Adobe Captivate 5.5 (Win)

Adobe Captivate 5.5 software is the industry-leading elearning authoring software for rapidly creating and maintaining interactive eLearning content. Import your existing Microsoft PowerPoint content and make it more engaging with rich media, application simulations, branching scenarios, and quizzes. Easily publish to leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant Learning Management Systems and track key performance metrics.

WHY ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5.5?

• Transform Presentations into eLearning content
Import Microsoft PowerPoint files into Adobe Captivate 5.5 and magically transform presentations into interactive eLearning content deliverable virtually anywhere
• Engage learners with interactivity and multimedia
Attract, stimulate, and retain learners with application simulations, branching scenarios. ''show me'' movies, and ''try it'' demos. Include multimedia for greater impact.
• Assess learner performance
Monitor learner progress by embedding a wide variety of interactive ''test me'' quizzes in your content. Publish to multiple channel and devices. Track and report key performance metrics.

FEATURES:

Rapid eLearning content development-Easily transform presentations into interactive eLearning content using a roundtrip Microsoft PowerPoint workflow, an intuitive user interface, and out-of-the-box functionalities.

• Roundtrip PowerPoint workflow
  Leverage existing PowerPoint slides in your projects. Import slides with audio and interactivity, easily update the content, and keep your PowerPoint and Adobe Captivate files in sync with the dynamically linked import option.
• Optimized user interface
  Get going faster, do the job in fewer steps, and improve the overall authoring experience with the Property inspector, a multiple document interface, and personalized workspaces.
• Master Slides
  Use Master Slides to easily create and maintain well-formatted and consistent-looking content that meets corporate guidelines.
• Object Styles
  Define styles and apply them to selected objects for quick and consistent formatting across a project.
• Table of Contents and Aggregator
  Enable learners to easily navigate through content and track their progress with a multilevel Table of Contents. Use the Aggregator to combine multiple content modules into a single eLearning course.
• XML file export and import for easy localization
  Simplify project localization by exporting captions to a text or XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) file. Import the translated text file into a copy of the original project file.
• Streamlined workflows and enhanced usability
  Enjoy workflow and usability enhancements, including inline editing of text captions, support for panning to optimize the viewing experience on small screens and devices, and support for right-clicking in simulations.
• Professional project templates
  Use enhanced project templates that make it easy for subject-matter experts to contribute content without compromising structure.

More effective collaboration-Collaborate more efficiently by leveraging Acrobat.com. Enable learner collaboration using the Twitter widget from Adobe.

• Hosting and collaboration via Acrobat.com
  Host published or in-progress eLearning projects in the cloud using Acrobat.com* and share them with learners and reviewers, who can access them from virtually anywhere.
• Real-time reviewing of SWF files
  Accelerate content creation cycles by letting reviewers add comments to your SWF files while playing them without having Adobe Captivate installed.
• Direct access to Adobe resources
  Reach out to Adobe support, access social media forums, and receive timely updates from the Adobe Captivate product team, all from within Adobe Captivate.
• In-context learner collaboration via Twitter
  Leverage the Twitter widget from Adobe to create courses that let learners collaborate with one another as well as the author by simply logging in to their Twitter accounts. They can ask questions, get answers, and access preexisting discussions
• Community Help
  Access a large repository of Help content, generated by Adobe and the user community at large, using an Adobe AIR application.

Easy creation of interactive eLearning experiences-Generate robust software simulations with multiple learning modes in a single recording session.

• Automatic screen capture with smart full-motion recording
  Automatically record all your actions, including mouse movements and keyboard activity, while using any software application. Full-motion recording automatically switches on and off for drag-and-drop actions.
• Multimode recording for screen capture
  Generate robust software simulations with multiple learning modes in a single recording session, including a demonstration of the procedure, a simulation for practicing the steps, and an assessment.
• Support for right-clicking in simulations
  Maintain realism in your software training content by simulating right-clicking as well as left-clicking and double-clicking.
• AutoText Captions
  Create text captions that describe concepts and screen actions, or have Adobe Captivate software automatically add them during recording. Customize the appearance, size, orientation, position, and display speed of captions.
• Interactive elements
  Create realistic branching scenarios without programming. Easily add buttons, click boxes, text boxes, and more interactive elements to solicit responses from learners. Specify the type of event you want to associate with a particular response.
• Scenario branching
  Visually map out different learner paths. Collapse and expand sections of a simulation, and create complex scenarios by automatically branching at the end of slides based on a learner's choice at the beginning of the simulation.
• Adobe Connect and Adobe Presenter integration
  Increase training effectiveness by adding interactive simulations to Adobe Presenter or Adobe Connect TM software. Every participant can practice simulations during live events or recorded presentations.
• Variables and Advanced Actions
  Use Variables to personalize the learning experience by using learner-provided data, such as the learner's name, throughout a scenario. Use Advanced Actions to further configure and modify the learning experience by enabling conditional actions, or more than one action in an interaction.

Rich multimedia to attract learners-Import video in popular formats (AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG) and synchronize video with selected slides. Turn text into high-quality speech with a single click. Create customized animations without programming by combining effects like linear motion, rotation, and glow attractive set of components.

