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Captivate 7 Introduction

Course description

In this introduction to Captivate 7 training course, students will learn the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive eLearning and mLearning content. With our hands on training you will learn how to record and produce software demonstrations, interactive training simulations, and soft skills training. You ll learn how to control the mouse pointer and add such standard objects as text captions, images, and highlight boxes. You ll learn to record, import and edit audio, and further enhance the learner experience by adding interactivity via click boxes, buttons and text entry boxes. You ll learn to leverage and enrich existing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations by importing and linking into new or existing Captivate projects. Finally, you ll learn to publish your project in SWF and HTML5 formats so that your content can be uploaded to a web server for consumption on virtually any device, including the iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices.

 

Adobe Captivate 7 software helps you rapidly author a wide range of interactive and HTML5-based eLearning content without programming. Easily create application simulations, product demos, drag-and-drop modules,and soft skills and compliance training materials that meet accessibility standards. Transform Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into attractive eLearning content using actors, learning interactions, and quizzes. Publish to the web, desktops, and leading Tin Can-, SCORM-, and AICC-compliant LMSs, and deliver to mobile devices, including iPad.

 

OBJECTIVES:

 

1.           eLearning and Captivate

2.           Recording Demos and Sims

3.           Captions, Styles and Timing

4.           Images and Drawing Objects

5.           Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

6.           Rollovers and Zoom Areas

7.           Audio

8.           Video, Animation and Effects

9.           Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations

10.        Working With PowerPoint

11.        Introduction to Question Slides

12.        Publishing

 

PREREQUISITES:

 

We recommend that students should be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers.

 

 

1. eLearning and Captivate

As your class ramps up, you won t just learn how to start Captivate and click each tool, you ll begin the process of creating eLearning lessons from the ground up. You ll not only learn how to create effective eLearning, but why those lessons will be effective.


In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Education Through Pictures

2.   Planning eLearning Projects

3.   The Captivate Environment

4.   Workspaces

5.   Previewing

6.   Blank Projects

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Explore a Finished Captivate Project

2.   Explore the Default Workspaces

3.   Modify and Reset a Workspace

4.   Create a Workspace

5.   Zoom and Magnify

6.   Navigate a Project

7.   Preview a Project

8.   Create a New, Blank Project

9.   Insert Standard Objects onto Slides

 

2. Recording Demos and Sims

Recording your desktop actions is one of Captivate s key features and you ll cover the hottest recording modes: demo, assessment, training and custom.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Resolution and Recording Size

2.   The Development Process

3.   Preparing to Record

4.   Access for Assistive Devices

5.   Multi-Mode Recording

6.   Custom Recordings

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Rehearse a Script

2.   Review Recording Settings

3.   Enable Access for Assistive Devices

4.   Review Default Recording Mode Settings

5.   Record Using Multiple Modes

6.   Record a Custom Simulation

 

3. Captions, Styles and Timing

Once you ve recorded your lessons, the real work begins. During these lessons, you will learn how to add text caption, set object styles and control the timing of slides objects.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Text Captions

2.   Caption Styles

3.   Callout Types

4.   The Timeline

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions

2.   Modify Text Caption Properties

3.   Edit the Default Caption Style

4.   Change a Callout Type Used by a Text Caption

5.   Control Slide Timing

6.   Control Slide Object Timing

7.   Check Spelling

8.   Align Slide Objects

 

4. Images and Drawing Objects

Adding images to your project will enhance the lesson. These lessons will teach you how to add images, manipulate them and manage them.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Images

2.   The Library

3.   Image Editing

4.   Smart Shapes

5.   Image Slideshows

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Insert, Resize and Restore an Image

2.   Transform an Image s Size and Position

3.   Use the Library

4.   Manage Unused Project Assets

5.   Crop and Rename an Image

6.   Remove a Background Color

7.   Insert a CloudCallout

8.   Create an Image Slideshow

 

5. Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

If you ve created a demonstration, that pesky mouse can sometimes have a mind of its own. You ll learn how to tame that wild mouse during these lessons. Then you ll learn how to add some basic interactivity to a lesson via buttons.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Mouse Effects

