Captivate MASTER CLASS - All Levels - 12 HOURS of content

Analyze your audience and learning objectives before building e-learning in Captivate, align visuals and accessibility, and plan assessments with a north star using the Addy cycle.

Explore the Captivate interface and workspace, navigate filmstrip and panels, and learn to work with slides, themes, fluid boxes, and the properties, library, and the timeline panels.

Preview your lessons as you edit to see changes on the web and in the player, using preview options and shortcuts like spacebar and F10 for device testing.

Learn to use the properties panel to inspect and modify slide and object properties, manage master slides, layouts, and themes, and control timing, actions, and styling for engaging presentations.

Explore creating new projects in Captivate, choosing blank, responsive, or virtual reality options, and using templates and resources for desktop and mobile workflows, including fluid boxes in responsive layouts.

Learn to create responsive Captivate projects using fluid boxes that resize and readjust content for different devices, with containers for elements and clear naming and previews.

Save your work, then create new slides and insert various layouts, including content and title and body, using fluid boxes in responsive and non responsive modes.

Learn to create and apply Captivate themes to slides, customize fonts and colors, preview overrides, use the master slide, explore the asset library, and save or share a themed design.

Master slides empower ownership of your design, letting you customize layouts, backgrounds, margins, and logos across slides, with master slide view guiding non-responsive and responsive applications.

Learn to create and place placeholders inside master slides using fluid boxes, adjust padding, and build image layouts with a reusable four-image slide, improving content control and efficiency.

Explore how to work with type and text, use placeholders in master slides, and format bullets and captions for responsive and nonresponsive layouts using fluid boxes, padding, and alignment.

Learn to insert and edit images by resizing, rotating, cropping, and applying edits like brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation, while using the library and import options for image assets.

Explore Adobe's asset library to insert ready-to-use slides and replace images, characters, icons, and videos, using categories like projects and medical illustrations to craft engaging course materials.

Master shapes and colors to frame content and create callouts, thought bubbles, and characters speaking. Apply fills, gradients, strokes, opacity, shadows, and layering to enhance visuals and accessibility.

Create and use interactive buttons in Captivate by turning shapes into buttons. Apply actions like go to next slide, with hover and click states for clear feedback.

Learn how to create clickable hyperlinks in slides using the master slide view, linking text to websites and emails, with options for internal slide navigation and preview.

Turn images into interactive buttons, linking to urls or files with click boxes, pausing the project until a click, and testing with hand cursors.

Master the timeline: rename layers, manage visibility and locking, time bullet appearances with fades and transitions, and preview using scrubber and play controls.

Learn to create software simulations with Captivate by recording your screen, capturing mouse movements, and generating automatic captions for demos, assessments, and training.

Explore how styles save formats for efficiency and consistency, customize default caption and highlight styles, and manage object styles with the object style manager, including import/export.

Master advanced mouse options for the magic wand tool demo, including customizing size, types, and pointer path, adding movement, click sounds, and color effects to enhance screen recordings.

Learn to animate on-screen objects with entrance, exit, motion paths, timing, and easing to control pacing and visual emphasis in Captivate.

Import PowerPoint slides into Captivate to build or expand a project, keeping links and slide duration intact while syncing edits between PowerPoint and Captivate.

Explore captivate learning interactions and widgets to create interactive slides with presets, assets, and formats like accordion, tabs, timeline, glossary, and 508 compliance features.

Explore how to import background audio, choose formats like wave or mp3, set fade in/out, loop, and duck audio for narration, then manage and edit audio in the library.

Record slide-by-slide audio using slide notes as your script, calibrate the microphone, preview timing to sync narration with slides, and manage it in the timeline.

Import audio to slides in Captivate master class, choosing per-slide audio or a single continuous track. Adjust timing with the audio timing dialog and decide how audio distributes across slides.

Master audio editing in Captivate by selecting, deleting or silencing sections, adjusting volume, and managing background audio on the timeline for smooth presentations.

Learn to use text-to-speech in Captivate to convert slide notes into audio, select voices (including neo speech options), generate audio, and tailor speech for your course.

Explore building and evaluating quizzes with knowledge checks, including multiple choice, true/false, and matching, and learn how graded results and reports demonstrate learner progress on PII concepts.

Create and customize quiz results slides, configure reporting to an LMS, and set pass/fail criteria and scoring options for engaging, trackable quiz assessments.

Learn to create quiz questions in slides using multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, matching, and hotspot types, with graded or survey options and LMS reporting.

Explore advanced quizzing techniques with question pools, random questions, and imports from CSV and gift files, plus drag-and-drop and other advanced interactions for Captivate mastery.

Explore creating and managing question pools in Captivate, assign questions to pools, insert random questions, move and copy items, and import pools to reuse content across modules.

Import questions into Captivate using gift or CSV formats, enabling collaborative quiz creation from text files and showcasing syntax, feedback, and various question types like true/false, fill-in, and matching.

Import quiz questions from a CSV into Captivate using a macro-enabled Excel workflow, then export to CSV with UTF eight and use the CSV input form to build questions.

Explore drag and drop interactions in Captivate using a guided wizard to map drag sources to drop targets, group by type, and customize feedback, resets, and LMS scoring.

Learn to build drag and drop interactions by defining drag sources and drop targets, adding invisible drop zones, customizing success and failure captions, and implementing a reset.

Learn to build a drag-and-drop interface with invisible drop zones, draggable items, and precise drop targets, plus reset flows, dynamic captions, and outfit customization.

Explore advanced drag and drop with object actions and replace behavior. Set accepted drag sources and tweak hit area padding for better user forgiveness, then preview changes.

Explore advanced drag and drop by using a state view to switch James's emotions (happy, sad, confused) via on success and on failure actions, with layered states and placeholders.

Explore Captivate's drag and drop interactions from the asset library, customize layer names, identify drag sources and drop targets, and tailor actions such as on success and set correct.

Learn to design interactive video experiences with bookmarking and overlays, adding knowledge checks and quizzes mid-video, handling correct/incorrect paths, and guiding learners back to key content.

Create immersive VR experiences with 360 media in Captivate, add interactive hotspots, quizzes, audio, and images, preview projects, and manage assets and LMS reporting.

Design accessible e-learning by implementing alt text, metadata, screen reader support, tab order, and closed captioning to provide equal experience for all users under Rehabilitation Act and Section 508.

Configure project information and metadata, enable accessibility in publish settings, and ensure screen reader compatibility with alt tags and slide-item tabbing for an accessible training module.

Name your slides to support screen reader accessibility and navigation, as slide names are read aloud. Label slides like title slide and benefits of running to improve organization and accessibility.

Learn to add alt text for images to support screen readers, decide when to describe or skip decorative images, and craft precise, useful accessibility descriptions.

Explore how slide notes support accessibility by enabling screen readers and closed captioning, and learn to add, import, time, and customize captions and player settings.

Master tab order and naming of interface elements to create a logical left-to-right navigation flow. Ensure accessibility with alt tags and closed captioning to deliver equal experiences for all users.