• Gradients, shadows, and rotations
  Make your slides and objects more attractive with color gradients. Select a preset shadow, or define one, to add depth to objects. Use the rotate handle to easily turn and flip objects.
• Multivideo support and synchronization
  Import video in a wide variety of formats (AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG) and synchronize it with the project, slide, or set of slides.
• Audio recording and editing
  Simultaneously record narration and capture screen motion, and synchronize audio with slides and timed objects. Edit audio to correct mistakes and pauses, add an external track, or attach sound effects or narration to individual objects.
• Rich animation effects
  Create rich object animations within Adobe Captivate 5.5 by combining predefined effects like straight-line motion, rotation, and glow. For added impact, seamlessly import custom animation effects from Adobe Flash Professional software.
• Text-to-speech functionality
  Keep learners tuned in to your content thanks to automatic voice-over functionality that turns text into high-quality speech in a few clicks. Need to change the text? Just click once to update the audio.
• Expanded asset library
  Get a larger set of prebuilt widgets, playbars, skins, stock animations, images, text captions, and buttons with superior aesthetics and usability.
• Adobe Photoshop layer support
  Preserve layers in imported Adobe Photoshop (PSD) files so you can edit or animate individual layers in Adobe Captivate for just the right effect. (Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended software is available separately and as part of Adobe eLearning Suite 2 and later software.)
• Adobe Audition CS5.5 integration
  Send Adobe Captivate audio files to Adobe Audition CS5.5 software for additional editing and enhancement, and then bring them back into Adobe Captivate.
• Support for panning
  Use the new panning motion while recording to draw attention to specific areas in an application and to optimize your content for playback on even the smallest mobile device screens.
• Zooming by object
  Focus attention by zooming into different parts of the screen. Simply magnify a chosen area of the screen or place a different image into the zoom area.
• Rollover slidelet
  Provide additional just-in-time information on Adobe Captivate slides by displaying rich media content such as images, text, audio, and video when the learner moves the mouse over the hot spot.
• Rollover images and captions
  Use rollover effects to offer additional information or to provide hints and tips during a lesson. The rollover images and captions will appear when the learner rolls the mouse over the specified area of the slide.
• Skins
  Place customizable playback controls outside the simulation and customize the frame color to your needs. You can even create a table of contents for large projects.

Easy quizzing-Work in an improved quiz review area that makes evaluation simpler and faster. Create eye-catching quizzes with new out-of the-box templates and evaluate quiz results more conveniently.

• Attractive out-of-the-box quizzing
  Create eye-catching quizzes with new out-of the-box quiz templates and an attractive set of components.Work in an improved quiz review area that makes evaluation simpler and faster.
• Selection from multiple question types
  Create quizzes even faster thanks to a friendly new user interface and the ability to insert multiple question types in one pass.
• Randomized quizzing and question pools
  Choose from customizable quiz templates such as Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank, improve learner assessments by randomly drawing questions from a set of question pools, and more.
• Score interpretation
  Interpret scores through a SCORM 1.2-and SCORM 2004-certified LMS, integrate Adobe Captivate with the Questionmark Perception tool to create simulation-based assessments, or use Adobe TM Training to measure content effectiveness.

Delivery virtually anywhere-Publish your projects in multiple formats (MP4, SWF, EXE or PDF) to the web, desktops, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, iOS devices, and leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant Learning Management Systems. Deliver content virtually anywhere.

• Multiformat publishing
  Publish your projects in multiple formats (MP4, SWF, EXE or PDF) to the web, desktops, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, iOS devices, and leading SCORM- and AICC-compliant LMSs.
• Publishing to tablets, smartphones, and iOS devices
  Publish in the widely accepted MP4 format for high-quality video streaming, podcasts, and video tutorials that can play on Android TM based tablets, iOS and smartphones.
• Single-click publishing to YouTube
  Create a project using preset dimensions, and use the new direct workflow to publish it to YouTube with a single click.
• PDF publishing
  Bring text-based instructional content to life by embedding Adobe Captivate movies in Adobe PDF files. Easily create PDF Portfolios that bring together files of varying formats in a single PDF document, complete with navigation and a customized look and feel.
• Microsoft Word export
  Output your project in Microsoft Word format to create complete printed training handouts.
• Accessible content
  Create simulations and demonstrations that help meet Section 508 accessibility standards. Define text equivalents for a single slide or an entire movie, add animations without causing constant refresh for screen reader users, insert clickable areas that allow keyboard access, and more.
• Unicode support
  Create your content in any language, including double-byte languages, and count on Adobe Captivate to publish it properly thanks to Unicode text encoding.
• ActionScript 3.0 publishing
  Take advantage of ActionScript 3.0 publishing to bring content created with Adobe Flash Builder TM 4 and later software (available separately) into your Adobe Captivate projects and to embed Adobe Captivate movies in content created using Flash Builder.

Scoring, Tracking and Reporting-Satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost by tracking and reporting key performance metrics, like average score and pass or fail, without having to invest in an LMS.

• Comprehensive scoring
  Capture scoring data from all interactive elements, including click boxes, text entry boxes, buttons, and quizzes.
• Tracking and reporting
  Satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost by tracking and reporting key performance metrics, like average score and pass or fail, without having to invest in an LMS.
• SCORM/AICC compliance (LMS integration)
  Export scoring data in a SCORM- and AICC-compliant format for use with an LMS. Adobe Captivate content is SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 certified and automatically generates the manifest file required for an LMS to interpret the data.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows

• 1 GHz or faster processor Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7
• 1GB minimum RAM (2GB recommended)
• 3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1,024x576 display (1,280x1024 recommended) with 16-bit video card
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*--For updates to system requirements, visit www.adobe.com/go/cp_sysreq
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You must accept the license agreement and warranty terms to use this product. See www.adobe.com/go/eulas for details. Product activation via the Internet is mandatory within 30 days from installation. See www.adobe.com/go/activation for details.

Language versions

This product is available in the following languages:

• Deutsch
• English
• Español
• Français
• Italiano
• 日本語
• 한국어

Product information, specifications, and compatibility are for advisory purposes only, and is the buyers full responsibility to verify with the manufacturer prior to ordering.