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Captivate Advanced

Length 1 day
Price NZD 1093.91 exc GST

Course overview

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Why study this course

Please note: this course is provided as custom training only. Please contact City Desktop on 1300 441 891 to schedule your training.

Adobe Captivate® is regarded as the industry standard for delivering eLearning projects. Captivate empowers you to create responsive, interactive eLearning and mLearning including demonstrations, simulations, scenario-based training, interactive tutorials, and quizzes - all without the need for programming.

This Advanced course follows on from the Essentials course. It empowers current Captivate users to improve their production skills by incorporating higher-end features such as project templates, responsive layouts, custom styles, system variables, advanced actions, branching, and uploading projects to a Learning Management System.

Adobe Captivate's advanced features include:

Enhanced object effects and multistate objects
SCORM and XAPI compliance ensures Captivate projects can be uploaded and scored correctly by your LMS
Improved responsive design options helps you to create elearning content which can be viewed seemlessly across devices
Advanced quizzing and question pools allows for enhanced assessments and interactivity

Our Captivate instructors are Adobe Certified and experienced Captivate developers, so you’re guaranteed real-world tips and advice for your projects.

City Desktop Public Schedule

With Lumify Group's recent acquisition of City Desktop Training, we're pleased to now offer you an extensive public schedule of Adobe end user training in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. As we move to consolidate our offering, you can access the schedule of the most closely aligned courses and book, by clicking on the link below.

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What you can expect with City Desktop Training

Small classes (average 4 to 6)
Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC) with industry experienced, certified instructors
Course eBook and sample files
Class exercises relevant to industry
AATC Adobe endorsed certificate upon course completion
After-course support
Free course resit (6 months) *

* Free resit applies to all public courses; does not include custom or private training.

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What you’ll learn

After completing this course, students will have the knowledge to:

Use object styles, project sharing, and branching
Create accessible eLearning
Use masters, themes, and templates
Use Interactions
Add interactive videos and virtual reality
Use variables
Use advanced actions
Create responsive projects
Report results

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City Desktop Training, part of the Lumify Group, is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC).

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Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for anyone proficient in the core features of Captivate, who wishes to advance their skills and use more features.

Course subjects

Object Styles, Project Sharing, and Branching

Working with Styles
Creating Styles
Applying Styles Globally
Exporting and Importing Styles
Combining Projects
Naming Slides
Creating Groups
Create Branches

Accessible eLearning

Enabling Accessibility
Document Information
Captions and Closed Captions
Shortcut Keys
Defining Tab Order

Masters, Themes, and Templates

Exploring Master Slides
Add New Master Slides
Add Placeholders
Add Shapes (as buttons)
Working With Themes
Define the Elements of a Theme
Repurpose an Existing Theme
Saving a New Theme
Create a Template
Add Skins
Add TOC’s
Add Project Information
Import Images and Audio Assets
Save the Template
Create a Project from the Template

Timing and the Timeline

Show/Hide the Timeline
Customise Timeline View Settings
Show/Hide/Lock Timeline Objects
Preview a Slide with the Timeline
Change a Slide’s Display Time
Set Object Display Times
Customise Mouse Properties
Align Slide Objects

Images and Smart Shapes

Change the Slide Background Quality
Insert and Delete Slides
Insert an Image
Position and Size Images Precisely
Use the Project Library
Manage Unused Project Assets
Crop Images
Create an Image Watermark
Set Image Timing and Transitions
Work With Image Stacks
Insert and Edit Smart Shapes

Pointers, Buttons, and Highlight Boxes

Change the Pointer Path and Type
Add a Visual Mouse Click and Sound
Insert a Text Button
Set Button Timing and Options
Insert an Image Button
Define Button Actions (Click Events)
Insert and Format a Highlight Box

Interactive Videos and Virtual Reality

Interactive Videos
Inserting
Adding Bookmarks
Adding Slide Overlays
Virtual Reality
Create a VR Project
Adding Text Hotspots
Adding Audio Hotspots
Adding a Quizzes to a Project

Advanced Actions

Standard Actions
Working with Groups
Importance of Naming Objects
Using Show/Hide/Enable/Disable
Conditional Actions
Exploring If/Then/Else Decision Blocks
Using Expressions
Controlling Visibility of Objects using Slide Entry

Responsive Projects

Reviewing Responsive Projects
Customise Breakpoints
Fluid Boxes
Convert a Standard Project to a Responsive Project
Insert and Name Fluid Boxes
Resizing Fluid Boxes
Adding Content to Fluid Boxes
Breakpoints in eLearning Projects
Switching Modes
Using the Position Inspector
Modify a Single Breakpoint
Exclude from a View
Adding New Breakpoint
Positioning Objects
Positioning and Linking
Styles in Responsive Projects
Edit Breakpoint Object Styles

Reporting Results

Establishing SCORM Setups
Working with Manifest Files
Advanced Interactions
SCORM Cloud Preview
Content Packages

Prerequisites

You should have previously completed our Captivate Essentials course or have been using Captivate proficiently for more than one year.

If you're self-taught and would like to attend this course, please call City Desktop Training on 1300 441 891 to discuss your current level of experience with one of our Captivate trainers.

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.