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
Most Accelebrate courses are taught as private, customized training for 3 or more attendees at our clients'
sites worldwide. In addition, we offer live, private online classes for teams who may be in multiple locations
or wish to save on travel costs. Please visit our client list for organizations
for whom we have delivered onsite training. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private
on-site or online training, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals.
See a schedule of online courses.
Adobe Captivate 2017 Training Objectives
All students will learn to how to:
- 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
Adobe Captivate 2017 Training 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
