Mastering Adobe Captivate: Create Engaging eLearning

Name: Mastering Adobe Captivate: Create Engaging eLearning
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Learn to design, develop, and deliver interactive training modules with Adobe Captivate from scratch

Created byEman shafique

Last updated 8/2025

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What you'll learn

How to use Adobe Captivate from scratch
Creating interactive eLearning modules
Designing responsive projects for multiple devices
Adding quizzes, branching, and multimedia
Publishing and delivering your content

Course content

5 sections • 27 lectures • 2h 0m total length

RESPONSIVE PROJECT2:49
Start a new responsive project or import from PowerPoint, add interactivity with branching, and use fluid boxes to adapt content for desktop, tablet, and smartphone.
ADDING FLUID BOXES4:19
Learn to add and configure horizontal or vertical fluid boxes in Adobe Captivate to create responsive slides that adjust for devices.
PREFRENCE3:16
Learn to customize Captivate preferences to set default slide duration, colors, and metadata, manage project options and recording settings, and configure publish and project details.
THEMES AND COLOURS4:40
Apply a theme early to keep learners engaged, choosing from pre-built themes or customizing title and subtitle colors with swatches, color picker, and eyedropper, then save changes.
TEXT7:57
Learn to add and format text in a responsive Adobe Captivate project, configure content flow, padding, alignment, fonts, colors, margins, and edit text captions across slides.
LABELING4:28
Label slide elements and fluid boxes to improve timing and workflow in Adobe Captivate; assign clear names to text and fluid boxes for easier navigation and project organization.
ADDING IMAGE6:28
Learn how to enhance Captivate projects by adding logos and images with fluid boxes, splitting slides into two or three sections, and ensuring responsive behavior on smaller devices.
ADJUSTING IMAGE5:47
Label images, add text captions, resize images, and adjust image properties in Captivate, including brightness, contrast, grayscale, crop, and shadows, to create engaging elearning visuals.
MASTER SLIDE3:05
Use the master slide to display a logo on every slide. Resize and fade the image, then review the results in filmstrip view.

ANIMATION5:45
Animate objects on slides to hold learners' attention by applying entrance animations to images and text, fine-tuning timing, start times, and durations for sequential reveals in Captivate 2019.
CHARACTER3:09
Learn to add built-in Captivate characters to slides, resize the fluid box, and choose from business casual, illustrated, and medicine options, with installation of Captivate SS for full access.
ADDING BUTTON6:22
Learn two methods to add interactivity in Captivate: insert a button from the interactivity menu or create a shape button, then set on‑success actions like next slide.
STATES3:36
Explore how objects in Captivate adopt states such as normal, rollover, and down. Learn to adjust opacity, color, and stroke to create interactive, transparent buttons, and preview changes in slides.
ADVANCED ACTION4:37
Master advanced actions in Adobe Captivate to trigger multiple events, change states, hide text, delay actions, and jump to the next slide on a single click.
HYPERLINKS2:16
Create interactive text hyperlinks on slides in Captivate to add interactivity. Learn to insert hyperlinks, including sending email links, by selecting text and using the insert hyperlink tool.

AUDIO EFFECT3:58
Learn to enhance Captivate projects with audio effects, background music, and narration by importing, previewing, and applying audio to slides.
VIDEO FILES3:15
Add video files to a captivate project by importing from PC or a URL, customize skins, enable auto play and rewind, and preview across slides.
AUDIO NARRATION3:33
Learn to add audio narration to objects, slides, or backgrounds in Captivate by recording, importing, editing, and adjusting volume, with library options and microphone selection.
ADDING CLOSED CAPTIONS6:57
Learn to add closed captions in Captivate 2019 by recording audio, adding captions with the plus icon, and adjusting timing and style for accessibility.

STARTING WITH QUIZ2:47
Explore creating quizzes in Captivate 2019, including question types like true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blanks, and remediation; learn scoring, reporting, and LMS publishing for effective assessment.
QUIZ PREFRENCES7:38
Configure quiz preferences to assess learner performance, enable learning management system reporting, and control navigation, scoring, and retake capabilities for engaging, trackable eLearning assessments.
CREATE MULTIPLE CHOICES4:20
Configure a multiple choice quiz slide in Captivate by adding a question, setting options and scoring, enabling shuffle, and exploring related question types on the question slide.
TRUE AND FALSE QUIZ2:01
Add a true/false cushion to the quiz, set false as the correct answer, and adjust the quiz to five points with zero penalty.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUIZ3:23
Learn to add a fill in the blank quiz as a question slide in Adobe Captivate, using a dropdown for the correct answer and configuring default points and grading.
QUIZ REMEDIATIONS5:11
Master remediation in captivate quizzes by enabling backward movement, adjusting failure behavior, and guiding learners to review material before retrying.

PUBLISHING SETTING3:35
Learn how to clean your project by removing unused items from the library to reduce size, and configure publish settings—frame rate, language, accessibility, audio options, orientation, and save.
PUBLISHING PROJECT5:42
Publish your captivate project as HTML5 for responsive design, adjust the title and publish location, and choose options like zip, audio, and accessibility for e-learning outputs.

Requirements

Basic computer skills

Description

Adobe Captivate is one of the most powerful tools for creating professional eLearning courses, interactive training modules, and engaging instructional content. This course takes you from the basics to advanced techniques, helping you unlock the full potential of Captivate. Whether you’re a teacher, corporate trainer, instructional designer, or simply someone who wants to create interactive learning experiences, this step-by-step training will equip you with the skills to succeed.

You will learn how to navigate Captivate’s interface, work with slides, integrate multimedia, and create quizzes and assessments. We’ll explore responsive design so your projects look great on any device, and we’ll dive into advanced features such as branching scenarios, software simulations, and interactive elements that keep learners engaged. You will also gain insights into best practices for structuring eLearning content and improving learner retention.

By the end of this course, you will be able to confidently design and publish professional-quality eLearning content that is both visually appealing and instructionally sound. This training focuses on real-world applications, so you will work on practical examples that mirror actual projects in the industry.

With Adobe Captivate, you can turn your ideas into fully functional courses and deliver them to a global audience—whether for education, corporate training, or personal development. Join this course and start building the skills you need to create impactful, interactive learning experiences today.

Who this course is for:

Educators and trainers
Instructional designers
eLearning developers
Anyone interested in creating interactive training

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