Trade School needs advice

You posted this question in the Captivate forum, and that is indeed the eLearning tool from the Adobe brand. I have been a professor in a university college in my career, and the discovery of Captivate has allowed me not only to do online training for distant students but also to introduce innovative pedagogical methods.

It is a multi-featured tool, and getting to grips with it takes some learning time, but it is more than worthwhile. 

Graphics, audio, video, 360 image, all types of assessments, creation of interactive courses or interactive video, SCORM compliant to collaborate with a LMS. If you expect the output to be viewed on mobile devices as well, Captivate has the possibility to create responsive projects. It is also the 'queen' of software training and assessment simulations if that is necessary.

Design can be structure by using Themes. It is possible to extend the features by using advanced or shared actions, which do not need scripting skills, or by including JavaScript.

Personally I have a blog which includes a lot of embedded short courses. Here is one link to a presentation converted in a self-paced course which I delivered online a couple of months ago;

http://blog.lilybiri.com/interactivity-in-captivate-back-to-basics