Course Length: 2 days

Course Description

Giving people the capability to be self taught has become very popular in many organizations.  Adobe Captivate can help by allowing trainers and others that want to share training and other data without needing to meet with them in person.  Since Adobe Captivate works with audio and video it also allows for a wide variety of creativity and can give a presentation the sensation of personal interaction. With the screen capturing capabilities it gives users the ability to clearly demonstrate how to use different software tools on a computer.  There are interactive capabilities which allow users to give feedback and take tests, so that you can verify if the audience has received the information you have shared with them.  This course is meant for students who have limited or no previous experience with Adobe Captive. The topics covered provide the skills you need to create demonstrations and interactive simulations.

Course Objective: You will explore the essential of Adobe Captive 3, including its tools and features.  You will create and publish different types of software simulation and demonstrations.  You will also learn the basics of working with Audio and Video on a PC and what different file types are standard for working with audio and video. 

Target Student: Students who want to learn a user friendly tool that can help create software simulation and demonstrations.

 

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Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• confidently work with audio and video files that will be used in creating their Adobe Captive presentations.
• record a software demonstration and simulation.
• update existing projects and make edits as needed to create their published shows.
• create a variety of interactive quizzes including testing as well as the capability to get feedback from their audience.
• understand what content they can import into their shows.
• create projects with closed captioning
• publish their projects in a variety of ways so that they can get their content to their audience.
• organize projects in ways that allow users to save time, easily re-use previous work with new content, and find content they are looking for.

Course Content

Introducing Captivate

• Start Adobe Captivate 3 and Set General Preferences
• Open and Close Existing Projects
• View Project Information and Open Slides
• Preview a Project
• Zoom Closer to a Slide
• View the Library and Timeline

Recording

• Step Through a Script
• Set the Recording Type and Options
• Record a Project Manually
• Record a Demonstration
• Record an Assessment Simulation
• Record a Training Assessment
• Record a Custom Project
• Record a Project in Different Languages
• Record a Project in Multiple Modes at One Time

Text Captions and The Timeline

• Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
• Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
• Change Text Caption Properties
• 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 Text Caption Display Times
• Show/Hide Timeline Objects
• Use Options to Control Object Timing
• Set Mouse Properties
• Check Spelling
• Align Slide Objects

Images

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

Pointer Paths, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

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

Converting Demonstrations into Simulations

• Hide the Mouse
• Replace Phrases
• Insert a Click Box
• Set Click Box Options
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
• Set a Text Caption Transition
• Insert a Text Entry 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 into a Slidelet
• Insert an Image into a Slidelet

Slide Labels, Notes and Audio

• Add a Slide Label
• Add a Slide Note
• Add a Sound Effect to an Object
• Add Background Music to a Project
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record a Slide Note
• Edit an Audio File
• Insert Silence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Animation and Flash Video

• Change a Project’s Frame Rate
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Change an Animation’s Slide Position
• Insert Text Animation
• Add Flash Video

Importing and Branching

• Import PowerPoint Animation
• Import PowerPoint Backgrounds
• Resize a Project
• Import Project Slides and Objects
• Label a Slide
• Use Buttons to Create a Branch
• Explore the Branching Tab
• Export the Branching View
• Create a Slide Group
• Work with a Slide Group

Skins and Templates           

• Apply a BMP Playbar
• Apply a Skin
• Edit and Save a Skin
• Delete a Skin
• Add a Loading Screen
• Create a Project Template
• Create a New Project From a Template
• Record Additional Slides
• Edit a Template

Compliant Movies, Bandwidth and Publishing

• Enable 508 Compliance
• Add Accessibility Text
• Add Closed Captions
• Link to a Web Site
• Set Project Information
• Check Bandwidth
• Publish a Flash (SWF)
• Publish Word Handouts
• Export Captions
• Perform a “Round Trip” From Word

Creating Quizzes

• 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
• Create and Rename Question Pools
• Add Questions to Question Pools
• Insert Random Question Slides

MenuBuilder

• Publish a Standalone Project
• Create a MenuBuilder Project
• Add Text Items to a Menu
• Format Styles
• Edit Text Items
• Export a MenuBuilder Project

Learning Management Systems

• Set Reporting Options
• Create a Manifest File
• Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Content Package
• Create an LMS Account
• Create an LMS Lesson
• Create an LMS Course
• Create an LMS Curriculum
• Test an E-Learning Course