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Create engaging eLearning, software demonstrations, simulations and assessments, and publish them to your LMS.

  • Interactive eLearning
  • Software simulations
  • Quizzes and branching
  • Publish to your LMS

What is Adobe Captivate?

Classes

Adobe Captivate Classes, Prices & Dates

Introduction

Captivate | Level 1

Record software demonstrations, build interactive simulations and quizzes, and publish professional eLearning.

$1,295per student3 Days | 18 hoursRegister
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Introduction to Captivate

  • What is Captivate?
  • What can it do?
  • What is resolution?
  • What size should my projects be?
  • Bitmaps and Vector Images
  • Flow Charts
  • Creating a new project

Project Planning

  • Target Audience Connection Speeds
  • Target Audience – Monitor Resolution
  • Creating Storyboards
  • Interface Basics

Recording Essentials

  • Grabbing Still Images
  • Using Full Motion Recording & When
  • Manual Recording A Demonstration

Recording a Demonstration

  • Using Manual Recording Mode
  • Hotkey Controls
  • Previewing your Project
  • Using Automatic Recording Mode
  • Preview and Note differences

Project Editing

  • Inserting Blank slides
  • Creating Slide Labels & Why
  • Reordering Slides
  • Defining & Modifying Highlight Boxes
  • Setting Mouse and pointer options

Text Captions

  • Objects in the timeline
  • Caption Types vs Styles
  • Using Transparency

Object Styles

  • Setting Attributes
  • Defining New Styles
  • Applying Object Styles

Timeline Essentials

  • Object layering/reordering/stacking order
  • Controlling Timings (birth and duration)
  • End Marker and Anchors

Importing Images

  • Scaling Images
  • Managing the Library
  • Understanding Library Controls
  • Drag and drop onto Canvas vs. Filmstrip
  • Merge into Background
  • RoundTrip Image Editing
  • Editing & Cropping Images in Captivate
  • Background Trade-outs
  • Internal Image Editing Options

Tools

  • Learning all the tools
  • Creating Captions
  • Creating Text
  • Creating Buttons
  • Inserting Rollover Captions
  • In-course web browsing
  • Slidelets
  • Inserting Components
  • Characters

Creating Simulations

  • Training, Assessment & Demo
  • Recording Settings
  • Capturing the Mouse & Shortcut Keys
  • Click Boxes – an invisible button

Simulation Editing

  • Editing Captions - apply to all?
  • Success Captions
  • Click Box Options

The Captivate Actions List

  • Available Options
  • Linking to Websites
  • Linking to Files
  • Absolute and Relative Paths

Importing Powerpoint Projects

  • Selection and Placement
  • What’s Importable
  • Navigation Settings
  • Dynamic Linking
  • Editing Powerpoint within Captivate

Buttons

  • Three Button types explained
  • Custom File naming conventions: _up, _over, _down
  • Button vs Click Boxes

Master Slides and Templates

  • Defining Master Slides
  • Working with a Master Slide
  • Creating a Template
  • Using Templates in Projects

Publishing Enhancements

  • Movie Preferences
  • Pre-Loading Animations
  • Adding & Modifying Skins, Navigation, and Borders
  • Creating a Table of Contents Menu
  • Adding Project Info

Video

  • Importing Video
  • Changing skins
  • Stream vs Progressive download
  • HTML Video
  • Pausing Project for Video Completion
  • YouTube Video Streaming - share YouTube videos within a lesson

Audio

  • Recording Narration
  • Importing Audio
  • Editing Audio – silence /volume levels
  • Background Audio
  • Advanced Audio Management
  • Encoding Settings
  • Creating Closed Captions
  • Text-to-Speech

Effects

  • Creating Zoom areas
  • Panning during Recording
  • Working with Rollovers
  • Using Effect Presets
  • Animation Effects
  • Adding Drop Shadows
  • Creating and Editing Gradiens
  • Defining Trigger-based Effects

Quizzes

  • Types of Available Questions
  • Editing the Captions & Buttons
  • Review Areas
  • Displaying Progress Indicators
  • Using the Advanced Interactions Manager

Delivery Options

  • Adding Table of Contents
  • TOC settings

Publishing

  • SWF and Dependant Formats
  • Scaling your Project
  • FTP Uploading
  • Publishing as a PDF
  • Publishing as an AVI
  • Publish to YouTube

No public dates posted yet. Request a date, or take it as private or onsite training.

Advanced

Captivate | Level 2

Branching scenarios, variables, widgets, advanced actions, accessibility and LMS publishing.

