I have been teaching Photoshop for two decades, never encountered someone who tried it without any serious training. Just an example because have been coaching trainings for many applications from all brands. Captivate is a wonderful application, with so many features that you cannot expect it to use it 'intuitively'. Since almost 12 years I help users daily, have seen Captivate grow from an app mostly geared towards software simulations into a very big Swiss knife which can be used for all types of eLearning courses with success.
I will never claim to know everything about Captivate, but am well aware of the most frequent problems encountered by starting users. Wished that books, manuals and training were addressing those problems instead of just demonstrating default step-by-step workflows. Daydreaming... You cannot digest all Captivate's features in a short time. Have focus on what you need at this moment, for the module you have to create, where you do know exactly (storyboard) what you want to realize.
Never have pushed myself as a trainer, I don't include any reference to my website, will point to my blog if I have a good detailed explanation for a workflow, not as an 'ad'. But I bet that if I could screen your first module, would detect which skills you need urgently to master. You may ignore this paragraph if you want. Maybe I'll get some more insults from other people... used to that, have what we call in Flanders an 'elephant skin'. My passion is not for Captivate but for learning. And one of the tools which can help improve learning efficiency is Captivate IMO.
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