How to create interactive training videos?

If you want to engage your customer and get them to learn something about your products or services, get them more involved. Creating interactive training videos is a great way to introduce your products to the world. You can make it a fun, hands-on activity. For instance, if a company designs software, they would want to create a demo on how to perform a certain task using the software. Along with showing them how to do it, have your users actually do it. Maybe a fun quiz at the end of the training video will engage the user more by allowing them to test their knowledge.

Here how you do it. You are probably wondering what tools to use. Like with everything, there are tons of tools to choose from, some are open-source, and some you have to pay for. But if you want a good tool with lots of features you want to go with Adobe Captivate. The reason why I recommend Adobe Captivate is because I’ve used the tool myself and I like it. The only tough thing to do is to figure out what you want your training video to contain, sort of build a storyboard first before you start creating the video. When you have everything in place, download the tool http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate

I am not going to lie when I say that this tool is expensive – $799 to be exact, but before you dismiss the idea completely, download a trial version and play around with it to see if you really like it. If you are in a business of building creative demos and interactive simulations, you should invest in a good tool such as Adobe Captivate.

If you are an educator or  a trainer, this tool is for you!

Here are some frequently asked questions from Adobe’s website regarding Adobe Captivate:

What is Adobe® Captivate® 5?

Adobe Captivate 5 software is a rapid eLearning authoring tool that lets almost anyone create and maintain complex content like software demonstrations, interactive simulations, branching scenarios, and quizzes, without programming. Its intuitive user interface and extensive feature set lets users craft richer content, be more productive, and deliver their eLearning virtually anywhere.

Who should use Adobe Captivate 5?

Adobe Captivate 5 is ideal for eLearning professionals, educators, trainers, technical support managers, and sales and marketing professionals who need to rapidly create and conveniently maintain a variety of training materials and demos without learning programming or having to outsource the task to professional developers.

What kinds of training content can I create using Adobe Captivate 5?

You can create most types of simulation-based or interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate 5, from simple SWF versions of slide-based presentations to complex scenario-based, soft-skills training, and from software simulations and demonstrations to quizzes.

What are the new features in Adobe Captivate 5?

The new features in Adobe Captivate 5 include an intuitive and highly productive user interface consistent with popular Adobe applications; support for popular video formats like AVI, MOV, MPEG, and FLV; the ability to create rich animations; Object Styles and Master Slides for global formatting; the ability to host projects on Acrobat.com, an Adobe CS Live online service*; and more.

For more information on new features, visit the Adobe Captivate 5 features page.

Enjoy!

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