$895per student2 Days | 12 hoursRegister
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Reviewing the Essentials

  • Setting General Preferences
  • Styling Object Defaults
  • Set Recording Preferences and Keys
  • Standard Simlulations vs Video Simulations
  • Automatic vs Full Motion Recording
  • Panning and Zooming
  • Trimming Video Simulations Trimming Full Motion Recordings

Advanced Customization

  • Modifying Skins
  • Editing and Creating Borders
  • Editing TOC defaults
  • Adding Video to the TOC
  • Creating Captivate CPR preferences files
  • Modifying the Preloader

Importing and Branching

  • Import a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Resizing a Project
  • Importing Question Pools
  • Use Buttons to Create a Branch
  • Explore the Branching Tab
  • Create Custom Buttons
  • Aggregate Published SWFs

Accessible Projects

  • Set Document Information
  • Enable Accessibility
  • Add Accessibility Text to Slides
  • Import Audio
  • Add Shortcut Keys
  • Add Closed Captions

Commenting, Image Editing and Inserting PhotoShop Files

  • Send a Project for Review Commenting Projects and Quality Assurance
  • Create a Background Mask
  • Edit a Slide Background
  • Delete a Slide Background
  • Import a PhotoShop File
  • Work with PhotoShop Layers

Variables, Widgets and Buttons

  • Add Document Information
  • Insert a System Variable
  • Edit a System Variable
  • Create a User Variable
  • Use a Variable to Gather Data
  • Insert a Question Widget
  • Insert a Certificate Widget
  • Create Custom Buttons
  • Defining Widgets
  • Using Widgets
  • Widget Settings
  • Custom Widgets

Project and Design

  • Templates
  • Create a Project Template
  • Create a Project From a Template
  • Record Additional Slides
  • Delete Unused Objects
  • Create a Mask
  • Add a Text Animation Placeholder
  • Create a Design Template
  • Format Design Template Objects
  • Apply a Design Template to a Project

Advanced Actions

  • Control Object Visibility
  • Name Items
  • Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
  • Create Variables
  • Add Text Entry Boxes
  • Create a Script
  • Attach a Script to a Slide
  • Test and Edit a Script

Learning Management Systems

  • Set Quiz Reporting Options
  • Create a Manifest File
  • Report a Button Interaction
  • Adjust Slide Object Interaction
  • Publish a Content Package
  • Create an Inquisiq LMS Account
  • Create an LMS Lesson
  • Create an LMS Course
  • Create an LMS Curriculum
  • Test an eLearning Course

No public dates posted yet. Request a date, or take it as private or onsite training.

Reviews

What People Are Saying

★★★★★

“Mark is a great instructor. He leads you through the work and requires you to be engaged. He made the class fun, as well as purposeful.”

— C. Richard, Designer, Philips Design
★★★★★

“Mark was very knowledgeable and patient with the different levels of students we had in the class. He covered all the areas we needed him to, and provided a really intuitive training for everyone. I would highly recommend him.”

— R. Gordon, Universal Music
★★★★★

“I really enjoyed the class (Captivate) and personally got a lot out of it. I know this will help our team immensely. Will request and recommend you for any future training.”

— J. Lawlis, Technical Trainer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
★★★★★

“I am really enjoying the Live Online training (Captivate) and learning a lot. I really appreciate your passion about teaching us and your willingness to spend extra time.”

— Laurie W., Expert Documentation & Training Developer, TomTom
★★★★★

“headTrix is the only place to go for training! I am an experienced trainer myself and I am difficult to please so this is high praise! Mark is patient and intuitive to his student's needs.”

— Laurelle B., HTS
★★★★★

“Mark is brilliant and has wonderful ideas. He is also full of enthusiasm about his students' projects. As well as the classes, I have done one-on-one training with him. Highly recommend the Photoshop course.”

— Jacqueline C., AGx Technologies
★★★★★

“The owner/instructor (Mark) did a great job of teaching me how to use the software. The skills I learned in the class have allowed me to do things at work which I previously would have had to hire someone for.”

— Tim I., Los Angeles World Airport
★★★★★

“Mark is a very knowledgeable and capable media designer who has the unique ability to teach those qualities to others. Mark always obtained high student evaluations.”

— University of California, San Diego
★★★★★

“Mark, I really have to compliment you on the design you came up with. I think it's very creative and that they'll like it a lot.”

— Jack S.
★★★★★

“I really appreciate your willingness to go the extra mile, Mark. You have been great to work with.”

— Joan T., Chief Operating Officer, Ivid Communications
★★★★★

“Mark, the Captivate Training was great! Thanks for everything. I will definitely keep you in mind for the future.”

— C. Rosen, Training Coordinator, PAREXEL
★★★★★

“Mark, the students love you and loved the class!”

— E. Shoji, Universal Music Group Distribution
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