This hands-on, instructor-led Adobe Captivate training course, you will learn the advanced skills that will get you up and running. You will learn to use Adobe Captivate to capture screen shots on your computer and quickly turn them into interactive e-Learning video lessons, complete with images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas, and sound effects.

Certification:

This course prepares you to earn the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) designation. Becoming an ACE means you have demonstrated a professional level of proficiency with one or more Adobe software products. To become an ACE, you must pass one or more product-specific proficiency exams and agree to the ACE terms and conditions.

What You'll Learn

• Recording Demonstrations and Assessments
• Work with FMRs, Panning, and Image Slideshows
• Work with Text Captions and the Timeline
• Work with Images and Drawing Objects
• Work with Pointers, Buttons, Highlight Boxes, Rollovers, and Zoom Areas
• Work with Audio, Animation, and Flash Video
• Convert Demonstrations into Simulations

Who Needs to Attend

Beginner and intermediate Adobe Captivate 4 users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with basic computer terminology

• Adobe Captivate 5 Fundamentals: An Introduction to Captivate

Follow-On Courses

• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Fundamentals: An Introduction to Photoshop

Course Outline

1. Reviewing the Essentials

• Set General Preferences
• Rehearse a Script
• Set Recording Preferences and Keys
• Record a Custom Simulation
• Edit a Text Capture Template

2. Importing and Branching

• Import a PowerPoint Presentation
• Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
• Resize a Project
• Import Project Slides and Objects
• Label a Slide
• Use Buttons to Create a Branch
• Explore the Branching Tab
• Create a Slide Group
• Aggregate Published SWFs

3. Question Pools

• Insert a Question Slide
• Create and Rename Question Pools
• Add Questions to Question Pools
• Insert Random Question Slides

4. Accessible Projects

• Set Document Information
• Enable Accessibility
• Add Accessibility Text to Slides
• Import Audio
• Add Shortcut Keys
• Add Closed Captions

5. Commenting, Image Editing, and PhotoShop Layers

• Send a Project for Review
• Create a Background Mask
• Edit a Slide Background
• Delete a Slide Background
• Import a PhotoShop File
• Work with PhotoShop Layers

6. Variables, Widgets, and Buttons

• Add Document Information
• Insert a System Variable
• Edit a System Variable
• Create a User Variable
• Use a Variable to Gather Data
• Insert a Question Widget
• Insert a Certificate Widget
• Create Custom Buttons

7. Project and Design Templates

• Create a Project Template
• Create a Project From a Template
• Record Additional Slides
• Delete Unused Objects
• Create a Mask
• Add a Text Animation Placeholder
• Create a Design Template
• Format Design Template Objects
• Apply a Design Template to a Project

8. Advanced Actions

• Control Object Visibility
• Name Items
• Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
• Create Variables
• Add Text Entry Boxes
• Create a Script
• Attach a Script to a Slide
• Test and Edit a Script

9. Learning Management Systems

• Set Quiz Reporting Options
• Create a Manifest File
• Report a Button Interaction
• Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Content Package
• Create an Inquisiq LMS Account
• Create an LMS Lesson
• Create an LMS Course
• Create an LMS Curriculum
• Test an e-Learning Course