 Adobe® Captivate® 3 software enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging simulations, scenario-based training, and robust quizzes without programming knowledge or multimedia skills.
Adobe Captivate is a screencast program that outputs swf files using a Microsoft Windows computer. It can also convert Powerpoint files to Flash files.
This software lets the operator build and edit interactive program demos and lessons very quickly. It has an efficient screen-capture movie mode that snaps a sequence of still images and then builds mouse movement simulations to create the appearance of a running program. By using Adobe Flash Tweening technology, Captivate is able to create screencast in a much smaller filesize than needed for a real full-motion screen capture movie.
Users of Captivate can edit Captivate presentations to add captions, clickable hotspots, and change the time items appear and disappear. The hotspots can branch to other slides in the presentation, or to outside webpages.
Captivate supports the import of still images, PowerPoint, video, and audio tracks onto any Captivate slide. This allows presentation of large amounts of complex information using Captivates portable Flash .SWF output. Although creating Captivate presentations required Microsoft Windows, output can be played on computer platforms such as an Apple Macintosh, Linux Computer, or portable devices that supports Flash player 5.0 or higher.
Captivate is often targeted toward the corporate e-learning departments, industry trainers, and professional educators, but is helpful to anyone who wants to capture and edit screen recordings. For the educator, the product comes with several pre-built exam configurations allowing you to test a student's learning using multiple answer and fill in the blanks exam questions. Captivate supports the automatic sending of a user's exam results to the test giver's email. Additionally, the product supports many e-learning standards such as SCORM and AICC. The output can be published to a web site, saved to a CD, or sent via email. Captivate is 508-compliant which is especially effective when manually populated with detailed information.
The product was originally known as RoboDemo. In 2003 Macromedia acquired San Diego-based eHelp Corporation and the product became known as Captivate. The product overlaps in part with Macromedia Breeze. In 2005 Macromedia and its products, including Captivate, was acquired by Adobe.
Rapidly develop learning content in different learner modes
Get up and running quickly with Adobe® Captivate® 3 software's intuitive point-and-click user interface and many time-saving features such as automated text captions and automated rerecording of web applications in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Automatic screen capture with smart full-motion recording
• Multi- or single-mode recording for screen capture
• Automatic rerecording of web applications
• AutoText Captions
• Asset library
• Audio recording and editing
• Storyboard view
• XML file export and import for easy localization
• Project templates
• Microsoft PowerPoint import
Add interactivity and quizzing without programming knowledge
Increase the effectiveness of simulations by adding interactivity, including quizzing, text entry fields with multiple correct answer options, click boxes, keyboard shortcuts, and buttons.
• Randomized quizzing and question pools
• Scoring
• Scenario branching
• Instructional feedback
• Interactive elements
Easily create engaging learning experiences without multimedia skills
Keep learners engaged with integrated audio and video, rich media effects, and animated slide transitions.
• Rollover sidelet
• Zoom object
• Rollover images and captions
• Highlights and grayouts
• Text animations
• Animated slide transitions
• Rich media and image support
Integrate with eLearning tools and learning management systems
Leverage existing resources by integrating Adobe Captivate simulations with eLearning and other tools.
• Adobe Flash® export
• Adobe Acrobat® Connect Professional and Adobe Connect integration
• SCORM/AICC compliance (LMS integration)
• Questionmark Perception support
Deliver rich training and eLearning content to virtually anyone — anytime, anywhere
Create high-quality Adobe Captivate simulations and then e-mail them; post them on a website, intranet, or online help system; or generate PDF documents with media clips.
• Multiple output formats
• Skins and menus
• Handouts
• Accessible content
Homepage - http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/
 
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