Adobe Captivate Training Course

At Mouse Training, we have provided many clients with Captivate Training to build help files, video tutorials, test and many more guides. Our expert Adobe Captivate trainers have years of experience on Captivate.

Unlike training companies offering scheduled courses, we offer the alternative of your Adobe Captivate Training Course delivered in central London on a date of your choice, either onsite or at our offices near Moorgate, Liverpool Street or Bank. We offer courses for Captivate Introduction or Beginner

In addition we also run custom Captivate courses tailored to your exact requirement. You select the required topics to build your own bespoke Adobe Captivate training course.

Whether you need a consultative 1 to 1 Adobe Captivate training session using your examples or group Captivate training, our trainers can deliver a highly professional service.

Captivate Training 6 Levels / Training Details / Locations / Schedule

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Introduction

Adobe Captivate 6 Training Course

Audience: This course is designed for new users of Captivate, or those with limited experience or knowledge

Course Duration: This is a 2 day Captivate Training Course. and starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30

Captivate Introduction Course Objectives: After the course, you will be able to:

Record and capture slides
Edit the Rushes
Create a Quiz
Import PowerPoint Slides
Publish your work

Requirements: You do not need any previous knowledge of Capivate, but should have basic windows, keyboard and mouse skills

Course Locations / Schedule

This course can be run Onsite, at our Course training Centre or any preferred location in the UK. The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.

Captivate Introduction / Beginners Training Course Contents

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What is Captivate?
Planning your projects
Resolution and recording size
Guided tour of the Captivate user interface

Recording projects

Pros and cons of Auto Recording
Selecting an appropriate Recording Mode

Pointer Paths, Text Captions and the Timeline

Changing the pointer path
Adding a visual mouse click and mouse click sound
Using the "Align with Previous Slide" option
Working with text captions
Editing an object's position and size
Using the timeline to control object timing
Showing an object for the "Rest of Slide"
Aligning captions
Hiding and deleting slide objects

Images

Inserting blank slides
Inserting images
Setting image size and position
Setting image timing options and transition effects
Merging images into the background
Working with image stacks
Using the Library
Importing images from other Adobe Captivate projects

Buttons and Highlight Boxes

Inserting a Text Button
Inserting an Image Button
Using colour to highlight an area of the screen
Highlighting an area by greying out the rest of the screen

Creating interactive simulations and tutorials

Introduction to e-Learning tutorials
Explanation of interactive objects
Hiding the mouse
Inserting and working with Click Boxes
Auto Recording with interactivity
Inserting and working with Text Entry Boxes
Showing and hiding typing
Rollover Captions, Images, and Zoom Areas
Introduction to Rollovers
Working with Rollover Captions Working with Rollover Images
Using Rollovers to provide a "true" Hint facility
Using Rollovers to enable users to explore on their own
Inserting Zoom Areas

Slide Labels, Notes, and Audio

Working with Slides Labels and Notes
Explanation of possible audio strategies
Adding background music to a project
Adding audio to a slide
Recording and editing audio
Adding sound effects to slide objects
Animation and Flash Video
Working with animation slides
Inserting Animations to draw attention
Inserting Text Animations
Inserting Flash Video
Setting Flash Video Properties

Importing, Exporting, and Branching

Importing PowerPoint presentations
Importing Captivate slides and objects
Using Buttons to create a branch
Working with the Branching Tab
Publishing Word handouts "Round-tripping" text captions to and from Word
Skins and Templates
Editing and saving skins
Applying a BMP Playbar to a project
Adding a Loading Screen
Creating a Project Template
Recording a new project based on a Template
Editing a Template

Compliant Movies and Publishing

Ensuring accessibility by enabling 508 Compliance
Adding Closed Captions (subtitles)
Linking to a Web Site
Setting Project Properties
Publishing Flash and Standalone projects
Using FTP

Question Slides and Learning Management Systems

Devising an appropriate quiz strategy
Setting Quiz Manager options
Creating a Manifest File
Inserting Question Slides
Setting Question Slide options
Formatting and laying out Question slides
Editing the Submit Button text
Publishing a Zipped Flash Project
Optional:
Working with MenuBuilder
Creating Menu Builder projects Formatting styles
Exporting MenuBuilder projects

Adobe Captivate 6 Training Course Versions and Levels

Below are all our different versions of Adobe Captivate Training Courses

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