Rapid e-Learning, LLC: Captivate 4 Advanced Training

This two-day, instructor-led course takes learners beyond the basics, into the guts and glory of Captivate.

After completing this course, learners will be able to leverage Captivate to create complex interactions and marketing materials.

Public classes or on-site, private sessions are available.

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Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:

Create complex interactions, combining Demonstrations, Simulations, and Assessment Simulations
Create and apply templates.
Create and use Question Pools
Create and apply templates
Import PowerPoint slides and adapt them to the required training scenario
Use PowerPoint to quickly create simple animations
Enable and support accessibility
Leverage Photoshop integration features
Work with variables and widgets
Work with advanced actions
Set up the course to be launched from and appropriately report in a Learning Management System.

...and more

We typically cover most of the following topics, with some modifications to meet the needs of individual classes:

Reviewing the Essentials

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

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

Question Pools

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

Accessible Projects

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

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

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

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

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

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 LMS Lesson
Create an LMS Course
Create an LMS Curriculum
Test an eLearning Course

*** This lesson can be customized for on-site sessions to meet the needs of specific organizations.

Class Dates and Locations TBD. Please contact us to schedule private sessions.

Public sessions can be scheduled near your location for 4 or more interested learners.

Location	Dates	Available Seats	Register
Asheville, NC	August	?
Knoxville, TN	August	?
Lexington, KY	August	?

Standard Pricing

Public classes: $695 / student, with minimum 4 students* and maximum 10 students per class. Public sessions can be scheduled near your location for 4 or more interested learners.

Online classes: $495 / student, with minimum 4 students* and maximum 10 students per class.

Onsite Classes: $2995 plus modest travel expenses, with maximum of 10 students per class (no minimum).** Virtual onsite classes may also be available. Please contact us for more details.

* Classes with fewer than 4 students may be cancelled one week prior to start date.

** Onsite classes require learners (or the sponsoring organization) to provide networked computers with appropriate version of software pre-installed. Laptops on a wireless network work well for this. Travel expenses are kept to a minimum and we charge only actual cost of travel and lodging for onsite training events.