Introduction to Captivate 2019

Course Description

Introduction to Captivate 20219 is a three – day course designed to teach the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive eLearning and mLearning content. By following step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. You’ll learn to record and produce software demonstrations, and interactive training simulations. This course will take you through three e-learning projects: a demonstration, a simulation and a SCORM-compliant quiz.

Prerequisites:

• A practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows
• Basic Web knowledge

Who Should Use Captivate?

Corporate training professionals, educators, instructional designers, and all types of business users with limited programming capabilities who want to create product demos, application simulations, soft skill and compliance training, and mobile learning. Also educators and trainers who are currently using PowerPoint and need to add interactivity to their training materials.

Course Outline

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Exploring the Workspace

• Exploring a Finished Captivate Project
• Zooming and Magnifying a Slide
• Navigating a Project
• Exploring and Resetting the Workspaces
• Previewing Projects

Creating Projects

• Create a Blank Project
• Adding Images to Placeholders
• Adding Content Slides
• Import Images
• Using Smart Shapes as Buttons

Screen Recordings

• Using Scripts
• Setting up the Recording Area
• Reviewing Recording Settings
• Understanding the Recording Modes
• Using Custom Simulations
• Recording Multiple Modes
• Using Panning
• Manually Recording the Screen

Video Projects

• Recording a Video Demo
• Editing a Video Project
• Using Pans and Zooms
• Splitting and Trimming Video
• Using Transitions
• Smoothing Mouse Paths
• Showing Visual Clicks
• Inserting Video Projects into a Project
• Publishing Video Demos

Captions, Styles, and Timing

• Inserting and Editing Text Captions
• Default Caption Styles
• Using Callout Types
• Creating Text Captions
• Controlling Slide Timing
• Controlling Slide Object Timing
• Spell Checking a Project
• Aligning and Distributing Slide Objects
• Exporting Captions to Word for Editing
• Reimporting Caption Edits from Word

Pointers, Paths, and Buttons

• Controlling Mouse Effects
• Editing Mouse Paths
• Cloning Object Styles
• Inserting Highlight Boxes
• Inserting Image Buttons
• Controlling Timeline Timing

Images and Videos

• Inserting Images
• Resize, and Restore Image Properties
• Importing Images to the Library
• Resize, Transform, and Align Images
• Managing Unused Library Assets
• Creating Image Slideshows
• Inserting Videos
• Setting Video Properties

Audio

• Importing Slide Audio
• Importing Audio onto a Slide Object
• Importing Background Audio
• Adding Slide Notes
• Recording Slide Audio
• Calibrating Microphones
• Replacing Audio
• Editing Audio Files
• Inserting Silence
• Converting Text-to-Speech

States, Animations, and Object Effects

• Working Multi State Objects
• Changing State Views
• Creating Multi State Objects
• Adding an Animation to Slides
• Applying Effects to Slide Objects
• Controlling Effect Timing
• Using Multiple Effects

Software Demonstration Conversion

• Hiding and Showing a Mouse
• Using Find and Replace
• Inserting Click Boxes
• Inserting Text Entry Boxes

PowerPoint Projects

• Creating a Project from PowerPoint Projects
• Using Linking, Embedding, and Exporting
• Editing the Source PowerPoint Project
• Updating Linked PowerPoint Projects
• Rescaling a Project

Quizzes

• Creating Quizzes
• Setting up Quiz Properties
• Using Quiz Object Styles
• Multiple Choice Question Slides
• True False Question Slides
• Matching Question Slides
• Sequence Question Slides
• Hot Spot Question Slides
• Fill in the Blank Question Slides
• Short Answer Question Slides
• Rating Scale Question Slides
• Random Question Slides
• Inserting Question Slides
• Editing a Question Slide
• Comparing Submit All to Submit Buttons
• Inserting a Knowledge Check Slide
• Reviewing and Importing GIFT Files
• Creating Question Pools
• Moving Questions to Pools
• Inserting Random Question Slides
• Importing Question Pools

Publishing

• Applying Playback Controls and a Table of Contents
• Editing, Saving, and Deleting Skins
• Creating Custom Playback Controls
• Creating a Table of Contents
• Organizing a Table of Contents
• Displaying Project Information
• Checking Publish Settings
• Using the HTML5 Tracker
• Using Adobe Web Fonts
• Publishing to HTML5
• Publishing to Video