Captivate 5 Intermediate

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 am - 4:30 pm EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

Captivate 5 Intermediate builds upon foundation skills in Captivate 5 Fundamentals by providing students with hands-on practice extending Captivate capabilities, and customizing the learner experience. In this class we will explore features like Demonstration and Simulation Recording, Effects, Captivate Variables, Advanced Actions, Quiz Questions and Student reporting. We’ll also take a close look at the relationship between Captivate 5 and PowerPoint.

Learning Objectives:

In this course, the participants will learn the following:

• Create custom captions in Captivate
• Customize the automatic captions inCaptivate simulations
• Create new skins
• Modify the InfoBox
• Create a custom PreLoader
• Customize Captivate print output
• Use Captivate variables
• Using the Aggregator
• LMS publishing with SCORM
• Captivate Comments

Target Audience:

The audience for this course is intermediate Adobe Captivate 5 users who want to take thier work to the next level. At least 3-6 months of Captivate 5 experience is needed for this class.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Recording Demonstrations

• The Captivate Recording Process
• Using the Captivate Recording Interface
• Making your First Recording
• Editing your Recoding
• Setting up the Recording Preferences
• Making a Full Motion Recording
• Lab: Recording a Website

Lesson 2: Recording Simulations

• Items to review before Recording
• Recording a Simulation
• Editing a Click-box
• Adding a Text-Entry Interaction
• Manual Recording
• Lab: Creating a Text Entry Interaction

Lesson 3: Animating with the Effects Panel

• Creating a Simple Animation
• Adding an Effect
• Working with the Timeline and the Effects Panel
• Using Multiple Effects
• Trigger an Effect with a Button
• Lab: Effect #4

Lesson 4: Captivate Variables

• What are Captivate Variables - Demo how variables work
• Using System Variables (2 Examples)
• Using User Variables (1 Example)
• Lab: Displaying another System Variable

Lesson 5: Advanced Actions

• The Advanced Actions Interface
• Showing and Object
• Making Checkboxes - Conditional Statements
• Hiding the Playback Bar
• Lab: Quiz Logic

Lesson 6: Using PowerPoint and Captivate

• Two methods of Import
• Importing a PPT or PPTX
• Working with the PPT in Captivate
• Round-trip editing
• Animations with PPT and Syncing Audio
• Lab: Importing another PPT

Lesson 7: Quiz Questions

• Working with Captivate Quiz Questions
• Multiple Choice Question
• Question Options / LMS
• Question Type #2
• Review of the Other Questions
• Lab: Adding Another Question

Lesson 8: Reporting Student Data

• Reporting Options with Captivate
• Using Acrobat.com
• How an LMS Works
• Using SCORM - LMS Publishing options
• Using AICC
• Lab: Testing an Outside LMS

To Register:

Toll Free - 866.665.9441 or click on a date to register online.

9/22-9/23/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Josh Cavalier

Lodestone Training Center:
Charlotte or Online

12/1-12/2/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Josh Cavalier

Lodestone Training Center:
Charlotte or Online

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.