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captivate logo Captivate Training Essentials $995 $895 Book Course

Adobe Captivate allows you to author professional eLearning content. You can quickly create interactive, engaging training simulations and scenario-based training - without having programming or multimedia skills. You can also boost your productivity with templates and collaboration workflows. Captivate 5 course version now availiable.

What you can do with Adobe Captivate

Screen recording and demos: Capture and record screen activity and synchronize audio and video.

Software simulations: Develop and deploy computer simulations and skill assessments.

Scenario-based training: Develop soft-skills training with complex branching scenarios.

Presentations: Design engaging, interactive Adobe Flash® Player compatible and multimedia presentations online.

Quizzes: Create and deploy interactive tutorials and randomised quizzes with randomised answer options.

Podcasts: Create informal learning content such as podcasts and screencasts.

This course is ideal for:

  • - Learning Professionals
  • - Educators
  • - Business and Enterprise users
  • captivate logoAdvanced Captivate Course $995

  • The 2 day Advanced Captivate course is a follow-on course from the 2 Day Captivate Essentials course. It covers the higher-end functionality and improves production skills using project templates, design templates, advanced actions and scripts. See outline for more details.

  • Captivate Training Package $1990 $1790

    Book into both the Essentials and Advanced Captivate courses and receive a $200 discount.

    Captivate Essentials Course Outline

eLearning and Captivate
  • — Education Through Pictures
  • — Planning eLearning Projects
  • — The Development Process
  • — The Captivate Interface
  • — Set General Preferences
  • — Explore a Project & Project Views
  • — Navigate and Preview a Project
  • — Zoom Closer to a Slide
  • — View the Timeline and Library
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
FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows
  • — Full Motion Recording
  • — Record a Lesson With Panning
  • — Create an Image Slideshow
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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