Best Training For Captivate

I'm looking for recommendations on the best way to get
training on Captivate 3. I'm not a Book Learner more of a hands
on.. So either In Person or Online is fine..
But before I invest 100's of bucks in training I want to make
sure i'm getting something worth the money.. I found some stuff
online for CD's of Training step by steps but When i listened to
samples of it.. There is no way i would spend money on their
stuff.. can't understand the speaker and they were really "boring"
stuttering the whole way through there 2 minute sample.
If training in Person prefer it to be in the Houston Area for
Cost reasons. My company will most likely send me to training
locally when they don't have to fork out additional money for
AirFair/Car/Hotel ect..
Thanks in advance for your recommendation..
PS information about me..
using Captivate 3 ..(i dont' want Captivate 4 training)
New user to Captivate.. (no exp. with Flash) Exp i do have is
with Adobe Pro, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks
So I need someone that can teach me the ropes in a short
amount of time for what I need to create for my company.
Thanks again in advance for your recomendations!

Hi Starla94!
I've taken a couple of Adobe classes through Lodestone
Digital. They're an Adobe Authorized training facility with a
center in Houston.
http://www.lodestone.com/contact/houston.cfm
They don't have any Captivate 3 classes scheduled right now,
but I'd give them a call and see what they can do.
Another alternative is
http://www.Lynda.com. The training
classes I've taken through them have been excellent.
Hope this helps... ~Anna~

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1) Set up a style guide for all your standard slides. Eg.
Title slide, Index slide, chapter slide, end slide, screen capture,
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fill out every field. It's much easier for the learner (and you) to
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capture out, fade the end of the form in with the instructions on
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instead of 'Select Print Preview'). You have to edit them.
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voice: eg. 'Click Options to open the printer menu' instead of
'When the Options button is clicked on, the printer menu will open'
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a chapter slide. It's also a good idea to show the Index page
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animated arrow to flash next to the name of the next chapter), I
use a start button rather a 'next' button for the start of each
chapter. You should always have a module overview with the purpose
of the course and a summary slide which states what was covered and
they have complete the module.
11) Put a transparent click button somewhere on each slide.
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start of the current chapter by pressing F2. This allows them to
jump back to the start of their chapter at any time. You can also
do a similar thing on the index pages which jumps them to another
chapter.
12) Recording video capture: best to do it at normal speed
and be concious of where your mouse is. Minimise your clicks. Most
people (until they start working with captivate) are sloppy with
their mouse and you end up with lots of unnecessarily slides that
you have to delete out. The speed will default to how you recorded
it and this will reduce the amount of time you spend on changing
timings.
13) Captions: My rule of thumb is minimum of 4 seconds - and
longer depending on the amount of words. Eg. Click 'Print Preview'
is 4 seconds, a paragraph is longer. If you creating knowledge
based modules, make the timing long (eg. 2-3 minutes) and put in a
next button so that the learner can click when they are ready.
Also, narration means the slides will normally be slightly longer.
14) Be creative: Capitvate is desk bound. There are some
learners that just don't respond no matter how interactive
Captivate can be. Incorporate non-captivate and desk free
activities. Eg. As part of our OHS module, there is an activity
where the learner has to print off the floor plan, and then wander
around the floor marking on th emap key items such as: fire exits;
first aid kit, broom and mop cupboard, stationary cupboard, etc.
Good luck!

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