructors are skilled educators and the best in class with Adobe Captivate.
- Small class sizes: receive personalized attention with ten or fewer participants per class.
- Repeat for free: If you need a refresher or miss a class day, retake the class at no cost.
- Learn using proven methods: We have been teaching Adobe Captivate courses for 20 years
Ways to attend this Adobe Captivate Course
- Live Online classes from your office or home as a regularly scheduled small group class.
- Live, in-person regularly scheduled Adobe Captivate classes in Boston or Philadelphia with a live instructor in the same classroom.
- Private training customized to your specific needs delivered in-person or online. Call 781-376-6044 or complete the Private Adobe Captivate Training form for more information.
- Corporate Adobe Captivate Training for your group or team.
Adobe Captivate training class - Introduction - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Adobe Captivate training class - Introduction
Weekdays
Mon, Nov 04 2024 to Tue, Nov 05 2024
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
In this two-day introduction to Captivate course, you learn
- Captivate's role in eLearning
- How to create new Captivate projects
- Create simulation training
- Create training for soft skills such as policies, procedures, and awareness
- Create recordings using Captivate
- Import or create captions
- Add pointers, buttons, and highlights to call out on-screen items
- Add images and video to your training and simulation projects
- Apply effects
- Integrate PowerPoint with Captivate projects
- Create quizzes and tests in Captivate
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 a 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
- Smoothing 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 formatting 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 format objects consistently
- Updating the 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 and editing question slides
- Adding images to question slides
- Comparing the 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: Publishing to distribute your Captivate project
- Creating Internet links
- Naming slides
- Applying, editing, saving, and deleting skins
- Create a table of contents
- Checking publish settings and adding a loading screen
- Publishing SWF and PDF files
- Using the HTML5 Tracker
- Publishing as HTML5
- Exporting captions
Custom and private Adobe Captivate classes
This Adobe Captivate course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. Adobe Captivate classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.
AGI provides a computer with Captivate in our classrooms, but we recommend you have the Adobe Captivate application available for use when you return from this class. This Captivate training course is delivered using Captivate Classic. See our other Captivate classes for the new version of Captivate.
Exceptional Adobe Captivate course materials
Our proprietary curriculum has been proven effective in teaching [category short name] to thousands. You’ll receive our extensive written reference along with lesson files for you to continue your practice following the class. This Adobe Captivate course includes a copy of our Digital Classroom book with many projects and exercises.
Repeat for free
If you need a refresher or miss a day of class, you can repeat the Adobe Captivate class at no additional cost for one year.
Private Adobe Captivate classes for companies and groups
This Adobe Captivate class is available as a private workshop for your company, group, or team. Use the contact form on this page or call 781 376-6044 to learn more about private classes.
Adobe Captivate FAQ
Do I receive a Adobe Captivate certificate?
AGI provides a certificate upon course completion, which can be shared on LinkedIn and verified digitally on the AGI website.
How many students are in a Adobe Captivate class?
AGI limits its class sizes so that you receive personalized attention. Classes are limited to no more than 10 participants.
Can I get specific Adobe Captivate questions answered in the class?
Yes, as a live class, you can ask the instructor questions about how you will be using Adobe Captivate.
Does this Adobe Captivate class include job placement support?
AGI provides job support only when Adobe Captivate classes are taken as part of a longer-term certificate program, where AGI has a dedicated career counselor assigned to each certificate student.
Is this Adobe Captivate class for Mac or Windows?
You can attend this Adobe Captivate class using a Mac or Windows computer. The application itself has identical functionality for both. If attending in our classrooms, a computer will be provided using the operating system of your choice.