- Description
- Outcomes
- Outline
- Class Dates
- Pricing
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.
Related Courses:
- Captivate 4 Essentials
- Captivate 5 Essentials
- Captivate 5 Advanced
- Rapid e-Learning with Captivate
- Other Adobe-Related Courses
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
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 |
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Knoxville, TN |
August |
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Lexington, KY |
August |
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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.

