Adobe Captivate

Captivate

Digital Training & Designs
At Digital Training & Designs, we provide you with the right training solutions to help you learn Adobe Captivate for creating demonstrations and simulations. Check our schedule for class dates and prices for Instructor-led Captivate training in Dallas Texas or call us for private training at your site.
This introductory Dallas Captivate training course takes you through the development process of building software demonstrations and interactive simulations using Adobe Captivate 4. During class, you will learn by recording and updating several projects, Importing existing Powerpoint slides and inserting quiz questions into a Captivate project. We will also cover branching and templates.
Related Software Programs or Products: Adobe Captivate Advanced
This is primarily ilt training
computer labComputer Lab Work
group study and discussionThis class may involve group study
instructor led trainingThis class may be available at a classroom in Addison, TX,
Course Level:introductory
Duration:3 days
Training Presented in:English
Training Provided by Digital Training & Designs
  • C asked: I'm looking for a low-cost course that teaches the fundamentals of Captivate. Online or classroom is fine.
  • A asked: Hi, I am interested in taking the Captivate Training during April or May . Could you please advice training offering calendar? Thanks,
  • K asked: When will this training be presented? Where will this training be presented? How much does enrollment cost?
  • S asked: I have two staff members that have been trained internally on the basics of Adobe Captivate. However, the company no longer teaches the course and they have not had the publishing portion of Captivate. Is this something your company could do? If so could you let me know the approximate time required for this and what the cost would be. Thank you.
Adobe Captivate
Project Planning
  • Target Audience Connection Speeds
  • Target Audience – Monitor Resolution
  • Flash Player Penetration
  • Creating Storyboards
  • Interface Basics
Recording Essentials
  • Grabbing Still Images
  • Using Full Motion Recording & When
  • Manual Recording A Demonstration
Recording a Demonstration
  • Using Manual Recording Mode
  • Hotkey Controls
  • Previewing your Project
  • Using Automatic Recording Mode
  • Preview and Note differences
Project Editing
  • Inserting Blank slides
  • Creating Slide Labels & Why
  • Reordering Slides
  • Defining & Modifying Highlight Boxes
  • Setting Mouse and pointer options
Text Captions
  • Objects in the timeline
  • Caption Types vs Styles
  • Using Transparency
Timeline Essentials
  • Object layering/ reordering/ stacking order
  • Controlling Timings (birth and duration)
  • End Marker
Importing Images
  • Scaling Images
  • Managing the Library
  • Understanding Library Controls
  • Drag and drop onto Canvas vs. Filmstrip
  • Merge into Background
  • RoundTrip Image Editing
  • Background Trade-outs
  • Internal Image Editing Options
Creating Simulations
  • Difference of Training vs Assessment
  • Recording Settings
  • Capturing the Mouse & Shortcut Keys
  • Click Boxes – an invisible button
Simulation Editing
  • Editing Captions - apply to all?
  • Success Captions and Why you don’t need them
  • Click Boxes Options
The Captivate Actions List
  • Available Options
  • Linking to Websites
  • Linking to Files
  • Absolute and Relative Paths
Importing Powerpoint Projects
  • Selection and Placement
  • What’s Importable
  • Navigation Settings
  • Dynamic Linking
  • Editing Powerpoint within Captivate
Buttons
  • Three Button types explained
  • Custom File naming conventions: _up, _over, _down
  • Button vs Click Boxes
Publish Settings
  • Movie Preferences
  • Loading screens
  • Skin Removal and Borders
  • Setting Skin Controls
  • Project Info
Flash Video
  • Stream vs Progressive download
  • FLV format
  • Inserting Video / skins
  • Pausing Project for Video Completion
  • Encoding Video using Flix Standard
Audio
  • Recording Narration
  • Importing Audio
  • Editing Audio – silence /volume levels
  • Background Audio
  • Advanced Audio Management
  • Encoding Settings
  • Creating Closed Captions
Publishing
  • SWF and Dependant Formats
  • Scaling your Project
  • FTP Uploading
  • Publishing as a PDF
  • Publishing as an AVI
Quizes
  • Types of Available Questions
  • Editing the Captions & Buttons
  • Review Areas
  • Displaying Progress Indicators
  • Using the Advanced Interactions Manager
Random Quizes
  • Architecting Pools - Embedded vs Standalone
  • Building Question Pools
  • Creating a Random Quiz
  • Publishing and Dependent files
Scenario & Branching
  • Using Hidden Slides
  • Creating Templates
  • Inserting Rollover Captions
  • Navigation Setting
  • Using Branching View
Delivery Options
  • Adding Table of Contents to projects
  • TOC settings
  • Using the Captivate Aggregator
About The Training Provider: Digital Training & Designs
Digital Training & Designs - Digital Training & Designs, Inc. provides high-end hands-on computer training and consulting in Dallas Texas, focusing on the graphics, printing video and communications communities. We have state-of-the art training rooms with the latest hardware and software. We are an authorized training provider for Adobe and Apple offering courses in most of the top graphics and multimedia applications for...
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