Adobe Captivate 2019: The Essentials

Adobe Captivate is a smart authoring tool that helps you easily design compelling, fully responsive, and immersive e-learning content.

Adobe Captivate 2019

The Essentials

Instructor-Led Training

Adobe Captivate is a smart authoring tool that helps you effortlessly design compelling, fully responsive, and immersive e-learning content on any subject. This two day, Instructor led training class provides hands-on, step-by-step instruction, giving you the essential knowledge and practical experience you need to create complete Captivate projects.

Course Outline

Preface

• Education Through Pictures

• RoboDemo to Captivate

• Planning eLearning Projects

• eLearning Development Phases

• Budgeting Considerations

• Project Size and Display Resolution

• Designing Slides in Captivate

• Fonts and eLearning

Module 1: Exploring Captivate

As you work through the lessons in this class, the goal is to get you comfortable with each specific Captivate area or feature before proceeding. Like any feature-rich program, mastering Captivate is going to be a marathon, not a sprint. Soon enough you’ll be in full stride, creating awesome eLearning content using Captivate. But before the sprint comes the crawl. During these first few activities, we give you a chance to familiarize yourself with Captivates user interface.

• The Captivate Interface

• Previewing

• Explore a Finished Captivate Project

• Zoom and Magnify

• Navigate a Project

• Explore and Reset the Workspace

• Preview the Entire Project

Module 2: New Projects & Soft Skills eLearning

You can create two types of eLearning with Captivate: software simulations or soft skills lessons. A software simulation is essentially a recording of step-by-step actions performed on a computer. You can use Captivate to create interactive software simulations (often referred to as “Let Me Try” lessons), demonstrations (often referred to as “Show Me” lessons, and videos (much like the kind you’ve likely seen on YouTube).

Soft Skills eLearning encompasses anything that doesn’t fall into the category of a software simulation or demonstration (terrorism awareness, compliance training, conflict resolution, policies and procedures). Anything that’s a life skill would fall into the category of soft skills. During the lessons in this module, you will create a soft skills lesson that includes multiple slides, text, images, and buttons that allow the learner to move through the lesson at their own pace.

Create a Blank Project

Add Images to Placeholders

Import Images

Use a Smart Shape as a Button

Disable Click Sounds

Module 3: Screen Recordings

Recording desktop actions is one of Captivates key features… and you’ll cover the hottest recording modes: demo, assessment, training and custom.

Rehearse a Script

Review Recording Settings

Review Recording Modes

Record Using Multiple Modes

Record a Custom Simulation

Record a Demonstration that Pans

Manually Record the Screen

Module 4: Video Demos

If you need to record seamless, real-time screen actions, nothing beats Captivates Video recording mode. This section will teach you how to effectively capture videos, but you’ll get a jump start on publishing your videos for use on video sites such as YouTube.

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

Insert a Video Project into a Standard Project

Publish a Video Demo

Module 5: Captions, Styles, Timing, and Round Tripping

Once you’ve recorded your lessons, the real work begins. During these lessons, you will learn how to add text caption, set object styles and control the timing of slides objects. You’ll also learn how to leverage the power of Microsoft Word to share your slide text content with team members and incorporate their changes.

Insert and Edit Text Captions

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

Export Captions to Word

Import Captions from Word into Captivate

Module 6: Pointers, Paths, Paths, Boxes, and Buttons

If you’ve created a demonstration, that pesky mouse can sometimes have a mind of its own. You’ll learn how to tame that wild mouse during these lessons. Then you’ll learn how to add some basic interactivity to a lesson via buttons.

Control Mouse Effects

Edit a Mouse Path

Clone an Object Style

Insert a Highlight Box

Insert an Image Button

Control Appear After Timing

Module 7: Images and Videos

Nothing breaks of the tedium of learning than images and videos. During this module, you’ll learn how to import, resize, and align images. You’ll learn the power of the Library and how it can make managing assets project-wide a snap. You’ll also learn how to import and work with videos,

Insert, Resize, and Restore an Image

Import Images into the Library

Resize, Transform, and Align Images

Manage Unused Library Assets

Create an Image Slideshow

Insert a Video

Set Video Properties

Module 8: Audio

eLearning lessons that contain voiceover audio and sound effects are more effective than lessons that don’t… and that’s just a fact! Learn how to add, edit and record audio during these lessons. You’ll also learn how to convert Text-to-Speech

Work with Rollover Captions

Import Audio onto a Slide Object

Import Background Audio

Add a Slide Note

Calibrate a Microphone

Record Slide Audio

Import Audio onto a Slide

Edit an Audio File

Insert Silence

Convert Text-to-Speech

Module 9: States, Animations, and Object Effects

Interactive objects can do more than just serve as clickable objects. You can make them perform all kinds of visual tricks with simple changes to their states. You’ll also learn how to make any objects perform some awesome animation effects.

Change State Views for a Button

Add an Animation to a slide

Insert a Text Animation

Apply an Effect to a Slide Object

Apply a Free Fall Effect to an Object

Module 10: Software Simulations

Interactive software simulations is generally thought to be more effective than passive demonstrations. During these lessons learn how to convert an existing demonstration into a highly engaging, interactive powerhouse.

Hide the Mouse

Replace Phrases

Insert a Click Box

Insert a Text Entry Box

Module 11: Working with PowerPoint

Often times the eLearning project begins in Microsoft PowerPoint. Why not use that content in your Captivate project? These lessons will help you master the PowerPoint to Captivate workflow.

Create a Project from a Presentation

Edit the Source Presentation

Synchronize with Source

Rescale a Project

Module 12: Quizzing

Captivate sports some robust quizzing tools. You’ll learn how to setup, create, import, and edit question slides and how to create question pools.

Edit Quizzing Object Styles

Set the Quiz Preferences

Question Slides

Insert Question Slides

Edit a Question Slide

Compare Submit All to Submit Buttons

Insert a Knowledge Check

Review a GIF File

Import a GIF File into a Project

Create Question Pools

Move Questions to Pools

Insert Random Question Slides

Module 13: Publishing

No project is finished until it’s published so that it can be consumed by your learners. Learn the best publishing format to use for the widest audience (including SWF and HTML5 output). Learn how to add a TOC to your lessons and the ideal settings for publishing.

Apply a Skin

Edit, Save, and Delete a Skin

Name Slides

Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen

Publish as SWF and PDF

Run the HTML5 Tracker

Publish as HTML5