ExecuTrain Houston

Captivate 4 Fundamentals

Learn to record and enhance software simulations, demonstrations and tutorials, adding voiceovers, images, and buttons. Use a library to store assets so you can use them of future projects. Use techniques that focus the learners’ attention. Create questions and instant feedback. Add animations and video to teach skills and processes by example. Add playback controls and use “skins” to change the format of your controls. Create and use templates to save time and preserve consistency. Insert links. Import a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or classroom slides and modify them for the Web. Set up a course in your learning management system (LMS) and send results of your exams to the LMS.

Goals
Rapid creation of simulations and demonstratons that may include add images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas and sound effects.

Audience
Technical writers, instructional designers, Help desk technical staff, and content editors who want to save time and yet create effective demonstrations and simulations.

PreRequisites
Good mouse and Windows skills. Familiarity with PowerPoint or a Learning Management System is useful, but not required.

Outline
Adobe Captivate 4 Fundamentals eLearning and Captivate

* Education Through Pictures
* Planning eLearning Projects
* The Development Process
* The Captivate 4 Interface
* Set General Preferences
* Explore a Project
* Explore Project Views
* Navigate a Project
* Preview a Project
* Zoom Closer to a Slide
* View the Timeline and Library

Recording Demonstrations and Assessments

* Rehearse a Script
* Set Recording Preferences and Keys
* Record a Demonstration
* Record an Assessment Simulation
* Record a Training Simulation
* Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows

* Create an FMR
* Record a Lesson With Panning
* Create an Image Slideshow

Text Captions & the Timeline

* Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
* Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
* Change Text Caption Properties
* Change an Object’s Slide Position and Size
* View the Timeline
* Change a Slide’s Display Time
* Change Timeline View Settings
* Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times
* Show/Hide Timeline Objects
* Use Options to Control Object Timing
* Set Mouse Properties
* Check Spelling
* Align Slide Objects

Images and Drawing Objects

* Insert and Delete Slides
* Insert an Image
* Set Image Size and Slide Position
* Use the Library
* Manage Unused Project Assets
* Control Transparency
* Create an Image Watermark
* Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
* Work With Image Stacks
* Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
* Insert a Drawing Object

Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

* Change the Pointer Path Change the Pointer Type
* Edit Slide and Object Display Times
* Insert a Text Button
* Set a Button’s Options
* Insert an Image Button
* Insert and Format a Highlight Box

Rollovers and Zoom Areas

* Insert a Rollover Caption
* Set Rollover Area Properties
* Insert a Rollover Image
* Insert a Zoom Area
* Insert a Rollover Slidelet
* Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
* Format and Position a Slidelet
* Insert a Caption Into a Slidelet
* Insert an Image Into a Slidelet

Slide Labels, Notes and Audio

* Change Slide Background Quality
* Add a Slide Label
* Add a Slide Note
* Add Sound to a Slide Object
* Add Background Audio
* Calibrate a Microphone
* Record Audio
* Import Slide Audio
* Edit an Audio File
* Insert Silence
* Convert Slide Notes to Speech

Animation and Flash Video

* Change a Project’s Frame Rate
* Add Animation to a Slide
* Change an Animation’s Slide Position
* Insert Text Animation
* Add Flash Video

Animation and Flash Video

* Change a Project’s Frame Rate
* Add Animation to a Slide
* Insert Text Animation
* Insert Flash Video
* Set Flash Video Properties

Converting Demonstrations Into Simulations

* Hide the Mouse
* Replace Phrases
* Insert a Click Box
* Set Click Box Options
* Change a Slide’s Display Time
* Set a Text Caption Transition
* Insert a Text Entry Box

Introduction to Question Slides

* Set Quiz Preferences Insert a Question Slide
* Add an Image to a Question Slide
* Reuse a Slide Background
* Format the Question Title
* Use the Slide Grid
* Format the Progress Indicator

Publishing

* Link to a Web Site
* Apply a Skin
* Edit and Save a Skin
* Delete a Skin
* Add a Loading Screen
* Set Project Information
* Create a TOC
* Publish a Flash (SWF)
* Publish Word Handouts
* Export Captions
* Perform a “Round Trip”