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During this hands-on, live, instructor-led Adobe Captivate 4 training course, you will learn the essential skills that will get you up and running in just two days. You will learn to use Adobe Captivate to capture screen shots on your computer and quickly turn them into interactive e-Learning video lessons, complete with images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas, and sound effects.

Highlights

• Recording Demonstrations and Assessments
• Work with FMRs, Panning, and Image Slideshows
• Work with Text Captions and the Timeline
• Work with Images and Drawing Objects
• Work with Pointers, Buttons, Highlight Boxes, Rollovers, and Zoom Areas
• Work with Audio, Animation, and Flash Video
• Convert Demonstrations into Simulations

Course Outline

1. e-Learning and Captivate

• Education through Pictures
• Planning e-Learning Projects
• The Development Process
• The Captivate 4 Interface
• Set General Preferences
• Explore a Project
• Explore Project Views
• Navigate a Project
• Preview a Project
• Zoom Closer to a Slide
• View the Timeline and Library

2. Recording Demonstrations and Assessments

• Rehearse a Script
• Set Recording Preferences and Keys
• Record a Demonstration
• Record an Assessment Simulation
• Record a Training Simulation
• Record a Custom Assessment Simulation

3. FMRs, Panning, and Image Slideshows

• Create an FMR
• Record a Lesson With Panning
• Create an Image Slideshow

4. Text Captions and the Timeline

• Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse
• Insert, Resize, and Move Text Captions
• Change Text Caption Properties
• Change an Object's Slide Position and Size
• View the Timeline
• Change a Slide's Display Time
• Change Timeline View Settings
• Use the Timeline to Set Object Display Times
• Show/Hide Timeline Objects
• Use Options to Control Object Timing
• Set Mouse Properties
• Check Spelling
• Align Slide Objects

5. Images and Drawing Objects

• Insert and Delete Slides
• Insert an Image
• Set Image Size and Slide Position
• Use the Library
• Manage Unused Project Assets
• Control Transparency
• Create an Image Watermark
• Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects
• Work With Image Stacks
• Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
• Insert a Drawing Object

6. Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

• Change the Pointer Path
• Change the Pointer Type
• Edit Slide and Object Display Times
• Insert a Text Button
• Set a Button's Options
• Insert an Image Button
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box

7. Rollovers and Zoom Areas

• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Set Rollover Area Properties
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Insert a Rollover Slidelet
• Set Rollover Slidelet Properties
• Format and Position a Slidelet
• Insert a Caption Into a Slidelet
• Insert an Image Into a Slidelet

8. Slide Labels, Notes, and Audio

• Change Slide Background Quality
• Add a Slide Label
• Add a Slide Note
• Add Sound to a Slide Object
• Add Background Audio
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record Audio
• Import Slide Audio
• Edit an Audio File
• Insert Silence
• Convert Slide Notes to Speech

9. Animation and Flash Video

• Change a Project's Frame Rate
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Change an Animation's Slide Position
• Insert Text Animation
• Add Flash Video
• Change a Project's Frame Rate
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Insert Text Animation
• Insert Flash Video
• Set Flash Video Properties

10. Converting Demonstrations into Simulations

• Hide the Mouse
• Replace Phrases
• Insert a Click Box
• Set Click Box Options
• Change a Slide's Display Time
• Set a Text Caption Transition
• Insert a Text Entry Box

11. Introduction to Question Slides

• Set Quiz Preferences
• Insert a Question Slide
• Add an Image to a Question Slide
• Reuse a Slide Background
• Format the Question Title
• Use the Slide Grid
• Format the Progress Indicator

12. Publishing

• Link to a Web Site
• Apply a Skin
• Edit and Save a Skin
• Delete a Skin
• Add a Loading Screen
• Set Project Information
• Create a TOC
• Publish a Flash (SWF)
• Publish Word Handouts
• Export Captions
• Perform a "Round Trip"

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