Captivate 5 Getting Started

Highlander's Captivate 5 Getting Started training is a blended learning solution which combines our 2 day instructor led Captivate 5 Getting Started training course, with 12 months access to our Learning Management System (LMS) including support forums, Captivate glossary, additional exercises and samples, and other online learning support.

The 2 day Captivate 5 Getting Started course is run regularly at our London centre or available at your own location, and is a great way to get up and running with Captivate. The course is suitable for anybody new to Captivate 5.

Audience
The audience for this course is beginner and intermediate Adobe Captivate users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations. You should already be:

• Familiar with the Microsoft Windows operating system.
• Familiar with using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Familiar with basic computer terminology.

Course Overview

Adobe Captivate Basics

• What is Captivate?
• Planning your projects
• Resolution and recording size
• Guided tour of the Captivate user interface
• Recording projects
• Pros and cons of Automatic Recording
• Selecting an appropriate Recording Mode
• Multi-mode Recording

Pointer Paths, Text Captions and the Timeline

• Changing the pointer path
• Adding a visual mouse click and mouse click sound
• Using the "Align with Previous Slide" option
• Working with text captions
• Editing an object's position and size
• Using the timeline to control object timing
• Showing an object for the "Rest of Slide"
• Aligning captions
• Hiding and deleting slide objects

Working with Object Styles

• How object styles can increase consistency and make your projects easier to maintain
• Creating a style for text captions
• Applying a style to other text captions
• Modifying a style
• Using styles with other object types
• Copying styles from one project into another

Images

• Inserting blank slides
• Inserting images
• Setting image size and position
• Setting image timing options and transition effects
• Merging images into the background
• Working with image stacks
• Using the Library
• Importing images from other Adobe Captivate projects

Working with Master Slides

• What Master Slides are, and how they can help you to work more efficiently
• Creating a new master slide
• Applying a master slide to other slides
• Modifying a master slide

Buttons and Highlight Boxes

• Inserting a Text Button
• Inserting an Image Button
• Using colour to highlight an area of the screen
• Highlighting an area by greying out the rest of the screen

Creating interactive simulations and tutorials

• Introduction to eLearning tutorials
• Explanation of interactive objects
• Hiding the mouse
• Inserting and working with Click Boxes
• Auto Recording with interactivity
• Inserting and working with Text Entry Boxes
• Showing and hiding typing

Rollover Captions, Images, and Zoom Areas

• Introduction to Rollovers
• Working with Rollover Captions
• Working with Rollover Images
• Using Rollovers to provide a "true" Hint facility
• Using Rollovers to enable users to explore on their own
• Inserting Zoom Areas

Slide Labels, Notes, and Audio

• Working with Slides Labels and Notes
• Explanation of possible audio strategies
• Adding background music to a project
• Adding audio to a slide
• Recording and editing audio
• Adding sound effects to slide objects

Animation and Flash Video

• Working with animation slides
• Inserting Animations to draw attention
• Inserting Text Animations
• Inserting Flash Video
• Setting Flash Video Properties

Importing, Exporting, and Branching

• Importing PowerPoint presentations
• Importing Captivate slides and objects
• Using Buttons to create a branch
• Working with the Branching Tab
• Publishing Word handouts
• "Round-tripping" text captions to and from Word

Skins and Templates

• Editing and saving skins
• Adding a Loading Screen
• Creating a Project Template
• Recording a new project based on a Template
• Editing a Template

Compliant Movies and Publishing

• Ensuring accessibility by enabling 508 Compliance
• Adding Closed Captions (subtitles)
• Linking to a Web Site
• Setting Project Properties
• Publishing Flash and Standalone projects
• Using FTP

Question Slides and Learning Management Systems

• Devising an appropriate quiz strategy
• Setting Quiz Preferences
• Creating a Manifest File
• Inserting Question Slides
• Setting Question Slide options
• Formatting and laying out Question slides
• Editing the Submit Button text
• Adding Randomised Quiz Questions
• Publishing a Zipped Flash Project