Adobe Captivate Classic Introduction 2 Days

Learn how to produce interactive projects for the web such as quizzes and simulations with Captivate Classic (2019). We will take you through a comprehensive introduction to the leading eLearning program and show you how to produce content to engage and interest your users.

After we give you a complete tour of the Captivate environment, we will show you how to create and manipulate slide sequences. You will produce interactive projects that can be delivered in a variety of formats.

Use the program to request and collect information, to demonstrate new products, or simply to run a presentation. This course will show you how to grab the attention of your users.

Course Details

This 2-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Captivate 2019. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes eLearning to a new level. With our help you will create quizzes, add audio and video, apply effects, and publish your projects.

By the end of this two day course you will be able to:

• Understand the Interface and change Preferences
• Add and label Slides
• Add and edit Text Captions
• Add graphic elements such as Smart Shapes and Images
• Understand the Timeline
• Create your own Themes
• Use the Library to import assets
• Add Objects and Interactions
• Create your own Software Simulations
• Record a Video Demo
• Create your own Quizzes
• Add Branching
• Add Video, Sound and other Media
• Publish your Course to an LMS

Our goal is for you to be able to create engaging eLearning projects that are ready to use for the web and on mobile devices.

Course Target Audience and Delegate Prerequisites:

This course is designed for those who are new to interactive design and development and who want to develop skills to work with Captivate to build intuitive, attractive and accessible projects.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

Full Course Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Day 1

• Introduction
  • Create a new project
  • The interface
  • Previewing a Movie
  Add Text
  • Modify text captions
  • Add callouts
  • Object Style Manager
  Graphics
  • Add smart shapes
  • Manipulate smart shapes
  • Insert graphics
  • Resize and edit graphics
  • Add drop shadows and reflections
  The Timeline
  • Zooming in and out
  • Editing display period of Slide Objects
  • Editing the time of a slide
  • Stacking order
  • Locking, hiding and grouping layers
  Slides
  • Moving and deleting slides
  • Labelling slides
  • Duplicate slides
  • Importing PowerPoint slides
  • Import slides from another Captivate project
  Themes
  • Adding a theme
  • Create a basic theme with master slides
  Using the Library
  • Import assets to the library
  • Update assets
  • Select and remove unused items
  • Open library from another Captivate project
  Adding Objects
  • Highlight box
  • Mouse
  • Zoom area
  • Web object
  Interactions
  • Button
  • Click box
  • Learning interactions

Day 2

• Software Simulations
  • Preparation
  • Set preferences
  • Demo, Training and Assessment Modes
  • Setting screen sizes
  • Editing
  Video Demo
  • Set preferences
  • Setting screen size
  • Pan and zoom
  • Slicing
  • Trimming
  • Transitions
  • Clean pop-ups
  Quizzes
  • Adding question slides
  • Type of questions
  • Editing question slides
  • Set quiz preferences
  Other Media
  • Adding audio to background slides and buttons
  • Adding video (event video and multi-slide synchronised video)
  • Add characters
  Publishing
  • SWF vs. HTML5 - Which to choose?
  • Add action to end of project
  • Exporting to an LMS (Sign up to scorm cloud)
  Extras
  • Using states
  • Using animations
  • Object styles