Adobe Captivate

 

 

 

Adobe Captivate

 

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With Adobe Captivate CS6 you can rapidly author professional eLearning content with advanced interactivity, software and scenario simulations, quizzes, and other engaging experiences - no programming or multimedia skills required. Boost your productivity with templates and collaboration workflows. And deliver content virtually anywhere by publishing to Learning Management Systems and Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro software. Training will get you up to speed fast and teach you techniques for creating, editing and supplementing your Adobe Captivate projects to give them a professional polish and make them more effective.

 

Course Outline | Adobe Captivate CS6: The Essentials

 

 

eLearning and Captivate

  • Education through Pictures
  • Planning eLearning Projects
  • The Captivate Interface
  • Exploring Workspaces
  • Navigate a Project
  • Preview a Project

Recording Demos and Sims

  • Resolution and Recording Size
  • The Development Process
  • Preparing to Record
  • Access for Assistive Devices
  • Demonstrations
  • Assessment Simulations
  • Training Simulations
  • Custom Recordings

Captions, Styles and Timing

  • Text Captions
  • Caption Styles
  • The Timeline

Images and Drawing Objects

  • Slide Quality
  • Blank Slides
  • Images
  • The Library
  • Image Editing
  • Mouse Visuals and Sounds
  • Drawing Objects

Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes

  • Pointer Paths and Types
  • Buttons
  • Highlight Boxes

 

Rollovers and Zoom Areas

  • Rollover Captions
  • Rollover Images
  • Zoom Areas
  • Rollover Slidelets

Audio

  • Importing Audio Files
  • Slide Notes
  • Recording Audio
  • Silence
  • Text-to-Speech

Flash Video, Animation and Effects

  • Flash Video
  • Animation
  • Text Animation
  • Object Effects

Click and Text Entry Boxes

  • Demonstrations versus Simulations
  • Find and Replace
  • Click Boxes
  • Text Entry Boxes

Introduction to Question Slides

  • Quiz Setup
  • Add Question Slides

Publishing

  • URL Actions
  • Skins
  • Table of Contents
  • Preloaders
  • Publishing
  • Round Tripping

Course Outline | Beyond the Essentials

 

 

Essential Skills with a Twist

  • Planning eLearning Projects
  • The Development Process
  • Resolution and Recording Size
  • Custom Recordings
  • Text Caption Pre-Editing
  • Rehearse a Script
  • Edit Captivate's Preferences
  • Set Recording Keys
  • Record a Custom Simulation
  • Edit a Text Capture Template

Working with PowerPoint and Rescaling

  • PowerPoint
  • PowerPoint Collaboration
  • Rescaling Projects
  • Import a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Round-Trip PowerPoint Edits
  • Synch with Source
  • Rescale a Project

Custom Styles, Branching and Aggregating

  • Custom Styles
  • Combining Projects
  • Branching
  • Slide Groups
  • Aggregator
  • Create a Text Caption Style
  • Apply a Style Globally
  • Export and Import a Style
  • Label a Slide
  • Copy/Paste Project Assets
  • Use Buttons to Create a Branch
  • Explore the Branching Tab
  • Create a Slide Group
  • Publish SWFs
  • Aggregate SWFs

Question Pools

  • Pools and Random Question Slides
  • Insert a Question Slide
  • Rename and Create Question Pools
  • Add Questions to Question Pools
  • Insert Random Question Slides
Accessible eLearning
  • Accessibility and Captivate
  • Accessibility Text
  • Shortcut Keys
  • Closed Captioning
  • Set Document Information
  • Enable Accessibility
  • Add Accessibility Text to Slides
  • Import Slide Audio
  • Add Shortcut Keys
  • Add Closed Captions

Variables and Widgets

  • Variables
  • Widgets
  • Add Project Information
  • Insert a System Variable
  • Edit a System Variable
  • Create a User Variable
  • Use a Variable to Gather Data
  • Insert and Format a Widget

 

