Course Description
This course is designed for beginners and intermediate Adobe Captivate 5 users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations. You will learn how to explore the environment; create, update, publish and organize projects; record and modify audio; and add quizzes. The course will cover how to enhance projects with animated text, highlight boxes, zoom boxes and images. Learn all this from one of the best elearning developers in the business.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Understanding the user interface and navigating a project
- Create and save a new project
- Understand the timeline
- Create software simulations
- Animate text
- Use highlight and zoom boxes
- Insert images
- Add and edit quizzes
- Publish a project
Prerequisites and Target Audience
What will students need to know or do before starting this course?
Basic Microsoft Windows training or equivalent experience
Who should take this course? Who should not?
Students with interest in e-learning or creating dynamic online presentations
Curriculum
Module 2: Getting Started
Lecture 2
Opening a Project
Lecture 4
Previewing a Project
Module 3: Creating a Project
Lecture 5
New Project Options
Lecture 6
Adding Text Captions
Lecture 7
Understanding the Timeline
Lecture 8
Preview Options
Lecture 9
Saving the Project
Module 4: Creating Software Simulations
Lecture 10
Choosing the Screen Resolution
Lecture 11
Understanding Recording Modes
Lecture 12
Recording in Demonstration Mode
Lecture 13
Modifying Mouse Properties
Lecture 14
Recording in Custom Mode
Lecture 15
Understanding Click Boxes
Module 5: Enhancing a Project
Lecture 16
Adding New Slides
Lecture 17
Inserting Animated Text
Lecture 18
Using Highlight Boxes
Lecture 19
Adding Zoom Boxes
Lecture 20
Inserting Images
Lecture 21
Inserting Question Slides
Lecture 22
Editing Question Properties
Lecture 23
Modifying Quiz Preferences
Module 7: Publishing a Project
Lecture 24
Resizing the Project
Lecture 25
Using the Skin Editor
Lecture 26
Exporting to Word
Lecture 27
Publishing to Flash
Lecture 28
Viewing Published Files