Comprehensive Captivate 4 Training

Delivery Options

• Customized Onsite Training (4 days): Request a Proposal

Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Learn how to capture screen shots on your computer and turn them into movies.
• Learn how to make visually appealing and interactive movies by adding such things as images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas, narrative, and sound effects.
• Learn to create quizzes that can be integrated into a Learning Management System.
• Learn to create rollovers and zoom areas.
• Learn to add Flash animations.
• Learn about importing and branching
• Learn to create question pools
• Learn to create accessible projects
• Learn about commenting, image editing and photoshop layers
• Learn about variables, widgets and buttons
• Learn about project and design templates
• Learn about advanced actions
• Learn about learning management systems (LMS)

Class Outline

1. eLearning and Captivate
   1. Education Through Pictures
   2. Planning eLearning Projects
   3. The Development Process
   4. The Captivate 4 Interface
   5. Set General Preferences
   6. Explore a Project
   7. Explore Project Views
   8. Navigate a Project
   9. Preview a Project
   10. Zoom Closer to a Slide
   11. View the Timeline and Library
2. Recording Demonstrations and Assessments
   1. Rehearse a Script
   2. Set Recording Preferences and Keys
   3. Record a Demonstration
   4. Record an Assessment Simulation
   5. Record a Training Simulation
   6. Record a Custom Assessment Simulation
3. FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows
   1. Create an FMR
   2. Record a Lesson With Panning
   3. Create an Image Slideshow
4. Text Captions & the Timeline
   1. Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
   2. Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
   3. Change Text Caption Properties
   4. Change an Object's Slide Position and Size
   5. View the Timeline
   6. Change a Slide's Display Time
   7. Change Timeline View Settings
   8. Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times
   9. Show/Hide Timeline Objects
   10. Use Options to Control Object Timing
   11. Set Mouse Properties
   12. Check Spelling
   13. Align Slide Objects
5. Images and Drawing Objects
   1. Insert and Delete Slides
   2. Insert an Image
   3. Set Image Size and Slide Position
   4. Use the Library
   5. Manage Unused Project Assets
   6. Control Transparency
   7. Create an Image Watermark
   8. Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
   9. Work With Image Stacks
   10. Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
   11. Insert a Drawing Object
6. Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
   1. Change the Pointer Path
   2. Change the Pointer Type
   3. Edit Slide and Object Display Times
   4. Insert a Text Button
   5. Set a Button's Options
   6. Insert an Image Button
   7. Insert and Format a Highlight Box
7. Rollovers and Zoom Areas
   1. Insert a Rollover Caption
   2. Set Rollover Area Properties
   3. Insert a Rollover Image
   4. Insert a Zoom Area
   5. Insert a Rollover Slidelet
   6. Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
   7. Format and Position a Slidelet
   8. Insert a Caption Into a Slidelet
   9. Insert an Image Into a Slidelet
8. Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
   1. Change Slide Background Quality
   2. Add a Slide Label
   3. Add a Slide Note
   4. Add Sound to a Slide Object
   5. Add Background Audio
   6. Calibrate a Microphone
   7. Record Audio
   8. Import Slide Audio
   9. Edit an Audio File
   10. Insert Silence
   11. Convert Slide Notes to Speech
9. Animation and Flash Video
   1. Change a Project's Frame Rate
   2. Add Animation to a Slide
   3. Insert Text Animation
   4. Insert Flash Video
   5. Set Flash Video Properties
10. Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations
    1. Hide the Mouse
    2. Replace Phrases
    3. Insert a Click Box
    4. Set Click Box Options
    5. Change a Slide's Display Time
    6. Set a Text Caption Transition
    7. Insert a Text Entry Box
11. Introduction to Question Slides
    1. Set Quiz Preferences
    2. Insert a Question Slide
    3. Add an Image to a Question Slide
    4. Reuse a Slide Background
    5. Format the Question Title
    6. Use the Slide Grid
    7. Format the Progress Indicator
12. Publishing
    1. Link to a Web Site
    2. Apply a Skin
    3. Edit and Save a Skin
    4. Delete a Skin
    5. Add a Loading Screen
    6. Set Project Information
    7. Create a TOC
    8. Publish a Flash (SWF)
    9. Publish Word Handouts
    10. Export Captions
    11. Perform a "Round Trip"
13. Reviewing the Essentials
    1. Set General Preferences
    2. Rehearse a Script
    3. Set Recording Preferences and Keys
    4. Record a Custom Simulation
    5. Edit a Text Capture Template
14. Importing and Branching
    1. Import a PowerPoint Presentation
    2. Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
    3. Resize a Project
    4. Import Project Slides and Objects
    5. Label a Slide
    6. Use Buttons to Create a Branch
    7. Explore the Branching Tab
    8. Create a Slide Group
    9. Aggregate Published SWFs
15. Question Pools
    1. Insert a Question Slide
    2. Create and Rename Question Pools
    3. Add Questions to Question Pools
    4. Insert Random Question Slides
16. Accessible Projects
    1. Set Document Information
    2. Enable Accessibility
    3. Add Accessibility Text to Slides
    4. Import Audio
    5. Add Shortcut Keys
    6. Add Closed Captions
17. Commenting, Image Editing and PhotoShop Layers
    1. Send a Project for Review
    2. Create a Background Mask
    3. Edit a Slide Background
    4. Delete a Slide Background
    5. Import a PhotoShop File
    6. Work with PhotoShop Layers
18. Variables, Widgets and Buttons
    1. Add Document Information
    2. Insert a System Variable
    3. Edit a System Variable
    4. Create a User Variable
    5. Use a Variable to Gather Data
    6. Insert a Question Widget
    7. Insert a Certificate Widget
    8. Create Custom Buttons
19. Project and Design Templates
    1. Create a Project Template
    2. Create a Project From a Template
    3. Record Additional Slides
    4. Delete Unused Objects
    5. Create a Mask
    6. Add a Text Animation Placeholder
    7. Create a Design Template
    8. Format Design Template Objects
    9. Apply a Design Template to a Project
20. Advanced Actions
    1. Control Object Visibility
    2. Name Items
    3. Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
    4. Create Variables
    5. Add Text Entry Boxes
    6. Create a Script
    7. Attach a Script to a Slide
    8. Test and Edit a Script
21. Learning Management Systems
    1. Set Quiz Reporting Options
    2. Create a Manifest File
    3. Report a Button Interaction
    4. Adjust Slide Object Interaction
    5. Publish a Content Package
    6. Create an Inquisiq LMS Account
    7. Create an LMS Lesson
    8. Create an LMS Course
    9. Create an LMS Curriculum
    10. Test an eLearning Course

Class Materials

All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.

Students in private onsite classes will also receive:

• Technical Reference Library

Technical Requirements

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• Course technical requirements and setup instructions.