Melbourne Training Centre

Level 15
379 Collins Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000

TEL: 1300 888 724
EMAIL:

info@dynamicwebtraining.com.au

Meet the instructor

Jonathon

Captivate Training
Using Captivate 1.0

Why Captivate?
	Macromedia Captivate is the easiest way to create interactive demonstrations and software simulations in Flash format. Captivate records your actions in any application and instantly creates a Flash simulation with visible and audible mouse movements. The small file size and high resolution make Captivate simulations and demos easy to publish online or burn to CD for use in training, sales, marketing or user support.
	What is Captivate?
Who should do this course?
	The audience for this course is beginning and intermediate Macromedia Captivate users who want to build: * Online training for software applications or websites * Interactive rich media e-learning applications * Dynamic online marketing demos that showcase your products features and benefits * Online techincal support for software applications or websites

About the course:
	This 2-day instructor-led training course introduces users to Macromedia Captivate. The course is designed to take participants through the development process of building software demonstrations and interactive simulations. The course is task-based, with participants learning by recording and updating projects. Along with covering the key features of Captivate, the course focuses on best practices to record Captivate projects.

After the course?
	Each student will receive: * Macromedia certificate of completion * 12 months FREE email support * FREE class re-sit (if necessary)

Duration:		2 Days
Class size:		Max 8 Students
Times:		9.00am to 5.00pm
Price:		$1320 incl GST

Content:
	Unit 1: Introducing Macromedia Captivate * About the Course * Captivate Key Features * Difference between Demonstrations and Simulations * Describing Your Captivate Projects Unit 2: Recording A Software Demonstration * Describing the Workflow Process * Showing the Macromedia Captivate Workflow * Recording Your Project * Preparing to Record an Application * Recording a New Movie * New Project Options * The Recording Window * Recording Options * Selecting the Recording Mode * Full Motion Recording * Change Recording Keys * Preview Project Options * How to Save Your Project * Exploring Captivate’s Working Environment * Introducing the Storyboard View * Introducing the Edit View * Introducing the Menu Bar, Toolbar, Timeline and Filmstrip * Describing Slides * Working with Blank and Colored Slides * Describing the Slide Properties Dialog Box * Describing the Slide Properties Dialog Box * Using the Color Dialog Box * Labeling Slides * Reordering Slides * Using the Filmstrip Unit 3: Working With Text Captions * Describing Text Captions * Describing the Auto-Generated Text Captions * Editing Text Captions * Inserting New Text Captions * Resizing Text Captions * Inserting and Stacking New Text Captions * Changing Caption Properties * Working with Pointer Paths Unit 4: Working With The Timeline * Describing the Timeline * Describing Major Components of the Timeline * Using the Playhead to Preview the Timeline * Scrubbing the Timeline * Changing the Order of Object Layers Unit 5: Working With Images And Objects * Inserting Images * Describing the New Image Dialog Box * Resizing Images * Aligning Images * Using Various Tools to Align Images * Describing the New Image Dialog Box * Stacking Images/Objects * Sending Image to the Background * Merging Images/Objects * Describing the New Image Dialog Box - Audio Tab Unit 6: Finishing Touches and Publishing Your Project * Inserting Text Animation * Describing the New Text Animation Dialog Box * Inserting Animation * Describing the New Animation Dialog Box * Changing Highlight Box Properties * Describing the Highlight Box Dialog Box * Checking the Spelling of Your Project * Setting Project Preferences * Describing Movie Preferences Dialog Box * Publishing Projects * Publishing Project as a Handout * Publishing Project to a Flash (SWF) File * Exporting From Captivate to Flash Unit 7: Recording Software Demonstration With Audio * Referring to Appendix A – Planning A Captivate Project * Planning Your E-learning Projects * Recording a Custom-sized Project * Describing Audio Features * Recording Audio While Creating a Project * Scripting Your Project * Recording Audio Tips * Describing The Record Audio Dialog Box * Importing Audio * Importing Background Audio * Previewing Audio * Editing Audio Files * Describing the Edit Audio Dialog Box * Describing the Movie Preferences Dialog Box * Describing the Advanced Audio Management Dialog Box * Publishing Project To A Flash (SWF) File * Day 1 Summary Unit 8: Recording A Simulation With Interactivity * Describing Your Software Simulation * Recording Options Dialog Box * Describing the Custom Recording Dialog Box * Describing Click Boxes * Using the Click Box Dialog Box * Using Click Box – Options Dialog Box * Using the Success Caption * Importing PowerPoint Slides * Describing the PowerPoint Slide Options Dialog Box * Describing the Insert Slides Dialog Box * Describing the Insert Slides Dialog Box * Moving Slides on Filmstrip * Inserting Buttons * Describing the New Button Dialog Box * Using the Button – Options Dialog Box * Inserting Text Entry Boxes * Describing New Text Entry Box Dialog Box * Using Shortcut Key Dialog Box * Using Text Entry Box – Options Dialog Box * Moving and Resizing Text Entry Box Unit 9: Inserting Rollover Captions And Images * Explaining Differences Between Rollover Captions and Images * Describing Rollover Captions * Using New Rollover Caption Dialog Box * Changing the Rollover Area and Rollover Caption * Changing Rollover Area Properties * Describing Rollover Images * Using the New Rollover Image Dialog Box * Using the Rollover Image Options Dialog Box Unit 10: Inserting Question Slides * Planning for Questions * Describing the Question Types * Using Interactive Elements * Using the Question Types Dialog Box * Using the True/False Question Slide * Describing Branching * Using Multiple Choice Question Slide * Establishing Reporting Options With Other Interactions Unit 11: Using E-learning Features * Describing E-learning Benefits * Describing Learning Objects * Describing a Learning Management System * Organizing Quizzes * Using the Quiz Manager – Reporting Tab * Using the Quiz Manager – Quiz Tab * Describing the Manifest File * Creating a PIF Unit 12: Updating Your Projects * Recording Additional Slides * Importing Slides From One Project to Another * Importing PowerPoint Slides * Inserting Text Animation * Describing the New Text Animation Dialog Box * Checking the Spelling of Your Project * Checking the Timing of Your Project * Describing the Major Components of the Timeline Unit 13: Resizing And Publishing Projects * Planning to Publish Your Projects * Resizing Your Project * Analyzing Bandwidth * Publishing Projects Unit 14: Using MenuBuilder * Introducing the MenuBuilder * Using MenuBuilder * Creating a MenuBuilder Project * Using the MenuBuilder Dialog Box * Selecting a Template * Adding Text Items * Linking to Macromedia SWF Files * Using Advanced Settings Dialog Box * Setting Project Options * Previewing the MenuBuilder Project * Exporting MenuBuilder Projects Appendix A: Planning a Captivate Project * Planning Your Project * Using the Systematic Approach * Using Storyboards * Developing a Style Guide * Using a Project Template * Developing Your Project * Recording Tips * Describing Full Motion Recording * Describing the Change Recording Keys * Publishing Your Project


	Or call us on 1300 888 724