Adobe Captivate 4.0 Bootcamp
Adobe Captivate 4.0 Bootcamp
Duration: 4 days Value Package
Course Synopsis:
Using Adobe Captivate 4.0 provides students with the
knowledge and hands-on practice they need to develop
and build software demonstrations and interactive
simulations with Captivate. In addition to learning key
concepts, students also learn best practices for creating
and publishing Captivate projects. This five day bootcamp
training class also offers two days of Script Writing and
Production Techniques for Adobe Captivate.
Who Should Attend:
This course is for beginning and intermediate Captivate users who
want to create software demonstrations and interactive
simulations.
Prerequisites:
Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using
a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make
every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class
lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class. This class is a
discounted combination of the Captivate Intro and Captivate Script Writing classes. For student
cancellation purposes, each separate component is treated as a separate class.
What You Will Learn:
• 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
• Script Writing Basics
• CBT Development Process
• Publishing for an LMS
• Version Control
Time:
Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00/4:30 p.m.
Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide
their own lunch.
Course Materials:
Course materials are provided. 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.
Locations:
We have company operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work
with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada.
Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.
Related Courses:
We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Dreamweaver CS3 Web Site
Development, Flash CS3 Professional. Please take a look at our other course outlines at our web site,
http://www.ledet.com.
Goals:
Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able
to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any
special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.
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Registration:
Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.
Adobe Captivate 4.0 Bootcamp
LESSON PLANS
LESSON 1
• Align Slide Objects
• Add Sound to a Slide Object
• Add Background Audio
eLearning and Captivate
LESSON 5
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Education Through Pictures
• Record Audio
• Planning eLearning Projects
Images and Drawing Objects
• Import Slide Audio
• The Development Process
• Insert and Delete Slides
• Edit an Audio File
• The Captivate 4 Interface
• Insert an Image
• Insert Silence
• Set General Preferences
• Set Image Size and Slide Position
• Convert Slide Notes to Speech
• Explore a Project
• Use the Library
• Explore Project Views
• Manage Unused Project Assets
LESSON 9
• Navigate a Project
• Control Transparency
• Preview a Project
• Create an Image Watermark
Animation and Flash Video
• Zoom Closer to a Slide
• Set Image Timing Options and Transition
• Change a Project’s Frame Rate
• View the Timeline and Library
• Effects
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Work With Image Stacks
• Change an Animation’s Slide Position
LESSON 2
• Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click
• Insert Text Animation
Sound
• Add Flash Video
Recording Demonstrations and
• Insert a Drawing Object
Assessments
LESSON 10
• Rehearse a Script
LESSON 6
Converting Demonstrations Into
• Set Recording Preferences and Keys
Pointers, Buttons and Highlight
• Record a Demonstration
Simulations
• Record an Assessment Simulation
Boxes
• Hide the Mouse
• Record a Training Simulation
• Change the Pointer Path
• Replace Phrases
• Record a Custom Assessment Simulation
• Change the Pointer Type
• Insert a Click Box
• Edit Slide and Object Display Times
• Set Click Box Options
LESSON 3
• Insert a Text Button
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
• Set a Button’s Options
• Set a Text Caption Transition
FMRs, Panning and Image
• Insert an Image Button
• Insert a Text Entry Box
Slideshows
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box
• Create an FMR
LESSON 11
• Record a Lesson With Panning
LESSON 7
Introduction to Question Slides
• Create an Image Slideshow
Rollovers and Zoom Areas
• Set Quiz Preferences
• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Insert a Question Slide
LESSON 4
• Set Rollover Area Properties
• Add an Image to a Question Slide
Text Captions & the Timeline
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Reuse a Slide Background
• Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Format the Question Title
• Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
• Insert a Rollover Slidelet
• Use the Slide Grid
• Change Text Caption Properties
• Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
• Format the Progress Indicator
• Change an Object’s Slide Position and
• Format and Position a Slidelet
Size
• Insert a Caption Into a Slidelet
• View the Timeline
• Insert an Image Into a Slidelet
LESSON 12
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
Publishing
• Change Timeline View Settings
LESSON 8
• Setting Object Display Times
• Link to a Web Site
• Show/Hide Timeline Objects
Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
• Apply a Skin
• Use Options to Control Object Timing
• Change Slide Background Quality
• Edit and Save a Skin
• Set Mouse Properties
• Add a Slide Label
• Delete a Skin
• Check Spelling
• Add a Slide Note
• Add a Loading Screen
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Adobe Captivate 4.0 Bootcamp
LESSON PLANS
• Set Project Information
* Send a Project for Review
* Report a Button Interaction
• Create a TOC
* Create a Background Mask
* Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Flash (SWF)
* Edit a Slide Background
* Publish a Content Package
• Publish Word Handouts
* Delete a Slide Background
* Create an Inquisiq LMS Account
• Export Captions
* Import a PhotoShop File
* Create an LMS Lesson
• Perform a “Round Trip”
* Work with PhotoShop Layers
* Create an LMS Course
* Create an LMS Curriculum
LESSON 13
* Test an eLearning Course
LESSON 17
Reviewing the Essentials
Variables, Widgets and Buttons
* Set General Preferences
* Rehearse a Script
* Add Document Information
* Set Recording Preferences and Keys
* Insert a System Variable
* Record a Custom Simulation
* Edit a System Variable
* Edit a Text Capture Template
* Create a User Variable
* Use a Variable to Gather Data
* Insert a Question Widget
LESSON 14
* Insert a Certificate Widget
Importing and Branching
* Create Custom Buttons
* Import a PowerPoint Presentation
* Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
LESSON 18
* Resize a Project
Project and Design Templates
* Import Project Slides and Objects
* Label a Slide
* Create a Project Template
* Use Buttons to Create a Branch
* Create a Project From a Template
* Explore the Branching Tab
* Record Additional Slides
* Create a Slide Group
* Delete Unused Objects
* Aggregate Published SWFs
* Create a Mask
* Add a Text Animation Placeholder
LESSON 15
* Create a Design Template
* Format Design Template Objects
Question Pools
* Apply a Design Template to a Project
* Insert a Question Slide
* Create and Rename Question Pools
LESSON 19
* Add Questions to Question Pools
* Insert Random Question Slides
Advanced Actions
* Control Object Visibility
LESSON 16
* Name Items
Accessible Projects
* Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
* Create Variables
* Set Document Information
* Add Text Entry Boxes
* Enable Accessibility
* Create a Script
* Add Accessibility Text to Slides
* Attach a Script to a Slide
* Import Audio
* Test and Edit a Script
* Add Shortcut Keys
* Add Closed Captions
LESSON 20
LESSON 17
Learning Management Systems
Commenting, Image Editing
* Set Quiz Reporting Options
* Create a Manifest File
and PhotoShop Layers
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