Do It Yourself Tutorials Adobe Captivate

Do-It-Yourself Tutorials with Adobe Captivate The William and Anita Newman Library, Baruch College Teaching & Technology Conference 2009

What is Captivate?
Media content authoring tool (screen capture)
Software that lets you create “simulations, software demonstrations, scenario-based training, and quizzes without programming or multimedia skills”

Why we wanted to use media authoring software
To create tutorials with 24/7 access
Ability to create in-house tutorials with a quick turn around and a professional look
Complement instructional offerings

What We Did
Identify need(s) & audience
Review other library online tutorials
Outline the tutorial (in Word)
Storyboard the tutorial (in PowerPoint)
Rehearse
Capture
Fine-tune
Test/Evaluate
Distribute/Promote

What We Learned
Create a style guide and policy guide
Create a committee for approval (for style and content decisions, and buy-in)
Some design or editing experience is helpful, but not essential
Keep the tutorials short (chapters)
Add live boxes and click boxes to engage viewer
Fine-tuning/editing can be time consuming
Viewing other online library tutorials is helpful

Selected Libraries Using Captivate
University of Oklahoma http://libraries.ou.edu/help/tutorials/
Trinity College Dublin http://www.tcd.ie/Library/help/undergrad/tutorialug.php
University of Sussex http:// www.sussex.ac.uk /library/electronic/

Presented by:
Louise Klusek, Head of Reference
Danielle McGurran, Intern
Linda Rath, Graduate Services Librarian
Chris Tuthill, Information Services Librarian

Further Reading
Adobe. (2008). The Adobe Captivate Blog: Conversation on Captivate and eLearning . Retrieved March 24, 2009, from Adobe Web site: http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/
Blevins, A., & Elton, C. (2009, January). An Evaluation of Three Tutorial-creating Software Programs: Camtasia, PowerPoint, and MediaSite. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries , 6 (1), 1-7.
Clark, J., & Kou, Q. (2008, January). Captivate/Camtasia. Journal of the Medical Library Association , 96 (1), 75-78.
Lee, S., & Chao, C. (2008, Fall2008). A Study on E-learning Courseware Development Software for Computer Application Learning. Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences , 46 (1), 233-248.
Murley, D. (2007, Fall). Tools for Creating Video Tutorials. Law Library Journal 99(4) . 857-61.
University of Maryland, University Libraries. Best Practices Using Adobe Captivate . Retrieved March 24, 2009, from University of Maryland Libraries Web site: http:// www.lib.umd.edu/UES/bestpractices.pdf
Wales, T., & Robertson, P. (2008, October). Captivating Open University students with online literature search tutorials created using screen capture software. Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems , 42 (4), 365-381.
Yelinek, K., Tarnowski, L., Hannon, P., & Oliver, S. (2008). Captivate MenuBuilder: Creating an Online Tutorial for Teaching Software. The Clearing House , 82 (2), 101-6.

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