Reviewing and Background Editing

  • Shared Review
  • Background Editing
  • Work with Photoshop Layers
  • Send a Project for Shared Review
  • Add Comments to a Review File
  • Review and Reply to Comments
  • Create a Image Mask
  • Edit a Slide Background
  • Work with Photoshop Layers
  • Delete a Slide Background
  • Import Layers
  • Work With Photoshop Layers

Master Slides and Project Templates

  • Master Slides
  • Project Templates
  • Template Placeholders
  • Add an Image to a Master Slide
  • Apply a Master Slide to Project Slides
  • Edit a Master Slide
  • Unlink a Master Slide
  • Create a Project Template
  • Copy/Paste Project Assets
  • Export/Import Project Assets
  • Create a Mask
  • Insert a Text Animation Placeholder
  • Create a Project From a Template

Reporting Results

  • Acrobat.com
  • LMS Reporting Options
  • Manifest Files
  • Advanced Interaction
  • Content Packages
  • Uploading to an LMS
  • Configure Acrobat.com as an LMS
  • Post Results to Acrobat.com
  • Use The Quiz Results Analyzer
  • Review and Chart Quiz Data
  • 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

Actions

  • Standard Actions
  • Conditional Actions
  • Create a User Variable
  • Insert Variables into a Text Caption
  • Create Rollover Slidelets
  • Control Object Visibility
  • Create Standard Actions
  • Copy and Delete Standard Actions
  • Create More User Variables
  • Duplicate and Label Slides
  • Create a Conditional Action
  • Insert and Name Text Captions
  • Create a Conditional and Standard Action Combo
  • Name a Decision Block
  • Add Multiple IF Statements
  • Create an Action to Show a Button
  • Attach Actions to Objects

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Date
07/29/13 - 08/02/13
Time
9AM - 4:30PM
Price
$1500

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Included In The Cost Of The Course: Customized training from an Adobe Certified Instructor, Course Book, and Parking Vouchers.

Instructor

Rich Baim

An Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Premiere Pro with over twenty years of video editing experience. Rich has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media and was one of the beta testers for Premiere Pro 1.5. He currently works in the eLearning department at a technology center and specializes in streaming media for health education. Rich emphasizes real-world problem solving and provides "hands-on" experiences for students.

Margaret A. Gaeddert

Margaret "Margee" Gaeddert, is a certified professional designer and owner of G Art & Design in Oklahoma City. A 30 year career in design as an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer has awarded her regional, national and international awards. She has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations such as AOL, Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Sony Music, CNBC.com and Gucci. Local corporations include American Fidelity, KOCO Television, Metropolitan Library Association and Sperry Van Ness. She teaches design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Gaeddert enjoys serving on the board of the Oklahoma Watercolor Association, and two design advisory boards supporting education in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree and is an accomplished award winning fine artist in watercolor media, calligraphy and caricature art.

Jason Gaines

Mr. Gaines is a certified professional in both Logic Pro 8 and Soundtrack 2. He is currently in demand as an instructor of both applications. Current projects include independent film work and collaboration on the television series, LA Ink. Jason Gaines is a New York City based trumpeter, composer and arranger. He has performed and recorded with some of the most influential performers in the jazz idiom including Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson and others. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Foster Johnson

Foster Johnson is one of only a handful of instructors with multiple Adobe Creative Suite Master Designations. He currently holds one each for Web, Video and Design. An Adobe Certified Instructor since 2006, he provides relevant instruction due to real world work experience with the entire Adobe Creative Suite. He maintains application development and interactive concentrations in HTML 5, CSS, PHP, SQL, AJAX, XML and JavaScript. Mr. Johnson is the Owner and lead Pre Visualization Producer for Clarendon Cr Design in Southern California. He has 16 years of professional creative development and management experience in interactive, entertainment, advertising and print. He is an architect of numerous web based commerce and database connectivity solutions, as well as a developer of e-commerce systems for telecoms and Southern California entertainment studios. He is a specialist in digital photography and video for broadband.

