This course is for beginning and intermediate Captivate users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations. Captivate appeals to a wide variety of audiences, typically grouped in training and education, sales and marketing, or technical support and documentation.

By the time students have finished the course they will have know how to:

• CBT Development Process
• Recording Projects
• Editing Text Captions and the Timeline
• Working with Images
• Pointer Paths and Buttons
• Adding Audio
• Working with Flash Video
• Adding Animation
• Adding Question Slides
• Using Skins and Templates

Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from.

Course materials are provided. This includes pen, note pad and a training manual as well as lunch and refreshments. Our goal is to make sure your class meets your objectives, not ours. Therefore, all of our outlines are treated as guides to help steer the workshop. We may change or alter course topics to best suit the classroom situation. A certificate will be given on completion of the course and you may also have the opportunity to sit for an accredited exam. Courses may also be customized to fit your exact requirements.

Introduction to Captivate

Planning Your Project

• The CBT Development Process
• Resolution and Recording Size
• The Captivate Interface
• Recording Projects
• Hybrid Projects

Text Captions and the Timeline

• Inserting a Text Caption
• Working with the Timeline
• Using Check Spelling
• Aligning Captions
• Editing Objects - Position and Size

Working with Images

• Working with Blank Slides
• Set Image Size and Position
• Timing Options and Transition Effects
• Working with Image Stacks
• Using the Library

Pointer Paths, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

• Pointer Paths and Types
• Insert a Text Button
• Insert an Image Button
• Highlight Boxes

Rollover Captions

• Rollover Area Properties
• Inserting a Rollover Image
• Inserting a Zoom Area

Slide Labels and Notes

• Add a Slide Label
• Add a Slide Note
• Adding Audio Files to Projects
• Add a Sound Effect to an Object

Add Background Music to a Project

• Recording Audio
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record a Slide Note
• Edit an Audio File
• Insert Silence

Animation and Flash Video

• Frame Rates
• Change a Project's Frame Rate
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Change an Animation's Slide Position
• Text Animation
• Insert Text Animation
• Insert Flash Video
• Set Flash Video Properties

Captivate and PowerPoint Slides

• Import a PowerPoint Presentation
• Resizing Projects
• Importing Captivate Slides and Objects
• Use Buttons to Create a Branch
• Explore the Branching Tab
• Export Branching View
• Print Documents
• Publish Word Handouts
• Exporting and Importing Captions
• Perform a "Round Trip" From Word

Skins and Templates

• Apply a BMP Playbar to a Project
• Apply a Skin to a Project
• Edit and Save a Skin
• Loading Screens
• Add a Loading Screen
• Templates
• Create a Project Template
• Record a New Project Based on a Template

Compliant Movies, Bandwidth and Publishing

• Enable 508 Compliance
• Closed Captioning
• Add Closed Captions
• Link to a Web Site
• Set Project Properties
• Use the Bandwidth Monitor
• Publishing Flash and Standalone Project
• Publish a Flash File

Question Slides

• Insert a Question Slide
• Add an Image to a Question Slide
• Copy and Paste a Slide Background
• Format the Question Title
• Use the Slide Grid
• Format the Question Answer
• Set Question Slide Options
• Edit the Submit Button Text

MenuBuilder

• Creating Menu Builder Projects
• Publish Projects
• Create a MenuBuilder Project
• Format Styles
• Edit Items
• Export a MenuBuilder Project

Learning Management Systems

• Reporting Options and the Manifest
• Set Reporting Options
• Create a Manifest File
• Advanced Interaction
• Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Zipped Flash Project
• Create an LMS Account
• Create an LMS Lesson
• Create an LMS Course
• Create an LMS Curriculum
• Test an E-Learning Course