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Adobe Captivate Bootcamp Training Course

Captivate Bootcamp Training Schedule

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Captivate Bootcamp Training Course Synopsis

Learn the step-by-step proven methods top instructional designers use to create online classes that their clients love. This four day bootcamp is a discounted combination of our Captivate and Captivate Advanced training classes.

Prerequisites for this Training Course

Knowledge of your operating system and basic computer navigation is required for all classes. This class is a discounted combination of the Captivate Intro and Captivate Advance. For student scheduling purposes, each separate component is treated as a separate class. Knowledge of your operating system and basic computer navigation is required for all classes. We also recommend that you have the Adobe Captivate software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it from the Adobe web site.

What You Will Learn in This Training Course

  • Recording and Editing a Demonstration
  • Working with Objects in the Timeline
  • Publishing Your Project
  • Adding Audio, Animation, and Question Slides
  • Updating Your Projects
  • Creating Standalone Viewer with MenuBuilder Importing and Branching
  • Question Pools
  • Accessible Projects
  • Commenting, Image Editing and PhotoShop Layers
  • Variables, Widgets and Buttons
  • Project and Design Templates
  • Advanced Actions
  • Learning Management Systems

Training Course Length and Time

This class is 4 days long. Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Captivate Bootcamp - Enrollment

Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094. Please contact our Client Care Department at (877) 819-2665 for additional savings on our bootcamp classes.

Locations for this Training Course

We have training centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also offer classes at a network of rental facilities. We offer private onsite training and instructor-led, live online training. If coming to a rental facility, please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Goals for this Captivate Training Course

Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Lesson 1 - eLearning and Captivate

  • Education Through Pictures
  • Planning eLearning Projects
  • The Development Process
  • The Captivate 5 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

Lesson 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

Lesson 3 - FMRs, Panning and Image Slideshows

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

Lesson 4 - Text Captions & 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
  • Setting Object Display Times
  • Show/Hide Timeline Objects
  • Use Options to Control Object Timing
  • Set Mouse Properties
  • Check Spelling
  • Align Slide Objects

Lesson 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

Lesson 6 - 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

Lesson 7 - 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

Lesson 8 - 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

Lesson 9 - 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

Lesson 10 - 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

Lesson 11 - 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”

Lesson 12 - Set General Preferences

  • Rehearse a Script
  • Set Recording Preferences and Keys
  • Record a Custom Simulation
  • Edit a Text Capture Template

Lesson 13 - Import a PowerPoint Presentation

  • Edit a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Resize a Project
  • Import Project Slides and Objects
  • Label a Slide
  • Use Buttons to Create a Branch
  • Explore the Branching Tab
  • Create a Slide Group
  • Aggregate Published SWFs

Lesson 14 - Insert a Question Slide

  • Create and Rename Question Pools
  • Add Questions to Question Pools
  • Insert Random Question Slides

Lesson 15 - Set Document Information

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

Lesson 16 - Send a Project for Review

  • Create a Background Mask
  • Edit a Slide Background
  • Delete a Slide Background
  • Import a Photoshop File
  • Work with Photoshop Layers

Lesson 17 - 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

Lesson 18 - 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

Lesson 19 - 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

Lesson 20 - 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

Upcoming Classes

All

Tue. Feb 21, 2012

Mon. Feb 27, 2012

Tampa, FL $1995
OR $1895
Aurora, CO $1695

Mon. Mar 05, 2012

Atlanta, GA $1695
Dublin, OH $1995
WA $1695
Houston, TX $1895
PA $1995
Raleigh, NC $1695
Phoenix, AZ $1895
Metairie, LA $1695
Online $1695

Mon. Mar 19, 2012

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