Course duration
- 2 days
Course Benefits
- Learn to control the mouse pointer and add such standard objects as text captions, images, characters, assets from the eLearning Brothers, and highlight boxes.
- Learn to record, import, and edit audio and further enhance the learner experience by adding interactivity via click boxes, buttons and text entry boxes.
- Learn to import existing PowerPoint content into Captivate.
- 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.
Public expert-led online training from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere with an internet connection. Guaranteed to run .
Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
Course Outline
- Exploring Captivate
- Explore a Finished Captivate Project
- Zoom and Magnify
- Navigate a Project
- Explore and Reset the Workspace
- Preview the Entire Project
- New Projects and Soft Skills eLearning
- Create a Blank Project
- Add Images to Placeholders
- Import Images
- Use a Smart Shape as a Button
- Disable Click Sounds
- Screen Recordings
- Rehearse a Script
- Review Recording Settings
- Review Recording Modes
- Record Using Multiple Modes
- Record a Custom Simulation
- Record a Demonstration that Pans
- Manually Record the Screen
- Video Demos
- Record a Video Demo
- Add a Video Zoom
- Add a Video Pan
- Smooth a Mouse Path and Show Visual Clicks
- Split a Video
- Trim a Video
- Insert a Video Project into a Standard Project
- Publish a Video Demo
- Captions, Styles, Timing, and Round Tripping
- Insert and Edit Text Captions
- 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
- Export Captions to Word
- Import Captions from Word into Captivate
- Pointers, Paths, 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
- Images and Videos
- Insert, Resize, and Restore an Image
- Import Images into the Library
- Resize, Transform, and Align Images
- Manage Unused Library Assets
- Create an Image Slideshow
- Insert a Video
- Set Video Properties
- Audio
- Work with Rollover Captions
- Import Audio onto a Slide Object
- Import Background Audio
- Add a Slide Note
- Calibrate a Microphone
- Record Slide Audio
- Import Audio onto a Slide
- Edit an Audio File
- Insert Silence
- Convert Text-to-Speech
- States, Animations, and Object Effects
- Change State Views for a Button
- Add an Animation to a slide
- Insert a Text Animation
- Apply an Effect to a Slide Object
- Apply a Free Fall Effect to an Object
- Software Simulations
- Hide the Mouse
- Replace Phrases
- Insert a Click Box
- Insert a Text Entry Box
- Working with PowerPoint
- Create a Project from a Presentation
- Edit the Source Presentation
- Synchronize with Source
- Rescale a Project
- Quizzing
- Edit Quizzing Object Styles
- Set the Quiz Preferences
- Question Slides
- Insert Question Slides
- Edit a Question Slide
- Compare Submit All to Submit Buttons
- Insert a Knowledge Check
- Review a GIFT File
- Import a GIFT File into a Project
- Create Question Pools
- Move Questions to Pools
- Insert Random Question Slides
- Publishing
- Apply a Skin
- Edit, Save, and Delete a Skin
- Name Slides
- Check Publish Settings and Add a Loading Screen
- Publish as SWF and PDF
- Run the HTML5 Tracker
- Publish as HTML5
Class Materials
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.