2.   Pointer Paths and Types,

3.   Buttons

4.   Highlight Boxes

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Add a Visual Click and Sound

2.   Modify the Mouse Pointer

3.   Insert and Format a Text Button

4.   Set a Button s Pause After Timing

5.   Work With Image Buttons

6.   Insert and Format a Highlight Box

 

6. Rollovers and Zoom Areas

Rollovers and Zoom Areas enhance the eLearning experience by encouraging interactivity (rollovers) and grabbing the learners attention (zoom areas). Learn them both during these lessons.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Rollover Captions

2.   Rollover Images

3.   Zoom Areas

4.   Rollover Slidelets

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Insert a Rollover Caption

2.   Insert a Rollover Image

3.   Insert a Zoom Area

4.   Insert a Rollover Slidelet

 

7. Audio

eLearning lessons that contain voiceover audio and sound effects are more effective than lessons that don t and that s just a fact! Learn how to add, edit and record audio during these lessons. And if that s not enough, you ll also learn how to convert Text-to-Speech, which is just cool!

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Object Audio

2.   Slide Notes

3.   Recording Audio

4.   Slide Audio

5.   Silence

6.   Text-to-Speech

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Import Audio onto a Slide Object

2.   Import Background Audio

3.   Add a Slide Note

4.   Calibrate a Microphone

5.   Record Slide Audio

6.   Import a Voiceover onto a Slide

7.   Edit an Audio File

8.   Insert Silence

9.   Convert Text-to-Speech

 

8. Video, Animation and Effects

In a word, Flash Video is cool! Learn how to add Flash Video to your eLearning lessons. There are lessons for adding Animation and special effects too.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Video

2.   Animation

3.   Text Animation

4.   Object Effects

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Insert a Flash Video

2.   Set Flash Video Properties

3.   Add Animation to a slide

4.   Insert Text Animation

5.   Apply an Effect to a Slide Objec

6.   Apply a Glow Filter Effect

7.   Modify Effect Properties

8.   Save and Import Effects

 

9. Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations

Interactive eLearning is generally thought to be more effective than passive demonstration videos. During these lessons, learn how to convert an existing demonstration into a highly engaging, interactive powerhouse.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Demonstrations versus Simulations

2.   Find and Replace

3.   Click Boxes

4.   Text Entry Boxes

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Hide the Mouse

2.   Replace Phrases

3.   Insert a Click Box

4.   Insert a Text Entry Box

 

10. Working With PowerPoint

Often times the eLearning project begins in Microsoft PowerPoint. Why not use that content in your Captivate project? These lessons will help you master the PowerPoint to Captivate workflow.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   PowerPoint as a Starting Point

2.   PowerPoint Collaboration

3.   Rescaling Projects

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Import PowerPoint slides

2.   Resize One Object and Apply to All

3.   Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits

4.   Synch With Source

5.   Rescale a Project

 

11. Introduction to Question Slides

Captivate sports some robust quizzing tools. You ll learn how to setup, create and edit question slides.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   Quiz Setup

2.   Applying a Theme

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Edit Quizzing Object Styles

2.   Set the Quiz Preferences

3.   Apply a Theme

4.   Hide a Slide Image

5.   Insert Question slides

6.   Add an Image to a Question slide

 

12. Publishing

No project is finished until it s published so that it can be consumed by your learners. Learn the best publishing format to use for the widest audience (including SWF and the new HTML5 output). Learn how to add a TOC to your lessons and the ideal settings for publishing.

 

In This Module You Will Learn About:

1.   URL Actions

2.   Skins

3.   Preloaders

4.   Publishing

5.   Round Tripping

 

And You Will Learn To:

1.   Create a Link to a Web Site

2.   Apply a Skin

3.   Edit, Save and Delete a Skin

4.   Create a TOC

5.   Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen

6.   Publish a SWF and PDF

7.   Run the HTML5 Tracker

8.   Publish as HTML5

9.   Export Captions

10.        Perform a Round Trip

 

 


Disclaimer: All course objectives and outlines are a guide for students. The course topics and order of presentation may be modified based upon the needs of each individual class.
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