Adding images to your project will enhance the lesson. These lessons will teach you how to add images and shapes, how to manipulate them and manage them. If you've created a demonstration, that pesky mouse can sometimes have a mind of its own.
You'll learn how to tame that wild mouse during these lessons. Then you'll learn how to add some basic interactivity to a lesson via buttons. Rollovers and Zoom Areas enhance the eLearning experience by encouraging interactivity rollovers and grabbing the learners attention zoom areas. Learn them both during these lessons. Learn how to add, edit and record audio during these lessons.
And if that's not enough, you'll also learn how to convert Text-to-Speech, which is just cool! In a word, Flash Video is cool! Learn how to add Flash Video to your eLearning lessons. There are lessons for adding Animation and special effects too. Interactive eLearning is generally thought to be more effective than passive demonstration videos. During these lessons, learn how to convert an existing demonstration into a highly engaging, interactive powerhouse.
Often times the eLearning project begins in Microsoft PowerPoint. Why not use that content in your Captivate project? These lessons will help you master the PowerPoint to Captivate workflow. Captivate sports some robust quizzing tools. You'll learn how to setup, create and edit question slides.
No project is finished until it's published so that it can be consumed by your learners. Learn how to add a TOC to your lessons and the ideal settings for publishing. This workbook teaches you how to use Adobe Captivate version 9. The Adobe Captivate software does not come with this book. The software can be downloaded directly from Adobe w ww. You do not need to purchase Captivate to learn Captivate; the free trial version of the software can be downloaded via the link above.
The only limitation on the trial is that it lasts for 30 days from the day you first run the software on your computer. You will need a microphone and speakers or a headset to complete those activities.
To ensure you have all of the assets you need to complete the lessons in this book, download and install the eLearning Assets via the link at www. NeoSpeech : You will learn how to convert written text into an audio file during activities beginning on page NeoSpeech comes free with Captivate but is not installed during the Captivate installation process. You can download NeoSpeech from w ww. Microsoft PowerPoint : PowerPoint or newer is preferred. PowerPoint, which does not come with Captivate, is used during the PowerPoint integration activities beginning on page If PowerPoint is not installed, you will not be able to complete all of the activities.
Microsoft Word or newer: Word, which does not come with Captivate, is used during activities beginning on page If Word is not installed, you will not be able to complete all of the activities. Kevin Siegel is the founder and president of IconLogic, Inc. Kevin spent five years in the U. Coast Guard as an award-winning photojournalist and has nearly three decades experience as a print publisher, technical writer, instructional designer, and eLearning developer.
He is a certified technical trainer, a veteran classroom instructor, and a frequent speaker at trade shows and conventions. Browse blogs, showcase your work and get expert feedback, write testimonials and reviews, and much more.
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