Adobe Captivate 4

Adobe Captivate is an easy-to-use, rapid eLearning content authoring tool that enables virtually anyone to create powerful and engaging simulations, software demonstrations, scenario-based training, and quizzes without programming or multimedia skills. Based on the industry-leading Adobe Flash Platform, Adobe Captivate 4 can automatically generate interactive Adobe Flash Player compatible content without requiring users to learn the Flash authoring tool. Adobe Captivate content can also be embedded in Adobe PDF files and delivered in the AVI format for streaming on the Web, publishing to YouTube, viewing on AVI-compatible devices. Adobe Captivate 4 is ideal for learning professionals, educators, and business and enterprise users who want to rapidly create interactive simulations, software demonstrations, and scenario-based training complete with quizzes and scoring, but who do not want to learn Flash or outsource the task to professional multimedia developers.

You can create most types of simulation-based or interactive learning content with Adobe Captivate 4. From software simulations and demonstrations to complex, scenario-based, soft-skills training, Adobe Captivate 4 makes it easy to generate powerful, engaging content without any programming, scripting, or Flash authoring knowledge.

Top features:

Object Styles
Define styles and apply them to selected objects for quick and consistent formatting across a project.

Master Slides
Use Master Slides to easily create and maintain well-formatted and consistent-looking content that meets corporate guidelines.

Rich animation effects
Create rich object animations within Adobe® Captivate® 5 by combining predefined effects like straight-line motion, rotation, and glow. For added impact, smoothly import custom animation effects from Adobe Flash® Professional software.

Multivideo support and synchronization new
Import video in a wide variety of formats (AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG) and synchronize it with the project, slide, or set of slides.

Hosting and collaboration via Acrobat.com
Host published or in-progress eLearning projects on Acrobat.com, an Adobe CS Live online service,* and share them with learners and reviewers, who can access them from virtually anywhere.

Tracking and reporting
Satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost by tracking and reporting key performance metrics, such as average score and pass or fail rates, without having to invest in a Learning Management System.

Community Help
Access a large repository of help content, generated by Adobe and the user community at large, using an Adobe AIR® application.

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 just logging into their Twitter account. They can ask questions, get answers, and access pre-existing discussions.

Expanded asset library enhanced
Get a larger set of prebuilt widgets, playbars, skins, stock animations, images, text captions, and buttons with superior aesthetics and usability.

System requirements:

• 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) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit editions)
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
• 1.5GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• DVD-ROM drive
• 800x600 screen resolution (1,024x768 recommended)