Overview
You need to create engaging, interactive e-learning courses quickly—without starting from scratch or spending weeks on design. This two-day course teaches you to use the new Adobe Captivate to build professional training modules using pre-built blocks and templates, create responsive courses that work on any device, add interactivity and assessments that keep learners engaged, and publish SCORM-compliant packages ready for your LMS.
You’ll master Captivate’s block-based authoring for rapid development, design responsive courses that adapt automatically to phones and tablets, create interactive scenarios and branching simulations, build quizzes with multiple question types and instant feedback, and develop efficient workflows for consistent course production. Whether you’re building corporate training, compliance courses, product knowledge modules, or customer education, this course gives you practical skills to create professional e-learning without extensive design or programming experience.
Format: 2 Days | VILT
Who Should Attend
- Instructional designers developing e-learning for corporate or educational environments
- Training and development professionals creating LMS-ready courses
- Subject matter experts tasked with converting knowledge into interactive modules
- HR professionals building compliance and onboarding training
- Educators creating supplemental online learning content
- Anyone transitioning from Captivate Classic or other e-learning authoring tools
What You’ll Learn
- Build responsive e-learning courses using Captivate’s block-based authoring system
- Create interactive content with widgets, simulations, and multimedia elements
- Design engaging assessments with branching logic and detailed feedback
- Develop software simulations and interactive demonstrations
- Publish SCORM and xAPI packages for Learning Management Systems
- Implement efficient workflows for rapid course development and updates
Course Outline
Module 1: New Captivate Interface and Workflow Philosophy
- Understanding the new Captivate vs. Captivate Classic: what changed and why
- Navigating the modern interface: properties panel, timeline, and canvas
- Block-based authoring: the foundation of rapid development
- Project setup: responsive design settings and canvas configuration
- Working with slides, blocks, and content structure
- Preview modes: desktop, tablet, and mobile views
- File management and project organization best practices
Module 2: Block-Based Content Creation
- Understanding content blocks: text, image, video, and interactive blocks
- Adding and configuring text blocks with formatting options
- Image blocks: importing, cropping, and positioning
- Video and audio blocks: embedding multimedia content
- Button blocks and navigation elements
- Pre-designed block templates for rapid assembly
- Customizing blocks while maintaining responsive behavior
- Block libraries: creating reusable content components
Module 3: Responsive Design and Multi-Device Publishing
- Responsive design principles in Captivate
- Automatic layout adaptation for different screen sizes
- Breakpoints: customizing layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Testing responsive behavior across device types
- Positioning strategies: relative vs. absolute placement
- Typography and readability across devices
- Touch-friendly interactions for mobile learners
- Troubleshooting common responsive design issues
Module 4: Interactive Widgets and Components
- Widget library overview: tabs, accordions, timelines, and more
- Accordion widgets for organizing content efficiently
- Tab widgets for parallel content presentation
- Flip card widgets for interactive reveals
- Timeline widgets for process visualization
- Certificate widgets for course completion recognition
- Hotspot interactions and click-reveals
- Customizing widget appearance and behavior
Module 5: Software Simulations and Interactive Demonstrations
- Recording software simulations automatically
- Demonstration mode vs. training mode vs. assessment mode
- Capture settings: full screen, application, or custom regions
- Automatic caption and click box generation
- Editing simulations: timing, captions, and highlight boxes
- Adding text entry boxes for practice scenarios
- Success and failure captions with branching
- Building realistic practice environments for software training
Module 6: Assessments and Quizzes
- Creating question slides: multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank
- Question pools and random question selection
- Configuring scoring and pass/fail criteria
- Feedback captions: correct, incorrect, and partial credit responses
- Branching based on quiz results
- Knowledge check questions vs. graded assessments
- Quiz reporting and results tracking
- Retake options and attempt limits
- Pre-tests and post-tests for knowledge measurement
Module 7: Branching, Navigation, and Interactivity
- Creating non-linear navigation and branching scenarios
- Building decision-tree learning experiences
- Custom navigation buttons and menu systems
- Jump-to-slide actions and conditional branching
- Variables for tracking learner choices and progress
- Advanced actions for complex interactions
- Table of contents customization
- Designing scenario-based learning with multiple pathways
Module 8: Audio, Video, and Multimedia Integration
- Recording audio narration within Captivate
- Importing audio files and background music
- Text-to-speech for automated narration
- Video integration: embedding and overlay options
- Closed captions and accessibility for audio/video
- Syncing animations and transitions with audio
- Audio editing: volume, fade in/out, and timing
- Balancing multimedia richness with file size and performance
Module 9: Templates, Themes, and Brand Consistency
- Using Captivate’s built-in templates for quick starts
- Customizing themes: colors, fonts, and visual identity
- Creating master slides for consistent layouts
- Building custom templates for organizational standards
- Object styles and formatting consistency
- Importing and exporting themes for team sharing
- Asset libraries for logos, images, and brand elements
- Maintaining visual consistency across multiple courses
Module 10: Publishing, SCORM, and LMS Integration
- Understanding SCORM 1.2 vs. SCORM 2004 vs. xAPI (Tin Can)
- Publishing settings: compression, quality, and file size optimization
- HTML5 output and browser compatibility
- Configuring tracking and reporting for LMS
- Setting completion criteria and success thresholds
- Testing SCORM packages before LMS upload
- Troubleshooting common LMS integration issues
- Publishing to Captivate Prime and other platforms
- Creating standalone web publications without LMS
- Version control and updating published courses
Prerequisites & Technical Requirements
- Computer running Windows or Mac (check Captivate system requirements)
- Adobe Captivate (current version) installed
- Basic understanding of instructional design principles
- Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (helpful but not required)
- No programming or advanced technical skills required
- Sample content to develop into a course (recommended for practice)
Customization Options
This course can be customized for specific e-learning development needs—corporate compliance and regulatory training, software and application training with simulations, sales enablement and product knowledge, customer education and onboarding, healthcare and medical training, or academic supplemental instruction. We can focus on your LMS platform’s specific requirements, work with your organization’s templates and branding standards, and practice with your actual training content for immediately deployable courses that meet your quality and compliance standards.