Continental Training Center

Adobe Captivate 3.0 Script Writing and Production

Course Length: 1 day

Course Description

Part 1 of the book is designed to help you focus your grammar and writing skills and allow you to create concise step-by-step documentation. Part 2 of this book is the Style Guide and Process document.

Please keep in mind that this 98-page workbook will not magically turn you into a writer, let alone a script writer. You'll need lots of hands-on experience and additional training before that happens. Consider this book to be a "baby-step" book. This class will help to get your storyboards and scripts off on the right foot. Also keep in mind that the Style Guide present in Part 2 does not teach you Captivate. Essentials of Adobe Captivate 3, that will do that. Instead, that section of the book is simply designed to offer the techniques and processes we use every day to create CBTs with Captivate.

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Course Content

Part 1: Script Writing

The Process | Ignorance Is Not a Dirty Word | The Audience | The Subject Matter Expert (SME) | Find and Promote the “Wow” Factor | Rules for Writing and Tools of the Trade | Hard-News Writing | Feature Writing | Technical and Script Writing | Avoid Plagiarism | Writing Style Guides | So Many Guides, So Little Time

Grammar Workshop
Comma Inside or Comma Outside the Quotation Mark? | Less is More, But is Fewer Very Much? | Led/Lead/Leading/Leading | When We Join Things, Are They Always Plural? | Commas Between Adjectives | Hyphens

Writing Workshop
Active vs. Passive Voice | Death to Deadwood | Writing Concisely | Writing Narratives | Writing Step-By-Step Procedures | Sample Script

Part 2: Production & Style Guide