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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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Captivate Intro training course

Captivate Intro Course

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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.

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Course outline

1

Introduction

What does Captivate do?

The Captivate workflow and eLearning essentials

2

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

3

Building a branched presentation

Navigation with buttons

Adding pre-recorded video and audio

Saving object styles

4

Animating with the timeline

Understanding the Timeline and slide timing

Adding and editing pauses using buttons

Adding Highlight Boxes

5

Audio recordings

Preparing to record audio

Adding audio to slides and objects

Splitting audio over multiple slides

6

Using templates

Creating a template

What are Themes?

Importing preferences, styles, libraries and question slides

7

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

8

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

9

Adding videos and interactions

Inserting Learning Interactions

Incorporating YouTube videos

Incorporating live web pages

10

Publishing a project

Previewing your project in an LMS

Publishing to HTML5

Publishing for video

11

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.

117 Reviews
9.5/10 Satisfaction
99.1% Recommend

Very informative, listened to how we would use the software. Supported in helping work through our queries and question to suite our need i…

Mehwesh – 11 September 2025

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…

Caroline – 27 March 2024

Excellent facility. Trainer was very well organised with pre-set workable examples and a good balance between content delivery and workable…

Grace – 9 November 2023

Really lovely space, and the food and refreshments were amazing! Made such a difference to the learning experience, especially in quite a d…

Claire – 9 November 2023

The course and the catering were both excellent - thank you so much!

Amy – 2 November 2023

Giving a thorough introduction into CAPTIVATE in a great environment with all the relevant IT. Great location with excellent facilities. Th…

Rebecca – 7 September 2023

Really knowledgeable and Evelynne answered all of our questions and beyond!

Kate – 17 December 2020

Very knowledgable, approachable facilitator

Gemma – 17 December 2020

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