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 4, 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

eLearning and Captivate

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

Recording Demonstrations and Assessments

• Rehearse a Script
• Set Recording Preferences and Keys
• Record a Demonstration
• Record an Assessment Simulation
• Record a Training Simulation
• Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows

• Create an FMR
• Record a Lesson With Panning
• Create an Image Slideshow

Text Captions & 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 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
• Change 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 Into a Slidelet
• Insert an Image Into a Slidelet

Slide Labels, Notes and Audio

• Change Slide Background Quality
• Add a Slide Label
• Add a Slide Note
• Add Sound to a Slide Object
• Add Background Audio
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record Audio
• Import Slide Audio
• Edit an Audio File
• Insert 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

• 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

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”