Adobe Captivate 7 The Essentials

Course details

This beginner class will teach you to record and produce software demonstrations, interactive training simulations, and soft skills training.

Course Outline

1 - eLearning and Captivate

• Explore a Finished Captivate Project
• Explore the Default Workspaces
• Modify and Reset a Workspace
• Create a Workspace
• Zoom and Magnify
• Navigate a Project
• Preview a Project
• Create a New, Blank Project
• Insert Standard Objects onto Slides

2 - 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

3 - 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

4 - Images and Drawing Objects

• Insert, Resize and Restore an Image
• Transform an Image’s Size and Position
• Use the Library
• Manage Unused Project Assets
• Crop and Rename an Image
• Remove a Background Color
• Insert a CloudCallout
• Create an Image Slideshow

5 - Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

• Add a Visual Click and Sound
• Modify the Mouse Pointer
• Insert and Format a Text Button
• Set a Button’s Pause After Timing
• Work With Image Buttons
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box

6 - Rollovers and Zoom Areas

• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Insert a Rollover Slidelet

7 - 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

8 - Video, Animation and Effects

• Insert a Flash Video
• Set Flash Video Properties
• Add Animation to a slide
• Insert Text Animation
• Apply an Effect to a Slide Objec
• Apply a Glow Filter Effect
• Modify Effect Properties
• Save and Import Effects

9 - Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations

• Hide the Mouse
• Replace Phrases
• Insert a Click Box
• Insert a Text Entry Box

10 - Working With PowerPoint

• Import PowerPoint slides
• Resize One Object and Apply to All
• Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits
• Synch With Source
• Rescale a Project

11 - 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

12 - Publishing

• Create a Link to a Web Site
• 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"

Target Audience: This course is intended for individuals who want to gain basic knowledge of using Adobe® Captivate® 7