Adobe Captivate Fundamentals: An Introduction to Captivate August 15, 2011

http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes

Contact:202-429-9700 / MartinD@FMCtraining.com

(2 day class) 8/16-17

Overview

Using Adobe Captivate, you can capture screen shots on your computer and quickly turn them into eLearning lessons (movies). The lessons you create can be highly interactive--you can add images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas and sound effects.

Course Outline:
Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.
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 whythose lessons will be effective.
# eLearning Concepts
# Planning eLearning Projects
# Explore the Captivate Interface
# Create and Manage Workspaces
# Preview a Project
# Use the Zoom Features
Recording Demonstrations 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.
# 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

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.
# 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

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

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.
# 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

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!
# 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

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.
# 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

Interacitve eLearning is generally thought to be more effective than passive demonstration videos. During these lessons, learn how to convert a demonstration video in a highly engaging, interactive affair.
# Hide the Mouse
# Replace Phrases
# Insert a Click Box
# Insert a Text Entry Box
Introduction to Question Slides

Captivate sports some robust quizzing tools. You'll learn how to setup, create and edit question slides.
# Edit Quizzing Object Styles
# Set the Quiz Preferences
# Insert a Question Slide
# Format a Question Slide
# Add an Image to a Question Slide
# Paste as Background
Publishing

No project is finished until it's published. Learn the best publishing format to use for the widest audience. Learn how to add a TOC to your lessons and the best settings for publishing to Flash (SWF).
# 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”

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