Adobe Captivate Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Online
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Advanced
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£725 + 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. -
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 as a remote online course with live training provided by our Adobe Certified Trainer.
Accessing the live online course anywhere is easy and all you will need is:
- Computer with the trial or full version of the software
- Separate screen or device for the shared video display
- Sound output via computer or headset
- Ideally a camera and microphone on the computer for remote contact
Our goal is for you to be able to create simple but professional documents that are ready to use for the web and for print.
It is important to note this is not a classroom based training.
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Captivate Classic Introduction 4 Days - Upcoming Online Course Dates
22 Oct - 25 Oct Special Offer! £650 + vat 10 Dec - 13 Dec £725 + vat 04 Mar - 07 Mar £725 + vat 06 May - 09 May £725 + vat 29 Jul - 01 Aug £725 + vat Captivate Classic Introduction 4 Days - Split Date Options
Captivate Introduction
22 Oct - 23 Oct
10 Dec - 11 Dec
5 Mar - 6 Mar
5 May - 6 May
29 Jul - 30 Jul
Captivate Advanced
24 Oct - 25 Oct
12 Dec - 13 Dec
6 Mar - 7 Mar
8 May - 9 May
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Client Reviews
"Trainer was very friendly, knowledgeable and professional. Supply of high quality reference book for each trainee was added bonus."
Thomas Booth, BAE Systems, Captivate - 2 Day Introduction
"The course was on a one to one basis which was brilliant because it allowed me to follow my own path through it. The tutor was extremely helpful and had an excellent knowledge of the topic. Based on my experience today I would certainly consider using XChange Training again."
Nick Mills, Landmark Information, Captivate - Bespoke 1 Day
"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
"Great course! The trainer explained the theory behind what we were doing, was patient and very knowledgeable. "
Amanda Cook, VMWare, 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
"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
"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
"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
"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