Course Description
In this course, you will learn the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive content. By following step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. You'll learn to record and produce software demonstrations as well as interactive training simulations.
What You'll Learn
- Planning e-Learning projects
- The perfect project size
- Designing slides in Captivate
- Fonts and learning
- Who Needs to Attend
- Web designers who wish to learn about Captivate 8
- Anyone wishing to incorporate Captivate into their web workflow
Prerequisites
Understanding of either Windows or Mac OS X operating system
Basic Web knowledge
Follow-On Courses
Captivate 8 - Beyond the Essentials
Course Outline
1. Exploring Captivate
Understanding Explore a Finished Captivate Project
Zoom and Magnify
Navigate a Project
Explore and Reset the Workspace
Preview the Entire Project
2. New Project and Soft Skills eLearning
Create a Blank Project
Add Images to Placeholders
Insert and Format a Text Button
3. Recording Demos and Sims
Rehearse a Script
Review Recording Settings
Enable Access for Assistive Devices
Review Default Recording Mode Settings
Record Using Multiple Modes
Record a Custom Simulation
4. Captions, Styles, and Timing
Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
Modify Text Caption Properties
Edit the Default Caption Style
Change a Callout Type Used by a Text Caption
Control Slide Timing
Control Slide Object Timing
Check Spelling
Align Slide Objects
5. Images and Smart Shapes
Understanding Insert, Resize, and Restore an Image
Transform an Image
Use the Library
Manage Unused Project Assets
Crop and Rename an Image
Remove a Background Color
Insert a Cloud Callout
Create an Image Mask
Delete a Slide Background
Work with Photoshop Layers
Create an Image Slideshow
6. Pointers, Paths, Boxes, and Buttons
Control Mouse Effects
Edit a Mouse Path
Clone an Object Style
Insert a Highlight Box
Insert an Image Button
Control Appear After Timing
7. Rollovers and Zooms
Insert a Rollover Caption
Insert a Rollover Image
Insert a Rollover Slidelet
Insert a Zoom Area
8. Audio
Import Audio onto a Slide Object
Import Background Audio
Add a Slide Note
Calibrate a Microphone
Record Slide Audio
Import a Voiceover onto a Slide
Edit an Audio File
Insert Silence
Convert Text-to-Speech
9. Video, Animation, and Effects
Organizing Insert a Flash Video
Set Flash Video Properties
Add Animation to a slide
Insert Text Animation
Apply an Effect to a Slide Object
Apply a Glow Filter Effect
Modify Effect Properties
Save and Import Effects
10. Adding Interactivity
Hide the Mouse
Replace Phrases
Insert a Click Box
Insert a Text Entry Box
11. Working with PowerPoint
Import PowerPoint slides
Resize One Object and Apply to All
Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits
Synch With Source
Rescale a Project
12. Introduction to Question Slides
Edit Quizzing Object Styles
Set the Quiz Preferences
Apply a Theme
Hide a Slide Image
Insert Question slides
Add an Image to a Question slide
13. Finishing Touches
Create a Link to a Website
Apply a Skin
Edit, Save, and Delete a Skin
Create a TOC
Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen
Publish a SWF and PDF
Run the HTML5 Tracker
Publish as HTML5
Export Captions
Perform a "Round Trip"
Agenda
- Planning e-Learning projects
- The perfect project size
- Designing slides in Captivate
- Fonts and learning