Captivate 201: HotShot

It is assumed you have already taken the Adobe Captivate 101 Rookie class with Academy Class or have the equivalent experience. Please check the course content from the 101 class to make sure you are fully prepared. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

• importing & Branching
• advanced Actions
• question Pools
• learning Management Systems
• accessible Projects
• project and Design Templates
• variables, widgets & buttons

Question Pools

• create a question pool
• add questions to a question pool
• insert random question slides
• use the question pool manager

Widgets, buttons and preloader

• insert widgets to enhance the project
• create custom buttons using Photoshop and Captivate
• insert a preloader into the project

Advanced interaction

• add document information for use with system variables
• create & insert system variables
• create & user system variables
• using variables to gather data
• create advanced Interactions
• create multiple interactions
• object Visibility
• named items
• text entry boxes for user input
• create project navigational buttons
• writing scripts
• attach a Script to a Slide

Advanced interaction with Flash

• customise Captivate widgets
• create interactive navigational buttons
• create advance image map navigation
• inserting a Flash animation that contains ActionScript 3
• create Flash animations for inclusion into Captivate

Image editing with Photoshop

• create importable slide layouts with Photoshop
• edit slide backgrounds
• create custom buttons using correct naming conventions
• adding Alpha channels