Timescales for course creation?

[scottb65474544]

I have various courses on powerpoint which I teach in classrooms but want to make these available online to meet demand. I am trialing captivate 9 but people are telling me in takes weeks to create these courses. Is this true? my classroom base courses last around two to four hours. My online courses will be aimed at 2 hours. Can anyone give me a rough idea bearing in mind I have not created one before

[BDuckWorks]

I'd start by asking how would you categorize the demand:

• students missing live lectures?
• a department head pushing for online delivery?
• or something else?

Also, what kind of support materials are available?

Do you have audio / video recordings of the lectures?

Are they edited? Good audio & video, or just a camera at the back of the room?

Are there supplemental materials ready for online delivery?

Animations, videos, or other media?

Are there live events scheduled: seminars, lectures, workshops?

How would you manage the updates to these materials semester by semester?

If you're asking how quickly you can convert a PPT to a SWF for hosting on the web, you might be better served by Presenter than Captivate.

[scottb65474544]

Thank you very much for your time. I teach health and safety courses to adults when they need it such as asbestos awareness and manual handling etc. I have them all on power point and want to add interactive content but not loads.

Regards

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[BDuckWorks]

Hey Scott,

How will you publish the content, do you have a department webserver, file share or LMS?

I've listed in the order of simple to complex, and the features grow with the complexity. If you don't care about tracking access, maintaining completion & progress information for the users, generating certificates or reports, a webserver or file share will work fine.

The only concerns will be: do your students ALL have access to it?

Is it public? If not, is it configured for students on campus and off to have access via a central IT group?

I suggest you start by reading the manual, view the help and links to video content on Adobe TV.

You're tasks may include:

1) Import and Linking PPT(x) files.

2) Adding slides for content, graphics and video

3) Publishing the files via HTML5 or SWF

Create a sample file by importing the PPT file to Cp, save, save as and then begin to customize. You'll want the 1st file again if you run into any issues.

You should search this forum for hints on setting default preferences in Captivate, saving files to your local drive, and enabling backup of the project files.

You might consider taking an Adobe Captivate class, finding a user group, or hiring a tutor to get you up and running quickly.