• Business Skills Training

    project_managementInterSource offers live instructor-led courses on all important operations-related skills, including Communications, Customer Service, Human Resources, Marketing, Team Building and Writing

    These live classes are offered via a Web interface.

  • About Business Skills

    Business Skills relate to communication used to promote a product, service, or organization; relay information within the business; or deal with legal and similar issues. It is also a means of relying between a supply chain, for example the consumer and manufacturer.

    Business Communication is known simply as "Communications." It encompasses a variety of topics, including Marketing, Branding, Customer relations, Consumer behaviour, Advertising,

    Public relations, Corporate communication, Community engagement, Research & Measurement, Reputation management, Interpersonal communication, Employee engagement, Online communication, and Event management. It is closely related to the fields of professional communication and technical communication.

    In business, the term communications encompasses various channels of communication, including the Internet, Print (Publications), Radio, Television, Ambient media, Outdoor, and Word of mouth.

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  • Course Details Business Skills

    Classes are offered via a live web conference. For detailed course outlines and scheduled classes, please see below.

    Online classes are never cancelled due to low enrollment. The instructors who teach our online classes are no less than outstanding, and each has years of practical and training experience.

    InterSource clients are active globally. Live web courses are priced in US dollars, and run during Eastern Standard Time (New York) business hours. We also run live web conference classes during European business hours, which can be invoiced in local currencies. For further information please contact us on +41 (22) 958 0114.

Advanced Captivate 9

Course duration

  • 2 days

Course Benefits

  • Learn to create video demos.
  • Learn to work with styles.
  • Learn to create question pools and random question slides that make it difficult for learners to share quiz content.
  • Learn Section 508 best practices.
  • Learn to work with widgets and learn how to add them to a project.
  • Learn to add multiple and conditional actions to your buttons and click boxes.
  • Learn to leverage Captivate's collaboration tools.
  • Learn to create a consistent look and feel across your projects using themes.
  • Learn how to track quiz results.

Course Outline

  1. Caption Pre-Editing
    1. Rehearse a Script
    2. Set Recording Preferences
    3. Record a Software Simulation
    4. Edit a Text Capture Template
  2. Video Demos
    1. Record a Video Demo
    2. Add a Video Zoom
    3. Add a Video Pan
    4. Smooth a Mouse Path and Show Visual Clicks
    5. Split a Video
    6. Trim a Video
  3. Custom Styles, Branching and Aggregating
    1. Create a Text Caption Style
    2. Apply a Style Globally
    3. Export and Import a Style
    4. Name a Slide
    5. Copy/Paste Project Assets
    6. Use Buttons to Create a Branch
    7. Explore the Branching Tab
    8. Create a Slide Group
    9. Publish SWFs
    10. Aggregate SWFs
  4. Random Quizzes
    1. Review a GIFT File
    2. Import a Question from a GIFT File
    3. Create Question Pools
    4. Move Questions to Pools
    5. Insert Random Question Slides
  5. Accessible eLearning
    1. Set Document Information
    2. Enable Accessibility
    3. Add Accessibility Text to Slides
    4. Import Slide Audio
    5. Add Shortcut Keys
    6. Add Closed Captions
    7. Set a Tab Order
  6. Variables and Widgets
    1. Add Project Information
    2. Insert a System Variable
    3. Edit a System Variable
    4. Create a User Variable
    5. Use a Variable to Gather Data
    6. Insert and Format a Widget
  7. Interactions
    1. Insert a Process Circle
    2. Create a Drag and Drop Interaction
    3. Change Object States
  8. Actions
    1. Use a Completed Action
    2. Name Objects
    3. Create a Mask
    4. Control Object Visibility
    5. Create a Simple Action
    6. Attach an Action to a Button
    7. Group Timeline Objects
    8. Create a Variable
    9. Create a Conditional Action
    10. Create Decision Blocks
  9. Masters, Themes, and Templates
    1. Work With the Main Master Slide
    2. Work With Content Masters
    3. Apply a Master to Filmstrip Slides
    4. Edit a Master
    5. Apply a Theme
    6. Create a Custom Theme
    7. Review a Template
    8. Base a Project on a Template
    9. Create a Project Template
    10. Insert a Placeholder
  10. Responsive Projects
    1. Review a Responsive Project
    2. Customize Breakpoints
    3. Customize Theme Colors
    4. Use the Position Inspector
    5. Modify a Single Breakpoint
    6. Exclude from View
    7. Add a New Breakpoint
    8. Position and Link Objects
    9. Edit Breakpoint Object Styles
  11. Reporting Results
    1. Set Quiz Reporting Options
    2. Create a Manifest File
    3. Report a Button Interaction
    4. Adjust Slide Object Interaction
    5. Preview in SCORM Cloud
    6. Publish a Content Package
    7. Create an LMS Account
    8. Create an LMS Course
    9. Attach a Lesson to a Course
    10. Test an eLearning Course

Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Captivate class:

  • Introductory-level skills in Captivate
Prerequisite Courses

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

Since its founding in 1995, InterSource has been providing high quality and highly customized training solutions to clients worldwide. With over 500 course titles constantly updated and numerous course customization and creation possibilities, we have the capability to meet your I.T. training needs.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.