Adobe Captivate 4.0
Adobe Captivate 4.0
Duration: 2 days
Course Synopsis:
Adobe Captivate hands-on training 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.
Who Should Attend:
This course is for beginning and intermediate Captivate users who
would like 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.
Prerequisites:
Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using
a mouse, opening and saving fi les, and the general operations of computers. While we will make
every reasonable eff ort to help, students with insuffi
cient skills may be required to observe the class
lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class. We highly recommend
working with the application tutorial before coming to the course.
What You Will Learn:
• CBT Development Process
• Recording Demonstrations
• Editing Text Captions and the Timeline
• Working with Images
• Pointer Paths and Buttons
• Adding Audio
• Working with Flash Video
• Adding Animation and Flash Video
• Adding Question Slides
• Using Skins and Templates
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 off er our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada.
Please double-check the location of your class with our offi
ce 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 off er you classes that are more custom fi t to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any
special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.
Registration: Please
fi ll out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.
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Adobe Captivate 4.0
LESSON PLANS
LESSON 1
• Use Options to Control Object Timing
LESSON 8
• Set Mouse Properties
eLearning and Captivate
• Check Spelling
Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
• Education Through Pictures
• Align Slide Objects
• Change Slide Background Quality
• Planning eLearning Projects
• Add a Slide Label
• The Development Process
• Add a Slide Note
• The Captivate 4 Interface
LESSON 5
• Add Sound to a Slide Object
• Set General Preferences
• Add Background Audio
Images and Drawing Objects
• Explore a Project
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Insert and Delete Slides
• Explore Project Views
• Record Audio
• Insert an Image
• Navigate a Project
• Import Slide Audio
• Set Image Size and Slide Position
• Preview a Project
• Edit an Audio File
• Use the Library
• Zoom Closer to a Slide
• Insert Silence
• Manage Unused Project Assets
• View the Timeline and Library
• Convert Slide Notes to Speech
• Control Transparency
• Create an Image Watermark
• Set Image Timing Options and Transition
LESSON 2
LESSON 9
• Eff ects
Recording Demonstrations and
• Work With Image Stacks
Animation and Flash Video
Assessments
• Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click
• Change a Project’s Frame Rate
• Rehearse a Script
Sound
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Set Recording Preferences and Keys
• Insert a Drawing Object
• Change an Animation’s Slide Position
• Record a Demonstration
• Insert Text Animation
• Record an Assessment Simulation
• Add Flash Video
• Record a Training Simulation
LESSON 6
• Record a Custom Assessment Simulation
Pointers, Buttons and Highlight
LESSON 10
Boxes
Converting Demonstrations Into
• Change the Pointer Path
LESSON 3
• Change the Pointer Type
Simulations
FMRs, Panning and Image
• Edit Slide and Object Display Times
• Hide the Mouse
Slideshows
• Insert a Text Button
• Replace Phrases
• Create an FMR
• Set a Button’s Options
• Insert a Click Box
• Record a Lesson With Panning
• Insert an Image Button
• Set Click Box Options
• Create an Image Slideshow
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
• Set a Text Caption Transition
• Insert a Text Entry Box
LESSON 4
LESSON 7
Text Captions & the Timeline
Rollovers and Zoom Areas
LESSON 11
• Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
• Insert a Rollover Caption
Introduction to Question Slides
• Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions
• Set Rollover Area Properties
• Change Text Caption Properties
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Set Quiz Preferences
• Change an Object’s Slide Position and
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Insert a Question Slide
Size
• Insert a Rollover Slidelet
• Add an Image to a Question Slide
• View the Timeline
• Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
• Reuse a Slide Background
• Change a Slide’s Display Time
• Format and Position a Slidelet
• Format the Question Title
• Change Timeline View Settings
• Insert a Caption Into a Slidelet
• Use the Slide Grid
• Setting Object Display Times
• Insert an Image Into a Slidelet
• Format the Progress Indicator
• Show/Hide Timeline Objects
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Adobe Captivate 4.0
LESSON PLANS
LESSON 12
Publishing
• Link to a Web Site
• Apply a Skin
• Edit and Save a Skin
• Delete a Skin
• Add a Loading Screen
• Set Project Information
• Create a TOC
• Publish a Flash (SWF)
• Publish Word Handouts
• Export Captions
• Perform a “Round Trip”
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