Adobe Captivate Classic: The Essentials

An entry-level hands-on workbook that supports Adobe Captivate Classic (version 11.8.2) and Adobe Captivate 2019 (version 11.8.1).

"Adobe Captivate Classic: The Essentials" Beginner Workbook

A self-paced workbook that teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills...

“Adobe Captivate Classic: The Essentials” is a self-paced beginner workbook that teaches the core Captivate Classic (version 11.8.2 or newer) skills needed to create eLearning courses.

You will follow step-by-step instructions and learn to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch.

Adding navigation to a Captivate slide.

Then you will learn to record and produce software demonstrations, interactive training simulations, and video demos.

Recording software with Adobe Captivate simulations.

When you finish working through this fast-paced book, you will know how to add and modify text captions, images, characters, videos, assets, smart shapes, and more.

You will record, import, and edit voiceover audio. You will also enhance the learner experience by adding interactivity via click boxes, buttons, text entry boxes, and quizzes.

Editing audio files with Adobe Captivate

Have you already created content using Microsoft PowerPoint? Don’t throw that presentation away! You will learn how to import existing PowerPoint content into Captivate.

You will publish a Captivate project as HTML5 so learners can open your output with a web browser on any device, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

This book features:

  • Captivate projects, images, audio files, and other assets to get started
  • Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities
  • Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills
  • Hundreds of supporting screenshots