How to Use Captivate for Screen Capture

Captivate is an authoring tool designed to assist in creating multimedia eLearning content. Captivate has a variety of features, including interactivity, software and scenario simulations, quizzes, text-to-speech functionality, screen capture and various output options, such as Adobe Flex, web streaming and YouTube-friendly formats. Adobe Captivate is developed, manufactured and marketed by Adobe Systems Incorporated. You can learn how to use the screen capture feature of Adobe Captivate in a few relatively easy steps.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Click on "Software Simulation" on the opening screen in the Captivate application. Next, click on "Application."

2. Select the window you wish to record from the "Select Application" drop-down menu. Set the screen specifications to desired settings, for example, custom size or full screen.

3. Select the type of recording you wish to execute--auto-record (camera icon), full motion recording (video camera icon) or manual recording (landscape icon).

4. Click on the record icon (red dot) to start recording.

5. Press the "End" key to stop recording.

6. Choose your save-to location in the pop-up window. Click the "OK" button.

References

• Adobe Captivate