1. Exploring Captivate
Presented by:
iTeam 2008

2. Objectives
Basic Features
Usability
Accessibility
Quick Tips

3. Basic Features of Captivate
Demonstrations
Flash from PowerPoint
Interactive Simulations
Assessment with Quizzes
Branching Scenarios

4. Demonstrations

5. Flash from PowerPoint

6. Interactive Simulations

7. Assessment with quizzes

8. Branching Scenarios

9. Usability

10. Usability Adding Narration Continuous narration Narration per slide
Edit narration

11. Usability Editing a project Storyboard & Slide timeline
Text captions & Highlight boxes

12. Accessibility

13. Accessibility
Works with any assistive technology that supports Adobe Flash Player
Works with all screen readers
Can provide text descriptions for simulations
All buttons and clickable areas are accessible

14. Accessibility Includes accessible questions types for quizzes
Multiple choice, true/false, Likert scales
Matching and fill in the blank question types are NOT accessible

15. Accessibility Provides closed captioning tools for audio content
If using Captivate for demonstrations, need to consider user workflow
The Adobe Captivate authoring tool is NOT accessible

16. Quick Tips What processes do you want to capture?
What steps need to be included?
Create an outline or script
Practice in application
Record test in Captivate
Practice, Practice, Practice!
Before using Captivate
In Captivate