Adobe Captivate – Zero To HERO, 5 days

Introduction to Captivate

• Project and user requirements
• Resolution and recording size
• Explore the interface
• Discuss project workflows

Working with Themes

• Use themes
• Create themes
• Set default themes

Smart Objects

• Add and edit smart objects
• Use for interactivity

Preferences & Object Styles

• Create project preferences
• Create captivate preferences
• Share project preferences
• Use and create objects Styles
• Update and reset object styles
• Share object styles

Text Captions

• Insert text captions
• Use the check spelling
• Create and applying styles
• Edit objects

Timeline

• Work with the timeline
• Adjust time and transition effects
• Control the stacking order

Working with Slides & Masters

• Add different slide types
• Understand different slide types
• Use and create master slides
• Control timing and effects

Working with Images

• Set image size and position
• Align, arrange and distribute
• Use the library

Adding buttons

• Add different button types
• Create links and branching
• Explore the branching view
• Create custom buttons
• Click boxes

Adding Visual Items

• Pointer paths and types
• Highlight boxes

Rollover Captions

• Insert a rollover Image
• Edit rollover area properties
• Insert a zoom area

Adding Sound

• Record audio
• Calibrate a microphone
• Edit an audio file
• Insert silence
• Add closed captioning

Demonstrations & Simulations

• Capture software simulations
• Edit software simulations
• Capture training simulations
• Edit training simulations
• Capture assessment simulations
• Edit assessment simulations

Animation

• Discuss frame rates
• Add animation to a slide
• Insert text animation
• Insert video
• Set video properties

Captivate & PowerPoint Slides

• Import a PowerPoint presentation
• PowerPoint “round tripping”
• Resizing projects
• Perform a “round trip” from MS Word

Skins

• Apply a skin to a project
• Edit and save a skin

Project Settings

• Set project properties
• Add project information
• Add a preloader

Question Slides

• Insert a question slide
• Add content to a question Slide
• Format the question title
• Format the question answer
• Set question slide options

Publishing & LMS

• Publish options
• Reporting options and the manifest
• Set reporting options
• Create a manifest file
• Publish a zipped flash project
• Upload to an LMS

Question Pools

• Create a question pool
• Add questions to a question pool
• Export question pools
• Insert random question slides

Advance Question options

• Create multi answer feedback
• Add partial and negative quiz scoring
• Add a pre-test
• Review and change given answers
• Create branch based questions

Buttons

• Create smart shape buttons
• Add custom states
• Create toggle buttons

Advanced interaction

• Enhance projects using advanced Interactions
• Create multiple interactions
• Control object visibility
• Create conditional actions
• Use IF and ELSE conditions

Variables

• Enhance projects using system variables
• Personalise and collect data using user variables

Projects

• Create and output HTML 5 friendly content
• Insert a table of contents
• Create structured projects

Animation

• Add animation to a project
• Create trigger based animations

Interactions and Widgets

• Insert and edit Interactions
• Insert widgets

Responsive projects

• Adjust responsive width and height
• Setup object positioning
• Hide elements per view
• Develop an efficient workflow
• Understand the parent to child workflow
• Reset properties for all views