Metrics for Captivatedevelopment

The company I work for would like me to convert some of our training material from PowerPoint slides to Captivate computer-based training.
Are there any metrics out there for estimating how long Captivate projects will take?
What kind of hourly rates are being charged for developing Captivate training?
Thanks for any light you can shed on these questions.

Your two questions are pretty difficult to answer actually.
Development time varies greatly based on the output that you require. For example:
- Is it a Captivate screen recording
- Is it soft skills training
- Do you require a quiz
- Do you require the finished course to be published to an LMS
- Do you need any interactive components in the course
- Do you have all assets already (storyboard, images etc.)
- What is the lenght of the course
- Will there be voice-over
- Whats the developers experience level with Captivate
and many many other factors.
A 20 minute course might take 10 hours to create if it's a simple screen recording without any fancy stuff (menus, custom graphics, custom templates etc.) and it might take 200+ hours if it's a soft skills course with custom templates, interactivity, video, audio etc.
The same goes for the hourly rates. What do you require the vendor to do for you?
Should they create the entire package for you including templates, graphics, integration with LMS, quizzes, etc. or will you be supplying all the assets to the vendor for them to work with?
I doubt that you will be able to find a "standard" hourly rate for developing E-learning content since it varies based on the tasks that needs to be performed. Also - in my experience - I find that most E-learning development contracts are based on an agreed price and not on an hourly basis.
/Michael
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