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Adobe Captivate Classic Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Advanced
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£795 + vat
Learn how to produce interactive projects for the web such as quizzes and simulations. We will take you through a comprehensive introduction to the leading eLearning program and show you how to produce content to engage and interest your users.
After we give you a complete tour of the Captivate environment, we will show you how to create and manipulate slide sequences. You will produce interactive projects that can be delivered in a variety of formats. Use the program to request and collect information, to demonstrate new products, or simply to run a presentation. You will then take your existing Captivate know-how and enhance it as you learn how to create complex quizzes with logic branching. This course covers learn many advanced interaction methods as we show you how to control system variables, conditional scripts, and more. An ideal course for anyone looking to create professional eLearning projects.
Learn how to produce interactive projects for the web such as quizzes and simulations. We will take you through a comprehensive introduction to the leading eLearning program and show you how to produce content to engage and interest your users.
After we give you a complete tour of the Captivate environment, we will show you how to create and manipulate slide sequences. You will produce interactive projects that can be delivered in a variety of formats. Use the program to request and collect information, to demonstrate new products, or simply to run a presentation. You will then take your existing Captivate know-how and enhance it as you learn how to create complex quizzes with logic branching. This course covers learn many advanced interaction methods as we show you how to control system variables, conditional scripts, and more. An ideal course for anyone looking to create professional eLearning projects.
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Captivate Classic Introduction 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Captivate Classic (2019). We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes eLearning to a new level. With our help you will create quizzes, add audio and video, apply effects, and publish your projects.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Captivate environment
- Work with timelines and images
- Create quizzes with question slides
- Apply transition effects and timing options
- Insert buttons, boxes, and rollover images
- Record and add music and other audio
- Animate slides and add Flash video
- Edit skins and templates
- Publish your projects
- Understand quiz reporting for Learning Management Systems
- Set up advanced templates and share libraries
- Review video setups, including multi-slide video
- Create and use system and user variables
- Write complex conditional scripts
- Use the Branching panel
- Randomise quizzes by using question pools
Our goal is for you to be able to create engaging eLearning projects that are ready to use for the web and on mobile devices.
This course can be taken in a single 4-day block or split into a 2-day block (Introduction) and then a separate 2-day block (Advanced) taken at a later date.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is designed for those who are new to interactive design and development and who want to develop skills to work with Captivate to build intuitive, attractive and accessible projects.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Day 1-
Introduction
- Create a new project
- The interface
- Previewing a Movie
- Modify text captions
- Add callouts
- Object Style Manager
- Add smart shapes
- Manipulate smart shapes
- Insert graphics
- Resize and edit graphics
- Add drop shadows and reflections
- Zooming in and out
- Editing display period of Slide Objects
- Editing the time of a slide
- Stacking order
- Locking, hiding and grouping layers
- Moving and deleting slides
- Labelling slides
- Duplicate slides
- Importing PowerPoint slides
- Import slides from another Captivate project
- Adding a theme
- Create a basic theme with master slides
- Import assets to the library
- Update assets
- Select and remove unused items
- Open library from another Captivate project
- Highlight box
- Mouse
- Zoom area
- Web object
- Button
- Click box
- Learning interactions
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Software Simulations
- Preparation
- Set preferences
- Demo, Training and Assessment Modes
- Setting screen sizes
- Editing
- Set preferences
- Setting screen size
- Pan and zoom
- Slicing
- Trimming
- Transitions
- Clean pop-ups
- Adding question slides
- Type of questions
- Editing question slides
- Set quiz preferences
- Adding audio to background slides and buttons
- Adding video (event video and multi-slide synchronised video)
- Add characters
- SWF vs. HTML5 - Which to choose?
- Add action to end of project
- Exporting to an LMS (Sign up to scorm cloud)
- Using states
- Using animations
- Object styles
Day 3-
Variables
- What is a variable?
