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This introductory Dallas Captivate training course takes you through the development process of building software demonstrations and interactive simulations using Adobe Captivate 4. During class, you will learn by recording and updating several projects, Importing existing Powerpoint slides and inserting quiz questions into a Captivate project. We will also cover branching and templates.

Topics covered in this three-day class are:

Project Planning

• Target Audience Connection Speeds
• Target Audience – Monitor Resolution
• Flash Player Penetration
• Creating Storyboards
• Interface Basics

Recording Essentials

• Grabbing Still Images
• Using Full Motion Recording & When
• Manual Recording A Demonstration

Recording a Demonstration

• Using Manual Recording Mode
• Hotkey Controls
• Previewing your Project
• Using Automatic Recording Mode
• Preview and Note differences

Project Editing

• Inserting Blank slides
• Creating Slide Labels & Why
• Reordering Slides
• Defining & Modifying Highlight Boxes
• Setting Mouse and pointer options

Text Captions

• Objects in the timeline
• Caption Types vs Styles
• Using Transparency

Timeline Essentials

• Object layering/reordering/stacking order
• Controlling Timings (birth and duration)
• End Marker

Importing Images

• Scaling Images
• Managing the Library
• Understanding Library Controls
• Drag and drop onto Canvas vs. Filmstrip
• Merge into Background
• RoundTrip Image Editing
• Background Trade-outs
• Internal Image Editing Options

Creating Simulations

• Difference of Training vs Assessment
• Recording Settings
• Capturing the Mouse & Shortcut Keys
• Click Boxes – an invisible button

Simulation Editing

• Editing Captions - apply to all?
• Success Captions and Why you don’t need them
• Click Boxes Options

The Captivate Actions List

• Available Options
• Linking to Websites
• Linking to Files
• Absolute and Relative Paths

Importing Powerpoint Projects

• Selection and Placement
• What’s Importable
• Navigation Settings
• Dynamic Linking
• Editing Powerpoint within Captivate

Buttons

• Three Button types explained
• Custom File naming conventions: _up, _over, _down
• Button vs Click Boxes

Publish Settings

• Movie Preferences
• Loading screens
• Skin Removal and Borders
• Setting Skin Controls
• Project Info

Flash Video

• Stream vs Progressive download
• FLV format
• Inserting Video / skins
• Pausing Project for Video Completion
• Encoding Video using Flix Standard

Audio

• Recording Narration
• Importing Audio
• Editing Audio – silence /volume levels
• Background Audio
• Advanced Audio Management
• Encoding Settings
• Creating Closed Captions

Publishing

• SWF and Dependant Formats
• Scaling your Project
• FTP Uploading
• Publishing as a PDF
• Publishing as an AVI

Quizes

• Types of Available Questions
• Editing the Captions & Buttons
• Review Areas
• Displaying Progress Indicators
• Using the Advanced Interactions Manager

Random Quizes

• Architecting Pools - Embedded vs Standalone
• Building Question Pools
• Creating a Random Quiz
• Publishing and Dependent files

Delivery Options

• Adding Table of Contents to projects
• TOC settings