Captivate Class in Philadelphia on September 17, 2018 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: Recording Demos and Sims

• Rehearsing
• Understanding Recording Settings
• Enabling Access for Assistive Devices
• Reviewing Default Recording Mode Settings
• Recording Using Multiple Modes
• Recording a Custom Simulation

Lesson 3: 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
• Align Slide Objects

Lesson 4: Working with Images 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

Lesson 5: Using Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

• Adding a Visual Click and Sound
• Modify the Mouse Pointer
• Insert and Format a Text Button
• Set a Button’s Pause After Timing
• Working With Image Buttons
• Inserting and Formatting Highlight Boxes

Lesson 6: Creating Rollovers and Zoom Areas

• Inserting a Rollover Caption
• Inserting a Rollover Image
• Creating a Zoom Area
• Using Rollover Slidelets

Lesson 7: 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

Lesson 8: Working with Video, Animation and Effects

• Inserting Video
• Setting Video Properties
• Adding Animation to slides
• Inserting Text Animation
• Applying Effects to Slide Objects
• Applying Filter Effects
• Modifying Effect Properties
• Saving and Importing Effects

Lesson 9: Converting Demonstrations into Simulations

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

Lesson 10: 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 11: Creating Quizzes using Question Slides

• Editing Quiz Object Styles
• Setting Quiz Preferences
• Applying Themes
• Hiding Slide Images
• Inserting Question slides
• Adding Images to Question slides

Lesson 12: Using Publishing to distribute your Captivate project

• Creating Internet Links
• 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