2015
Lynda
Pooja Jaisingh
4:28
English
Take your Captivate 8 elearning projects to the next level, with this set of advanced techniques. Pooja Jaisingh explores using variables, events, and actions to guide the learning flow. Then she shows how to take advantage of the program's advanced features, like geolocation, responsive animation and interactions, lightboxes, quizzes, and text to speech, to create more interactive content. All the techniques are guided by current best practices for elearning authoring, which are included in the final chapter along with some productivity tips.
Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Actions and Events
Introduction to actions
Introduction to events
2. Variables
Introduction to variables
Types of variables
Creating and using variables
3. Advanced Actions
Introduction to advanced actions
Creating a standard action
Creating a conditional action
Creating a shared action
4. Lightboxes
Using lightboxes
Screen with a lightbox
Screen with multiple lightboxes
Highlighting clicked objects
Removing highlights from clicked objects
Glossary as a lightbox
Lightbox-style menu
5. Custom Navigation
Decision-based branching
Forced navigation
Scenario decision screen with one decision
Scenario decision screen with three decisions
6. Audio Screen
Syncing audio with objects
Playing audio on hover
Playing audio on click/tap
Playing audio on drag
7. Custom Themes
Using themes and theme colors
Step 1: Creating a custom theme
Step 2: Styling the master slides
Step 3: Customizing the object styles
Step 4: Setting recording defaults
Step 5: Customizing skin editor
Step 6: Saving and using the custom theme
8. Smart Shapes
Inserting a smart shape
Formatting smart shapes
Creating custom shapes
Using shapes as buttons
9. Responsive Elearning Basics
Introduction to responsive elearning
Understanding breakpoints and viewport sizes
Modifying size and position
Excluding objects
Adding and formatting text
Previewing and publishing
10. Responsive Elearning
Adding responsive HTML5/Edge animations
Creating responsive simulations
Creating responsive drag-and-drop interactions
Creating location-aware elearning
Publishing your course as an app
11. Advanced Quizzing
Creating a basic quiz
Enabling Submit All option
Assigning partial and negative scores
Creating branched quizzes
Adding pretest questions
Randomizing quiz questions
12. Text to Speech
Converting slide notes from text to speech
Managing text to speech for entire project
Using VTML tags
13. Productivity Tips and Best Practices
Setting up custom workspace
Photoshop round-tripping
Working with color swatches
Keyboard shortcuts
Conclusion
Next steps
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