- Understanding and using user variables
- Use system variables to display information
- Advantages of using advanced actions
- Exploring the advanced actions panel
- Creating shared actions
- Create a simple ‘Show & Hide’ action
- Using the Toggle action
- Add a simple effect to your action
- Show and hide multiple objects with groups
- Using expressions
- Using IF ELSE statements
- Create a Toggle Switch to start and stop audio
- Create a Toggle Switch to show and hide a group
- Stacking order Locking, hiding and grouping layers
- Create a pre-test to test user’s knowledge
- Create a question pool to create randomly selected question slides
- Write and import GIFT format files to automatically create question slides
- Amend the results slide with advanced actions
- Create drag and drop interactions
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Changing Defaults
- Change preferences
- Difference between templates and themes
- Create a basic template with placeholder objects
- Save and load a template
- Using states to show/hide
- Using the states with smart shape buttons
- Using fluid boxes
- Using breakpoints
- Responsive project considerations
- Accessibility considerations (Equality Act 2010, Section 508)
- Accessibility features in Captivate
- Creating closed captions
- Adding text to speech (TTS)
- Enabling accessibility in publish settings
- Publish project to Scorm Cloud
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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Captivate Classic Introduction 4 Days - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
29 Jul - 01 Aug £795 + vat 16 Sep - 19 Sep £795 + vat 18 Nov - 21 Nov £795 + vat Captivate Classic Introduction 4 Days - Split Date Options
Captivate Introduction
29 Jul - 30 Jul
16 Sep - 17 Sep
18 Nov - 19 Nov
Captivate Advanced
31 Jul - 1 Aug
18 Sep - 19 Sep
20 Nov - 21 Nov
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Client Reviews
"Thoroughly enjoyed the course, found both the software and the course content to be abundant and informative, support material appears to be perfect for the purpose too."
Ian Anderson, Sarah Mennell Ltd, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"Fantastic training and very good knowledge from the instructor."
Martin Cahill, Assa Abloy, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"The course was really enjoyable, a lot of hands on training and relaxed and informal. Easy to get to centre."
Sigrun Karadottir, Sovereign, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"Our trainer was professional, personable and willing to adapt to our specific needs. Perhaps the best training I've undertaken to date."
Kevin Greig, Multiply, Adobe Captivate - Two Day Advanced
"The training was well paced and very clearly explained, with ample opportunity to complete exercises to embed the learning"
Andy Dyehouse, Zurich Insurance, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"Very enjoyable 2 days. Good knowledge and great attitude by trainer. A very good grounding for us, with lots of "light bulb" moments!"
Robert Phillips, Vale of Glamorgan Council, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"Great course! The trainer explained the theory behind what we were doing, was patient and very knowledgeable. "
Amanda Cook, VMWare, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"The instructor was very friendly and knowledgeable. He was happy to answer all questions and he made sure that we were confident with his responses."
Richard Graves, Experian, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"It was great to have the trainer on site and to be able to provide the bespoke training at the level needed. The trainer was excellent. "
Sue Ross, Atradius, Adobe Captivate - 1 Day Bespoke Intermediate
"Confident and knowledgeable trainer who took it at a nice pace so all disciplines were catered for. Thank you."
Georgina Poole, Pennine NHS, Adobe Captivate - Four Day Masterclass
£795 + vat
Next Dates:
29 Jul - 01 Aug
16 Sep - 19 Sep
18 Nov - 21 Nov
Split Course Date Options:
Captivate Introduction
29 Jul - 30 Jul
16 Sep - 17 Sep
18 Nov - 19 Nov
Captivate Advanced
31 Jul - 1 Aug
18 Sep - 19 Sep
20 Nov - 21 Nov
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe Captivate training courses UK wide
4/5 Stars
Good
05/03/2025
5/5 Stars
Course delivered very well, a couple of tech related hiccups but to be expected and made the course more relaxed.
27/02/2025
5/5 Stars
Excellent work from the instructor, very knowledgable and helpful at all skill levels. made sure everyone was keeping up with each lesson and didn't leave anyone behind. Was also able to help with more technical questions. He even came back on the second day with answers asked on the first day. 10/10
27/02/2025
4/5 Stars
Training sessions are interesting but long, I think shorter sessions would be more useful.
18/12/2024
4/5 Stars
The overhall course is quite good. Mark's PC was very slow dealing with the tool and the Zoom app, but he took a very good attitude using that loading time to follow the excercises with us and telling us tips and tricks.
18/12/2024
5/5 Stars
The training with Mark has been very comprehensive and enjoyable. I am very satisfied with the knowledge we have learned. I would definitely repeat with him.
18/12/2024
4/5 Stars
Technical issues have slightly hindered the flow of the lessons, but otherwise, everything is going very well.
18/12/2024
5/5 Stars
Great instructor, who has greatly enhanced my understanding of Captivate
29/10/2024
4/5 Stars
provided a good overall educational experience and covered all the relevant sections of the program to a satisfactory degree. As our needs for the program are specific the challenge was delivering the relevant content which was achieved well, alongside the inclusion of some bespoke examples which is also appreciated
25/10/2024
5/5 Stars
went the extra mile for us, in quite a special sector. very thankful he tried to understand what we need and made it very unique. create course highly recommend. give th teacher what you want to see and he will try to proved that and show you new skills on top of that
25/10/2024
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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