Preface

Adobe Captivate is the industry-leading solution for authoring eLearning content. With Adobe Captivate one can capture the onscreen action, enhance your eLearning projects, insert SCORM and AICC-compliant quizzes, and publish your work in various formats for easy deployment on virtually any desktop and mobile device.

Mastering Adobe Captivate 6 is a comprehensive guide to creating SCORM-compliant Demonstrations, Simulations, and quizzes with Adobe Captivate. The sample projects demonstrate each and every feature of Adobe Captivate, giving you the expertise you need to create and deploy your own professional quality eLearning courses.

Mastering Adobe Captivate 6 will guide you through the creation of four eLearning projects including a Demonstration, a Simulation, a Video Demo, and a SCORM-compliant Quiz. The first part of the book will drive you through the main three steps of the Captivate production process. In the first step, we will use the powerful capture engine of Captivate to generate the needed slides and screenshots. In the second step, we will enhance our slides and screenshots using the objects provided by Captivate. These objects include animations, interactions, videos, and more. In the third step, we will make our project available to the outside world by publishing it in various formats including Adobe Flash PDF, video, and even HTML5. The second part of the book will focus on the advanced tools of Captivate. These tools include the Question Slides that make up a Quiz, SCORM and AICC compliance, localization of your eLearning content, and Widgets among others. In the last chapter, we will unleash the true power of Captivate by using the Variables and the Advanced Actions to create a unique eLearning experience.