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If you are participating in one of our 'Certificate' programs, you have the opportunity to earn a Certificate of Completion. In order to earn your Certificate, you must log in for each course and successfully complete any homework assignments by specified deadlines.

Note: We offer both online 'Certificate' and shorter 'Clinic' courses. To determine if you are eligible to earn a Certificate of Completion, please look for the word 'Certificate' in your course title.

 

Designing E-Learning with Captivate Certificate

 

This online certificate program starts November 5, 2012! Contact us to be notified of dates when they become available.

Instructor:
Joe Ganci, www.captivatejoe.com 

 
Certificate Overview:

This certificate takes you through the process of building a course from scratch using Captivate* and provides you with the knowledge and hands-on practice you need to build and edit interactive software demonstrations, simulations, podcasts, screencasts, lessons and more. Adobe software expert Joe Ganci will share his 29 years of innovative programming and development experience to take you from Captivate basics to advanced techniques. Through demonstration and take home exercises you will complete an online SCORM compliant course project using Captivate  during this certificate.

* You may use Captivate 5.0, 5.5 or (if released prior to the course start date) Captivate 6. However, there will be a few features in 5.5 and 6.0 you will not be able to access if you are using an older version.

Bonus Items! You'll receive a step-by-step guide to designing e-learning with Captivate  as well as extensive exercise files.

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Technical Requirements:
If you don’t have a licensed copy of Captivate 5.0 or 5.5, you must download a complimentary trial version of Captivate 5.5 (or 6.0 when available) prior to the start of the course at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/?promoid=DINSI

Your trial period for this software is 30 days from the time you install. Do not install it more than 30 days prior to the last session.

Program Details: During this certicate you will get the opportunity to build a real e-learning lesson sample. During this process, you will learn all the features in Adobe Captivate you will need to know to build the sample. The following agenda is flexible to allow for the integration of new Captivate 6.0 features.

Session 1  (90 minutes)

Getting Started

  • Reading and evaluating the storyboard
  • Captivate Introduction
  • Building an Introduction Slide
  • Master Slides
  • Images
  • Text
  • Navigating with Buttons

Session 1 Take Home Exercise
 
Session 2
(90 minutes)

Creating a Soft Skills Simulation

  • Video
  • Rollover Slidelets
  • Audio
  • Buttons as Challenge Answers
  • Efficient Use of Resources
  • Libraries

Session 2 Take Home Exercise
 
Session 3
(90 minutes)

Enhancing and Finishing

  • Text Entry Boxes
  • Software Simulations
  • Personalizing Your Course
  • Variables
  • Advanced Actions
  • Publishing Your Course

Session 3 Take Home Exercise

Prework or Interim Assignments:
There will be a required 1-3 hours of pre-work or interim work for this certificate.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Evaluate a storyboard for development efficiencies.
  • Quickly capture, structure, and add content to a course project.
  • Add engaging interactivity, learning scenarios, and simulations.
  • Use audio and video in a course.
  • Create a SCORM-compliant course ready for LMS upload and testing.

Experience/Prerequisites:
Basic computing skills are necessary. A basic understanding of e-learning is helpful. 

Who Should Attend
This certificate is for those wishing to learn to develop e-learning. Managers will benefit from seeing the creation and development processes so they may accurately estimate course development time and cost.

Course Methods
Each online session will contain demonstration, explanation, and discussion. You are expected to complete "take home" exercises and project tasks.
  
You will receive online resources including:

  • Course Manual
  • Extensive exercise files
  • Tips and Tricks

Online Course Schedule:

Session 1: Monday, November 5, 2012
Session 2: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Session 3: Monday, November 19, 2012

Each Session is 90 minutes in length.

All sessions start at 2:30 pm Eastern Time (New York time). See below for the time of the sessions listed in various time zones:
  • 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Time (PT)
  • 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Mountain Time (MT)
  • 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Central Time (CT)
  • 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time (ET)

For times in other cities, visit this link. Live sessions will be recorded for those who wish to go back and review or who must miss a live session.

Registration details:

Register for this certificate program now to reserve a virtual seat. See below.

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For questions on group discounts, call 612.340.4742, or email Leah@Trainingmag.com for details.

Registration Fee:

Early Bird registration on/before October 5, 2012: $745.
Registration After October 5, 2012: $895.

Train as a Team and Save!
For questions on group discounts, call 612.340.4742, or contact us for details.

Course Equipment (IMPORTANT)
You'll participate in online and collaborative activities in a number of ways, each designed to provide a unique means to interact and learn from experts and colleagues. All course delivery software operates at Internet connection speeds of 56.6 kbps or better, on PC, Mac and Unix platforms. Programs will use teleconferencing or VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol.) The login instructions emailed to you approximately one week prior to the start of the course will outline platform use as well as any headset requirements or suggestions. Each registrant must provide their own laptop or desktop computer and other equipment (such as a headset) in order to fully and successfully participate in the course. Please test your login information a minimum of 48 hours in advance on your course start date on the computer you will be using for the course.




BONUS ITEMS!
You'll receive a
step-by-step guide
which walks you through designing e-learning with Captivate
as well as
extensive exercise files.