Course
Adobe Captivate Essentials
Private Courses
This course is available as a private event. A private event can be held at one of our venues, your location, or somewhere else if you prefer.
Course Duration
2 Days Overview
This course is designed to take participants through the development process of building software demonstrations and interactive simulations. The course is task-based, with participants learning by recording and updating projects. Along with covering the key features of Captivate, the course focuses on best practices to record Captivate projects.
Prerequisites
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- This course is targeted at those who are looking at getting started with Captivate. You should have good general computer skills, such as the ability to copy and paste, open files and applications and resize windows. Prior experience of working with Adobe Captivate is not needed.
Objectives
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- The Captivate Getting Started course introduces a wide range of skills for those who are new to Adobe Captivate, teaching you best practice right from the start.
- YOU WILL LEARN
How to plan your elearning projects
To set up your recording properly
To use the Captivate interface properly
How to record a demo, assesment, and training animation
How to work with the timeline
How to add text captions
How to add images and use them effectively
How to manipulate master slides effectively
How to add buttons and highlight boxes
How to control the movement of the mouse within your animation
How to add rollover captions, images, and zoom areas
How to setup and use a simple quiz
How to export your project into multiple formats
Software Version
Public scheduled courses are delivered using the latest version of the software available through Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service.
What's included
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- Comprehensive course materials and exercises
Course Content
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ADOBE CAPTIVATE BASICSWhat is Captivate?
Planning your projects
Resolution and recording size
Guided tour of the Captivate user interface -
TEXT CAPTIONS AND THE TIMELINEWorking with text captions
Editing an object's position and size
Using the timeline to control object timing
Showing an object for the "Rest of Slide"
Aligning captions
Hiding and deleting slide objects -
WORKING WITH OBJECT STYLESHow object styles can increase consistency and make your projects easier to maintain
Creating a style for text captions
Applying a style to other text captions
Modifying a style
Using styles with other object types
Copying styles from one project into another -
IMAGESInserting images
Setting image size and position
Setting image timing options and transition effects
Using the Library -
WORKING WITH MASTER SLIDESWhat Master Slides are, and how they can help you to work more efficiently
Creating a new content master slide
Applying a master slide to other slides
Modifying a master slide -
BUTTONS AND HIGHLIGHT BOXESInserting a Text Button
Inserting an Image Button
Using colour to highlight an area of the screen
Highlighting an area by greying out the rest of the screen -
ROLLOVER CAPTIONS, IMAGES, AND ZOOM AREASIntroduction to Rollovers
Working with Rollover Captions
Working with Rollover Images
Using Rollovers to provide a "true" Hint facility
Using Rollovers to enable users to explore on their own
Inserting Zoom Areas -
DRAG AND DROPWhen to use Drag and Drop
Setting up Drag and Drop scenarios -
CREATING INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS AND TUTORIALSIntroduction to eLearning tutorials
Explanation of different types of recording
Recording in different modes at the same time
Hiding the mouse
Inserting and working with Click Boxes -
AUDIOExplanation of possible audio strategies
Adding background music to a project
Adding audio to a slide
Recording and editing audio -
SKINS AND THEMESEditing and saving skins
Saving and using Themes -
COMPLIANT MOVIES AND PUBLISHINGEnsuring accessibility by enabling 508 Compliance
Adding Closed Captions (subtitles)
Setting Project Properties -
QUESTION SLIDES AND LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSDevising an appropriate quiz strategy
Setting Quiz Preferences
Inserting Question Slides
Setting Question Slide options
Formatting and laying out Question slides
Adding Randomised Quiz Questions -
PUBLISHINGUnderstanding the issues when publishing
Publishing locally
Publish for Devices
What is Adobe Captivate Prime
Your Captivate course can be delivered online or in-person. You can choose your learning path and delivery style. Learn in-person or online with our virtual classrooms. Your course can be delivered online, at your office or at one of our training venues, it's your choice. Small class sizes. Course materials included. Flexible course content. Expert trainers and tried & tested training methods. Course materials available online using your personal training account.
You can master Captivate, please contact us to book a place or request a quote.
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Course Options
Please contact us to discuss options for this coursePrivatePrivateFlexible content, flexible date, flexible location, variable length, private to your organisation - Courses can be held at one of our training venues or at another location convenient to you. Training can be set over a number of days or weeks to allow for practice time between training sessions.BespokeBespokeBespoke private training can be based on an existing course or a number of lessons taken from several courses, we can also write bespoke courses for you based on your in-house systems or development program.Public ScheduledPublic ScheduledFixed content, fixed date, fixed location, fixed length, multiple organisations - All you need to do is choose which course you would like to attend and contact us to book!VirtualVirtualThese courses can be attended from anywhere.
- Virtual Training
IT Training Solutions Ltd
Oakville, 14 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
0191 377 8377
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Printed:3/19/2024 8:35:26 AM
Oakville, 14 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
0191 377 8377
ittrainingsolutions.co.uk
Printed:3/19/2024 8:35:26 AM