Course Overview
Captivate offers the possibility of creating complex interactive courseware to levels that are only introduced at a basic level in the Introduction to Captivate course. This course extends your understanding of Captivate so you are able to generate much more flexible and responsive learning materials. There is also an emphasis in the course on providing tips for an efficient and effective workflow, whatever your personal circumstances. The course is taught using practical examples and a hands-on experiential approach.
Pre-requisites: Delegates should be familiar with the basic features of Captivate as outlined in the Fundamentals of Captivate course outline.
Workflow best practices
Review of Master Slides and Object Styles
Setting up templates – when to use them
Sharing libraries
Editing text captions in a single Word document
Dealing with linked PowerPoint presentations
Making best use of Slide Notes
Using the Branching panel
Advanced Use of Audio and Video
Review of audio setup including editing
Review of different video setups including multi-slide video
Adding video to a Table of Contents
Using the Audio Management and Video Management dialog boxes
Advanced Interaction
Triggering visibility on or off and starting animation effects
Using system variables
Using user variables
Using Advanced Actions to create more complex interactivity in your project
Writing multiple action scripts
Writing more complex conditional scripts
Using the Advanced Interaction panel
Advanced Quiz features
Creating question pools
Moving questions between pools and importing question pools
Using the Question pool manager
Generating random question slides
Using the Quiz Results Analyser
Review of the Quiz Preferences
Handling projects
Best practices for sizing projects
Managing larger projects
Setting up navigation to jump between projects
Grouping slides
Using the Aggregator
Accessibility
Review of setting up an accessible project
Adding accessibility text
Adding closed captions using slide notes
Defining accessibility when publishing
Adobe Captivate Advanced 2 Days
Course Overview
Captivate offers the possibility of creating complex interactive courseware to levels that are only introduced at a basic level in the Introduction to Captivate course. This course extends your understanding of Captivate so you are able to generate much more flexible and responsive learning materials. There is also an emphasis in the course on providing tips for an efficient and effective workflow, whatever your personal circumstances. The course is taught using practical examples and a hands-on experiential approach.
Pre-requisites: Delegates should be familiar with the basic features of Captivate as outlined in the Fundamentals of Captivate course outline.
Workflow best practices
Review of Master Slides and Object Styles
Setting up templates – when to use them
Sharing libraries
Editing text captions in a single Word document
Dealing with linked PowerPoint presentations
Making best use of Slide Notes
Using the Branching panel
Advanced Use of Audio and Video
Review of audio setup including editing
Review of different video setups including multi-slide video
Adding video to a Table of Contents
Using the Audio Management and Video Management dialog boxes
Advanced Interaction
Triggering visibility on or off and starting animation effects
Using system variables
Using user variables
Using Advanced Actions to create more complex interactivity in your project
Writing multiple action scripts
Writing more complex conditional scripts
Using the Advanced Interaction panel
Advanced Quiz features
Creating question pools
Moving questions between pools and importing question pools
Using the Question pool manager
Generating random question slides
Using the Quiz Results Analyser
Review of the Quiz Preferences
Handling projects
Best practices for sizing projects
Managing larger projects
Setting up navigation to jump between projects
Grouping slides
Using the Aggregator
Accessibility
Review of setting up an accessible project
Adding accessibility text
Adding closed captions using slide notes
Defining accessibility when publishing