Captivate | Level 2

This course teaches more advanced features of Captivate such as: Advanced actions & variables, animation effects, toggle buttons, video editing, editing skins, Picture-in-Picture, editing Full motion recordings, adding video to the TOC, Pan and Zoom, Video Transitions, widgets, and Templates.

Adobe Captivate 9 Level 2 is a course for intermediate Captivate users who already have an understanding of the application and want to expand their skills.

Prerequisites: Basic Computer Skills & File Management on Windows or Mac and have taken the Captivate : Level 1, or equivalent knowledge.

Course Outline:

Reviewing the Essentials

• Setting General Preferences
• Styling Object Defaults
• Set Recording Preferences and Keys
• Standard Simlulations vs Video Simulations
• Automatic vs Full Motion Recording
• Panning and Zooming
  
• Trimming Video Simulations
• Trimming Full Motion Recordings

Advanced Customization

• Modifying Skins
• Editing and Creating Borders
• Editing TOC defaults
• Adding Video to the TOC
• Creating Captivate CPR preferences files
• Modifying the Preloader

Importing and Branching

• Import a PowerPoint Presentation
• Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
• Resizing a Project
• Importing Question Pools
• Use Buttons to Create a Branch
• Explore the Branching Tab
• Create Custom Buttons
• Aggregate Published SWFs

Accessible Projects

• Set Document Information
• Enable Accessibility
• Add Accessibility Text to Slides
• Import Audio
• Add Shortcut Keys
• Add Closed Captions

Commenting, Image Editing and Inserting PhotoShop Files

• Send a Project for Review
• Commenting Projects and Quality Assurance
  
• Create a Background Mask
• Edit a Slide Background
• Delete a Slide Background
• Import a PhotoShop File
• Work with PhotoShop Layers

Variables, Widgets and Buttons

• Add Document Information
• Insert a System Variable
• Edit a System Variable
• Create a User Variable
• Use a Variable to Gather Data
• Insert a Question Widget
• Insert a Certificate Widget
• Create Custom Buttons
• Defining Widgets
• Using Widgets
• Widget Settings
• Custom Widgets

Project and Design

• Templates
• Create a Project Template
• Create a Project From a Template
• Record Additional Slides
• Delete Unused Objects
• Create a Mask
• Add a Text Animation Placeholder
• Create a Design Template
• Format Design Template Objects
• Apply a Design Template to a Project

Advanced Actions

• Control Object Visibility
• Name Items
• Attach Multiple Actions to Objects
• Create Variables
• Add Text Entry Boxes
• Create a Script
• Attach a Script to a Slide
• Test and Edit a Script

Learning Management Systems

• Set Quiz Reporting Options
• Create a Manifest File
• Report a Button Interaction
• Adjust Slide Object Interaction
• Publish a Content Package
• Create an Inquisiq LMS Account
• Create an LMS Lesson
• Create an LMS Course
• Create an LMS Curriculum
• Test an eLearning Course

Note: ALL of our classes come with a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.