Rick Allen Lippert

Rick Allen Lippert is president of Lippert Media in Oklahoma City with 30 years experience on both sides of the camera. Specializing in industrial production, he has won numerous awards for his writing, producing, and directing for clients such as the Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City University, the City of Oklahoma City, the University of Central Oklahoma, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.His commercial clients include CompSource Oklahoma and Dane Design. Rick has been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.25. As an adjunct instructor, he teaches video production at Oklahoma City Community College and media writing at the University of Oklahoma.

Kiri Roberts

Kiri Christopher Roberts is the creative director of One Media USA, a media production house located in Albany, NY. Born in Zimbabwe, Kiri migrated to the UK where he received a Masters in Audio Production from the University of Westminster in London. With a diverse international experience he has worked on music production, TV commercials, documentary films, music videos and currently ‘Frozen River’ the movie. Kiri is also a contributing writer for the Edit-Well magazine whose editor is Larry Jordan of LA. Kiri balances his time between his business and as a trainer for Apple Pro Apps. He is an Apple Certified end user and trainer for Motion, FCP, STP & Logic.

Adam Karneboge

Adam Karneboge, an avid road warrior and trainer for Metro Technology Centers, is a partner, and Director of Services & Technology, for MacSpecialist, a full-service Apple shop with locations in Villa Park and Chicago, IL. Adam is an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and Apple Certified System Administrator, teaching all of Apple's IT courses. including Xsan. Over the past five years, Adam has taught more than 160 classes for Apple, MacSpecialist, AATC's, and various companies and school districts, to outstanding reviews. He is also an avid fan who wholeheartedly stands with the Chicago Cubs. He wants you to know that he has a brick in the pavement outside Wrigley Field reading, "The Karneboge's, If It Takes Forever.”

Rob Daniels

Rob Daniels is President and Owner of Tech Wyze, Inc., in Kansas City, a computer consulting and training company. Rob began his career in professional digital photography in the early 1990s and found himself supporting his employer's computer imaging systems. After making a transition into the IT world, he became network manager of a publishing company and spent four years training graphics professionals across North America. Later, Rob established his own IT company to support such clients as Hallmark Cards, Kansas City Power & Light, and many more. Rob is a CompTia Certified Technical Trainer +, Apple Certified Trainer, and Adobe Certified Instructor. He holds numerous other IT certifications.

Cameron L. Fadjo

Cameron L. Fadjo is an instructor of iPhone/Objective-C 2.0 and Java development at Columbia University's Teachers College. A former Business Specialist with Apple and product specialist for Native Instruments, GmBH, Mr. Fadjo has over seven years of experience as a corporate trainer and leader. He holds a certification as a teacher in the state of New Hampshire and as a certified professional in Logic Pro 8. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Music (B.M) in Music Synthesis from Berklee College of Music and an M.A. (Instructional Technology and Media) and Ed.M. (Cognitive Studies in Education) both from Teachers College, Columbia University. While he is pursuing his PhD from Columbia University, Mr. Fadjo is the lead researcher on a 4-year project using innovative and experimental ways to teach computer science and is concurrently the Director of the iPhone Development Group at Teachers College.

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete is a recent Masters graduate from Columbia University in the area of Instructional Technology and Media, with a focus on mobile learning management system design. Ms. Skeete teaches iOS app development across the US, and enjoys introducing students of varying programming backgrounds to the wonderful world that is app development. Working in technical support for a top telecommunications company enriched Ms. Skeete's understanding of mobile devices and their capabilities ensuring her classroom a technilogically advanced environment. Ms. Skeete caters the hands-on-lab courseware to the level and interest of her students so they learn information relevant to their industry. Additionly, she is working on multiple apps, two of which will be available in the app store by September 2012.

Shelley Weiner

President of Business Rules, Inc., was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from Colby College and Columbia University. She started her career in graphic arts production management and spent eight years in commercial printing sales before turning her hand to technology. Shelley moved to rural Columbia County, NY in 2002, and opened her own Apple authorized training center in Rhinecliff, NY in 2006. Jazzing jaded technicians and opening PC minds to the joys of Apple hardware and software are two of her biggest highs, along with cooking with, and for, friends, listening to everything from fado to opera to samba, and reading non-fiction of all types.

 

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