Captivate Intro Course
Build engaging, interactive e-learning content on this two-day Adobe Captivate course.
Covers screen recording, branching, quizzes and responsive design — no coding needed.
Build engaging, interactive e-learning content on this two-day Adobe Captivate course. Covers screen recording, branching, quizzes and responsive design — no coding needed.
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Trainers Adobe Certified Experts
- Class size Up to 8 in London, or up to 6 live online
- Support 28 days of helpdesk support
- Cancellation 7 day cancellation
- Certificate Certificate of attendance
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Captivate Intro Course
Build engaging, interactive e-learning content on this two-day introduction to Adobe Captivate.
You'll learn how to set up projects, create and style slides using Master Slides and Object Style Manager, produce screen recordings and software simulations for different training scenarios, record and integrate voiceover audio, build quizzes and branching navigation scenarios, add interactive elements and animations, and publish responsive content for any device.
Suitable for complete beginners and professionals alike, the course gives you the practical skills to design professional e-learning modules without writing any code.
Private & team training
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Course outline
Introduction
What does Captivate do?
The Captivate workflow and eLearning essentials
Building a basic presentation
Setting up a project
Adding slides
Setting up the Object Style Manager
Adding and editing Master Slides
Previewing your project
Inserting an image
Using the Properties Panel
Adding basic navigation buttons
Adding and editing text
Copying, pasting and duplicating slides
Building a branched presentation
Navigation with buttons
Adding pre-recorded video and audio
Saving object styles
Animating with the timeline
Understanding the Timeline and slide timing
Adding and editing pauses using buttons
Adding Highlight Boxes
Audio recordings
Preparing to record audio
Adding audio to slides and objects
Splitting audio over multiple slides
Using templates
Creating a template
What are Themes?
Importing preferences, styles, libraries and question slides
Screen recording and software simulation
Understanding different kinds of screen recording and software simulations
Creating a full motion recording
Adding Demonstration, Training and Assessment simulations
Setting up your recording preferences
Simulations using click boxes
Creating quizzes
Setting your quiz preferences
Connecting to your LMS
Adding questions slides
Using the Quiz panel
Editing and formatting quiz slides
Adding and editing question pools
Customising your interactions
Adding videos and interactions
Inserting Learning Interactions
Incorporating YouTube videos
Incorporating live web pages
Publishing a project
Previewing your project in an LMS
Publishing to HTML5
Publishing for video
Questions and answers
This course is available as a private course. If you wish we can tailor the content for your team. Please contact us for more details.
Who is this course for?
Suited to trainers, HR professionals, L&D teams and instructional designers who need to create interactive e-learning content. No prior Captivate experience required.
Very informative, listened to how we would use the software. Supported in helping work through our queries and question to suite our need i…
The trainer came to our place of work which made it much easier for us to access what we needed. He was responsive to what we needed, was v…
Excellent facility. Trainer was very well organised with pre-set workable examples and a good balance between content delivery and workable…
Really lovely space, and the food and refreshments were amazing! Made such a difference to the learning experience, especially in quite a d…
The course and the catering were both excellent - thank you so much!
Giving a thorough introduction into CAPTIVATE in a great environment with all the relevant IT. Great location with excellent facilities. Th…
Really knowledgeable and Evelynne answered all of our questions and beyond!
Very knowledgable, approachable facilitator
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