Captivate 4 Course Outline

1: eLearning and Captivate

• - Education Through Pictures
• - Planning eLearning Projects
• - The Development Process
• - The Captivate 4 Interface
  • - Set General Preferences
  • - Explore a Project & Project Views
  • - Navigate and Preview a Project
  • - Zoom Closer to a Slide
  • - View the Timeline and Library

2: Demonstrations and Simulations

• - Resolution and Recording Size
• - Preparing to Record
  • - Rehearse a Script
  • - Set Recording Preferences and Keys
• - Record a Demonstration
• - Record an Assessment
• - Record a Training Simulation
• - Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

3: FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows

• - Full Motion Recording
• - Record a Lesson With Panning
• - Create an Image Slideshow

4: Text Captions & the Timeline

• - Text Captions
  • - Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
  • - Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
  • - Change Text Caption Properties
• - 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 Options to Control Object Timing
  • - Set Mouse Properties
  • - Check Spelling
  • - Align Slide Objects

5: Images and Drawing Objects

• - Insert and Delete Slides
• - Insert an Image
• - Set Image Size and Slide Position
• - Use the Library
• - Manage Unused Project Assets
• - Control Transparency
• - Create an Image Watermark
• - Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
• - Work With Image Stacks
• - Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
• - Insert a Drawing Object

6: 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 Options
• - Insert an Image Button
• - Insert and Format a Highlight Box

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7: Rollovers and Zoom Areas

• - Insert a Rollover Caption
• - Set Rollover Area Properties
• - Insert a Rollover Image
• - Insert a Zoom Area
• - Insert a Rollover Slidelet
• - Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
• - Format and Position a Slidelet
• - Insert a Caption & Image Into a Slidelet

8: Slide Labels, Notes and Audio

• - Change Slide Background Quality
• - Add Slide Labels & Notes
• - Add Audio Files to Projects
• - Working with Audio
• - Inserting Silence
• - Convert Slide Notes to Speech

9: Animation and Flash Video

• - Change a Project’s Frame Rate
• - Add Animation to a Slide
• - Insert Text Animation
• - Insert Flash Video
• - Set Flash Video Properties

10: Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations

• -Demonstrations versus Simulations
• - Replace Phrases
• - Insert a Click Box and set Options
• - Change a Slide’s Display Time
• - Set a Text Caption Transition
• - Insert a Text Entry Box

11: Introduction to Question Slides

• - Set Quiz Preferences
• - Insert a Question Slide
• - Add an Image to a Question Slide
• - Reuse a Slide Background
• - Format the Question Title
• - Use the Slide Grid
• - Format the Progress Indicator

12: Publishing

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