Audience
This course is for those who want to boost their e-learning content by taking their Adobe Captivate skills to the next level.
Prerequisites
You should consider attending Captivate 9 Introduction before taking this course.
Duration
2 days. Hands on.
Course Objectives
Boost your e-learning content by taking your Adobe Captivate skills to the next level. Gain powerful tips, tricks and shortcuts from e-learning experts.
Delivered by an Adobe Authorised training provider.
What will I learn?
- Build on your Captivate knowledge
- Improved learner engagement
- Advanced audio and video
- Better workflow solutions
- E-learning best practice
- Free digital course assets
- Free helpdesk support for 28 days
Course Content
Day One
Working with the Interface
• Modifying the Captivate Workspace
• Saving and resetting your Workspace
Using Captivate's Themes and Workflows
• Overview of Themes and their functionality
• Saving and sharing Themes
• Setting up a Template and Custom Themes
• Working with the Object Style Manager
Slides
• Adding slide notes and using text to voice
• Changing slide properties
• Adding permanent and placeholder objects to Master Slides
Mastering Objects in Captivate
• Editing object information using the
• Advanced Interaction panel
• Editing object order in the timeline
• Hiding and showing objects
Non-interactive Objects
• Complex Interactions with Advanced Actions
• Working with Smart Shapes
• Working with object states
Interactive Objects
• Mastering text entry boxes
• Creating branched presentations with button actions
• In-depth button actions
• Adding multiple actions using one button
• Adding Rollover Slidelets
• Adding and editing useful advanced Interactions
• Mastering the Drag-and-Drop Interaction Wizard
Questions and Answers
Day Two
Advanced Audio and Video Use in Captivate
• Preparing your video files for Captivate
• Successfully editing slide synchronised video
Recording Projects
• Setting recording preferences
• Using the Manual recording type
• Recording a software simulation using manual controls
• Mastering Text Entry boxes
Working with Video Demo Mode
• Choosing the right settings for your Video Demo
• Editing your Video Demo using the Split, Pan & Zoom and Trim tools
• Publishing your Demo for web and YouTube
Advanced Quiz Functionality
• Adding Pretest questions to your quiz
• Editing Pretest Actions to branch your project
• Working with Question Pools to create randomised quizzes
• Tracking user interactions
Publishing Projects
• Previewing your project accurately
• Editing your Publish Settings
• Editing the Advanced Options for SWF/HTML5 output
• Exporting SCORM compliant HTML5 documents
• Troubleshooting common problems
Questions and Answers