- Description
- Outcomes
- Outline
- Class Dates
- Pricing
This two-day, instructor-led course provides learners with broad exposure and hands-on experience with the key solutions that make Captivate the tool of choice for many organizations.
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to create engaging, effective demonstrations, simulations, and assessments using Captivate.
Public classes or on-site, private sessions are available.
Related Courses:
- Captivate 4 Essentials
- Captivate 4 Advanced
- Captivate 5 Advanced
- Rapid e-Learning with Captivate
- Other Adobe-Related Courses
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Record Demonstrations, Simulations, and Assessment Simulations
- Edit Demonstrations, Simulations, and Assessment Simulations
- Work with Objects in the Timeline
- Work with Images
- Publish Projects
- Add and Edit Audio
- Add Animations
- Add and Edit Question Slides
- Prepare a course for a Learning Management System
- Send Results to a Learning Management System
- Update Projects
- Create a Course Menu
...and more
We typically cover most of the following topics, with some modifications to meet the needs of individual classes:
e-Learning and Captivate
- eLearning Concepts
- Planning eLearning Projects
- Explore the Captivate Interface
- Create and Manage Workspaces
- Preview a Project
- Use the Zoom Features
Recording Demonstrations and Simulations
- Rehearse a Script
- Edit Recording Settings
- Set Recording Keys
- Record a Demonstration
- Record an Assessment
- Record a Training Simulation
- Record a Custom Simulation
Captions, Styles and Timing
- Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
- Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions\
- Modify Text Caption Properties
- Edit the Default Caption Style
- Reset an Object Style
- Change an Object’s Position & Size
- View the Timeline
- Change a Slide’s Display Time
- Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times
- Show/Hide Timeline Objects
- Use the Properties Panel to Control Timing
- Set Mouse Properties
- Check Spelling
- Align Slide Objects
Images and Drawing Objects
- Change Slide Background Quality
- Insert and Delete Slides
- Insert an Image
- Set Image Size & Slide Position
- Use the Library
- Manage Unused Project Assets
- Crop An Image
- Create an Image Watermark
- Control Image Timing and Transition
- Work With Image Stacks
- Add a Visual Click and Sound
- Draw a Line
Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
- Modify the Mouse Pointer
- Edit Slide and Object Display Times
- Insert a Text Button
- Set a Button’s Timing and Options
- Work with Image Buttons
- Insert and Format a Highlight Box
Rollovers and Zoom Areas
- Insert a Rollover Caption
- Insert a Rollover Image
- Insert a Zoom Area
- Insert and Format a Rollover Slidelet
- Format the Rollover Area
- Add a Caption and Image to a Rollover Area
Audio
- Add Audio to a Slide Object
- Add Background Audio
- Add a Slide Note
- Calibrate a Microphone
- Record a Narration
- Import Voice Narrations
- Edit an Audio File
- Insert Silence
- Convert Text-to-Speech
Flash Video, Animation & Effects
- Insert Flash Video
- Set Flash Video Properties
- Add Animation to a Slide
- Insert Text Animation
- Apply a Fly-In Effect to a Text Caption
- Apply a ZigZag Motion Path
Click and Text Entry Boxes
- Hide the Mouse
- Replace Phrases
- Insert a Click Box
- Insert a Text Entry Box
Introduction to Question Slides
- Edit Quizzing Object Styles
- Set the Quiz Preferences
- Insert Question Slides
- Format a Question Slide
- Add an Image to a Question Slide
- Paste as Background
Publishing
- Link to a Web Site
- Apply a Skin
- Edit and Save a Skin
- Delete a Skin
- Create a TOC
- Add a Loading Screen
- Publish a Flash (SWF)
- Publish Word Handouts
- Export Captions
- Perform a “Round Trip”
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 |
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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.

