Adobe Captivate 2017 Training Overview
Accelebrate's Comprehensive Adobe Captivate 2017 training course teaches attendees beginning through advanced Adobe Captivate skills for creating simulations, software demonstrations, assessments, and scenario-based training. In the process, students also learn the more advanced functionality of Adobe Captivate, including how to create responsive, cross-device eLearning lessons and how to use professional production skills to greatly boost their productivity.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals.
See a schedule of online courses.
Objectives
- Create a Captivate project
- Use Captivate to record screen activity in a variety of modes
- Enhance Captivate content with images, pointer paths, buttons, and highlight boxes
- Add rollover captions, zoom areas, video, animation, and Flash content
- Create Question Slides
- Create Image Slideshows
- Publish the Captivate project in SWF, PDF, and HTML5 formats
- Improve their screen recording skills via project templates
- Create and produce video projects that will enable them to record screen actions in real-time
- Import questions into Captivate using the GIFT format
- Create a random quiz using question pools and random question slides
- Create eLearning lessons that reflow to fit on just about any kind of display (including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smart phones)
- Create responsive projects from scratch, and how to edit and produce responsive content
- Fine-tune their production skills by learning about object styles, master slides, themes, and advanced actions
- Engage the learner by using variables, widgets, and interactions
- Create branching scenarios that will enable learners to plot their own learning path
- Ensure their eLearning and mLearning output can be used by people with disabilities by adding 508-compliant features
- Work with SCORM, SCORM Cloud, AICC, TinCan, SCOs, and Manifests
- Upload a published lesson into a Learning Management System
Prerequisites
No prior Captivate experience is presumed.
Outline
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Introduction
- Planning eLearning Projects
- The Perfect Project Size
- Designing Slides in Captivate
- Fonts and Learning
Exploring Captivate
- Explore a Finished Captivate Project
- Zoom and Magnify
- Navigate a Project
- Explore and Reset the Workspace
- Preview the Entire Project
New Project & Soft Skills eLearning
- Create a Blank Project
- Add Images to Placeholders
- Insert and Format a Text Button
Recording Demos and Sims
- Rehearse a Script
- Review Recording Settings
- Enable Access for Assistive Devices
- Review Default Recording Mode Settings
- Record Using Multiple Modes
- Record a Custom Simulation
Captions, Styles and Timing
- Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
- Modify Text Caption Properties
- Edit the Default Caption Style
- Change a Callout Type Used by a Text Caption
- Control Slide Timing
- Control Slide Object Timing
- Check Spelling
- Align Slide Objects
Images and Smart Shapes
- Insert, Resize, and Restore an Image
- Transform an Image
- Use the Library
- Manage Unused Project Assets
- Crop and Rename an Image
- Remove a Background Color
- Insert a Cloud Callout
- Create an Image Mask
- Delete a Slide Background
- Work with Photoshop Layers
- Create an Image Slideshow
Pointers, Paths, Boxes, and Buttons
- Control Mouse Effects
- Edit a Mouse Path
- Clone an Object Style
- Insert a Highlight Box
- Insert an Image Button
- Control Appear After Timing
Rollovers and Zooms
- Insert a Rollover Caption
- Insert a Rollover Image
- Insert a Rollover Slidelet
- Insert a Zoom Area
Audio
- Import Audio onto a Slide Object
- Import Background Audio
- Add a Slide Note
- Calibrate a Microphone
- Record Slide Audio
- Import a Voiceover onto a Slide
- Edit an Audio File
- Insert Silence
- Convert Text-to-Speech
Video, Animation and Effects
- Insert a Flash Video
- Set Flash Video Properties
- Add Animation to a slide
- Insert Text Animation
- Apply an Effect to a Slide Object
- Apply a Glow Filter Effect
- Modify Effect Properties
- Save and Import Effects
Adding Interactivity
- Hide the Mouse
- Replace Phrases
- Insert a Click Box
- Insert a Text Entry Box
Working With PowerPoint
- Import PowerPoint slides
- Resize One Object and Apply to All
- Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits
- Synch With Source
- Rescale a Project
Introduction to Question Slides
- Edit Quizzing Object Styles
- Set the Quiz Preferences
- Apply a Theme
- Hide a Slide Image
- Insert Question slides
- Add an Image to a Question slide
Finishing Touches
- Create a Link to a Web Site
- Apply a Skin
- Edit, Save and Delete a Skin
- Create a TOC
- Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen
- Publish a SWF and PDF
- Run the HTML5 Tracker
- Publish as HTML5
- Export Captions
- Perform a “Round Trip"
Caption Pre-Editing
- Rehearse a Script
- Set Recording Preferences
- Record a Software Simulation
- Edit a Text Capture Template
Video Demos
- Record a Video Demo
- Add a Video Zoom
- Add a Video Pan
- Smooth a Mouse Path and Show Visual Clicks
- Split a Video
- Trim a Video
Custom Styles, Branching and Aggregating
- Create a Text Caption Style
- Apply a Style Globally
- Export and Import a Style
- Name a Slide
- Copy/Paste Project Assets
- Use Buttons to Create a Branch
- Explore the Branching Tab
- Create a Slide Group
- Publish SWFs
- Aggregate SWFs
Random Quizzes
- Review a GIFT File
- Import a Question from a GIFT File
- Create Question Pools
- Move Questions to Pools
- Insert Random Question Slides
Accessible eLearning
- Set Document Information
- Enable Accessibility
- Add Accessibility Text to Slides
- Import Slide Audio
- Add Shortcut Keys
- Add Closed Captions
- Set a Tab Order
Variables and Widgets
- Add Project Information
- Insert a System Variable
- Edit a System Variable
- Create a User Variable
- Use a Variable to Gather Data
- Insert and Format a Widget
Interactions
- Insert a Process Circle
- Create a Drag and Drop Interaction
- Change Object States
Actions
- Use a Completed Action
- Name Objects
- Create a Mask
- Control Object Visibility
- Create a Simple Action
- Attach an Action to a Button
- Group Timeline Objects
- Create a Variable
- Create a Conditional Action
- Create Decision Blocks
Masters, Themes, and Templates
- Work With the Main Master Slide
- Work With Content Masters
- Apply a Master to Filmstrip Slides
- Edit a Master
- Apply a Theme
- Create a Custom Theme
- Review a Template
- Base a Project on a Template
- Create a Project Template
- Insert a Placeholder
Responsive Projects
- Review a Responsive Project
- Customize Breakpoints
- Customize Theme Colors
- Use the Position Inspector
- Modify a Single Breakpoint
- Exclude from View
- Add a New Breakpoint
- Position and Link Objects
- Edit Breakpoint Object Styles
Reporting Results
- Set Quiz Reporting Options
- Create a Manifest File
- Report a Button Interaction
- Adjust Slide Object Interaction
- Preview in SCORM Cloud
- Publish a Content Package
- Create an LMS Account
- Create an LMS Course
- Attach a Lesson to a Course
- Test an eLearning Course
Conclusion
Training Materials:
All attendees receive comprehensive, illustrated courseware covering all topics in the course.
Software Requirements:
- Windows 7 or later, or macOS 10.9 or later, with the latest system updates and at least 8 GB of RAM
- Adobe Captivate 2017 or later with the latest updates installed
- Microsoft Office 2007 or later (especially PowerPoint and Word)
- Web browser
- Adobe Flash Player (recent version)
- Headset with microphone (optional but recommended for voice-over work)
