Captivate Essentials Course

Captivate Essentials | Course Overview

Course Description

After completing City Desktop Training's introductory Captivate course for eLearning, students will know how to use best practices and efficient workflows to create and publish demonstrations, simulations, and assessments that incorporate a rich variety of multimedia content.

Captivate 6 and Captivate 5/5.5

While we offer both Captivate 6 or Captivate 5 courses, we highly recommend to upgrade to the latest version due to the new features available. Select Dates to view.

What you will learn

  • Recording Demonstrations & Simulations
  • Text Captions, Styles & the Timeline
  • Images and Drawing Objects
  • Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
  • Rollovers and Zoom Areas
  • Audio, Flash Video, Animation and Effects
  • Converting Demonstrations into Simulations
  • Introduction to Question Slides
  • Publishing
  • FMRs, Panning, Manual Mode & Slideshows

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who needs to quickly create and easily maintain e-learning materials, software demonstrations, or simulations without having to learn how to program.

Prerequisite

Students should have a strong working knowledge of either Mac or Windows.

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Captivate Essentials | Outline

eLearning and Captivate

  • Planning eLearning Projects
  • The Development Process
  • The Captivate Interface
  • Work spaces: Creating, Modifying and Resetting
  • Previewing and zooming Projects

Recording Demonstrations & Simulations

  • Resolution and Recording Size
  • The Development Process
  • Preparing to Record
  • Rehearse a Script
  • Edit Recording Settings
  • Set Recording Preferences and Keys
  • Access for Assistive Devices
  • Record a Demonstration
  • Record an Assessment
  • Record a Training Simulation
  • Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

Text Captions, Styles & the Timeline

  • Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
  • Modify Text Caption Properties
  • Edit the Default Caption Style
  • Reset an Object Style

The Timeline

  • Change an Object’s Slide Position and Size
  • View the Timeline
  • Change a Slide’s Display Time
  • Change Timeline View Settings
  • Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times
  • Show/Hide Timeline Objects
  • Use the Properties Panel to Control Timing
  • Set Mouse Properties
  • Check Spelling
  • Align Slide Objects

Images and Smart Shapes

  • Change the Slide Background Quality
  • Insert and Delete Slides
  • Insert an Image
  • Set Image Size and Slide Position
  • Use the Library
  • Manage Unused Project Assets
  • Cropping Images
  • Create an Image Watermark
  • Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
  • Work With Image Stacks
  • Add a Visual Mouse Click and Sound
  • Drawing Lines

Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

  • Change the Pointer Path & the the Pointer Type
  • Edit Slide and Object Display Times
  • Insert a Text Button
  • Set a Button’s Timing and Options
  • Insert an Image Button
  • Insert and Format a Highlight Box

Rollovers and Zoom Areas

  • Insert a Rollover Caption
  • Set Rollover Area Properties
  • Insert a Rollover Image

Rollovers and Zoom Areas (cont)

  • Insert a Zoom Area
  • Insert and Format a Rollover Slidelet
  • Insert a Caption & Image Into a Slidelet

Audio

  • Importing Audio Files
  • Add Background Audio
  • Add a Slide Note
  • Record Audio
  • Calibrate a Microphone
  • Record a Narration
  • Import Voice Narrations
  • Edit an Audio File
  • Inserting Silence
  • Convert Text to Speech

Flash Video, Animation and Effects

  • Insert Flash Video
  • Set Flash Video Properties
  • Add Animation to a Slide
  • Insert Text Animation
  • Apply a Fly-in Effect to a Text Caption
  • Apply a Zig Zag Motion path

Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations

  • Demonstrations versus Simulations
  • Replace Phrases
  • Insert a Click Box and set Options
  • Insert a Text Entry Box

Working with PowerPoint

  • Import a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits
  • Rescaling Projects
  • Synchronise with Source

Introduction to Question Slides

  • Set Quiz Preferences
  • Edit Quizzing Object Styles
  • Insert a Question Slide
  • Add an Image to a Question Slide
  • Reuse a Slide Background
  • Format the Question Title

Publishing

  • Link to a Web Site
  • Apply a Skin
  • Edit and Save a Skin
  • Delete a Skin
  • Add a Loading Screen
  • Create a TOC
  • Publish a Flash (SWF)
  • Publish Word Handouts
  • Export Captions
  • Perform a “Round Trip”

FMRs, Panning, Manual Mode and Slide shows

  • Full Motion Recording
  • Record a Lesson With Panning
  • Record Manually
  • Create an Image Slide show
Adobe Captivate Essentials Course
SYDNEY
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May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct
Adobe Captivate 6 Courses
Captivate 6 Essentials 22 & 23 17 & 18 18 & 19 7 & 8
27 & 28
25 & 26 16 & 17
Captivate 6 Advanced 1 & 2 19 & 20 21 & 22 21 & 22
Adobe Captivate 5/5.5 Courses
Captivate 5/5.5 Essentials 11 & 12
Captivate 5/5.5 Advanced 13 & 14
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MELBOURNE
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Captivate 6 Essentials Courses 13 & 14 17 & 18 15 & 16 6 & 7 4 & 5 3 & 4
Captivate 6 Advanced Courses 15 & 16 19 & 20 29 & 30 12 & 13 22 & 23
Captivate 5/5.5 Essentials Courses 24 & 25 2 & 3
Captivate 5/5.5 Advanced Courses 4 & 5
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BRISBANE
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Captivate 6 Essentials Courses 14 & 15
21 & 22
20 & 21 29 & 30 12 & 13 24 & 25
Captivate 6 Advanced Courses 20 & 21 16 & 17
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Captivate 6 Essentials Courses Available as custom training only.
Captivate 6 Advanced Courses Available as custom training only.
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Captivate Essentials | Testimonials

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