What is Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe Captivate program?
Learning that sticks isn't simply generated. It’s thoughtfully authored and purposefully crafted, with every interaction configured to your design. The Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe Captivate program validates your authoring mastery in transforming design decisions into engaging, high-quality digital learning experiences, from interactive courses and software simulations to assessments, accessibility and LMS delivery.
Build your skills through a self-paced online curriculum and hands-on training sessions, then prove them in an exam built around real course-development challenges.
Whether you’re an instructional designer, eLearning developer, trainer or freelance course creator, this credential gives you a tangible way to showcase your Adobe Captivate expertise to employers, clients and collaborators.
Important note: This program is only for the all-new Adobe Captivate and not for Adobe Captivate Classic.
Program offerings
For experienced practitioners
Certification Only
For intermediate to advanced professionals ready to validate their skills.
• Self-paced online curriculum
• Certification exam
• Adobe badge and certificate upon passing
$599
Guided learning
Virtual Training + Certification
For beginner to intermediate learners who want instructor-led support.
• Online curriculum
• 2–3 day live virtual training
• Certification exam
$1099
Build our skills
Virtual Training Only
For learners who want to build practical skills without taking the exam immediately.
• Online curriculum
• 2–day live virtual training
• No certification exam included
$899
** Intermediate and advanced skill levels: 1+ years of experience in instructional design. Beginner and intermediate skill levels: <1 year experience in instructional design or eLearning content creation using Adobe Captivate.
Please note: If you are a past participant and had registered for this program after April 1, 2026, you are eligible for complimentary access to curriculum and certification exam. To avail of this, please fill out this form.
Build the skills and confidence to create engaging, interactive, and responsive digital learning experiences with the all-new Adobe Captivate. Learn to leverage multimedia, generative AI, simulations, accessibility, and assessments to streamline content creation, enhance learner engagement, and deliver measurable learning outcomes.
Getting started
- Introduction to the all-new Adobe Captivate and a tour of the new interface
- Creating your first course with Quick Start Projects, or from scratch
Build interactive content
- Creating infinite scroll projects
- Working with multi-state objects
- Adding interactions and animations
- Using interactive video, including bookmarks and knowledge-check overlays
- Using the widget gallery (Carousel, Timeline, Flip card, Hotspot, Drag-and-Drop) and configuring completion logic
Create engaging media with generative AI
- Adding and editing audio and video, including trim and closed-caption styling
- Using Text-to-Speech and generative avatar and voice features
- Importing PowerPoint slides as fully editable objects
Assess and report
- Creating quizzes and knowledge checks with question pools and randomization
- Configuring SCORM 2004 and xAPI tracking
Simulate software
- Creating software simulation projects
- Setting multi-attempt options, correct-answer alternatives etc
Design for everyone
- Making your project accessible with accessibility text, applying themes, presets, branding color libraries, and responsive design
- Going deeper on table of contents, playbar, and more
Publish
- Previewing and publishing courses to an LMS
For all the different training and certification offerings under Adobe Certified Professional: Adobe Captivate, participants are required to have access to their own laptop/desktop computer, with all-new Adobe Captivate installed in it. A free 30-day trial of this latest version of Adobe Captivate can also be downloaded at any time a participant wishes. Those without Adobe Captivate will NOT be able to complete or pass the assessment.
The assessment is an open book exam. Therefore, participants can keep their notes, books, etc. with them.
Online Certification
Apart from their laptop/desktop computer, participants are required to have access to their power, and internet connection.
The online certification assessment is proctored for exam security. Participants are required to have access to a microphone and webcam during the entire duration of the assessment test.
Virtual instructor-led training sessions
Participants must complete the pre-work online curriculum beforehand, to make optimal use of the virtual training. These sessions will provide hands-on experience of Adobe Captivate, as a recap of the online curriculum.
Participants need to download the classroom exercise files (which will be shared a week before the virtual session) and save them on their local drive/desktop. These are required to successfully follow along during the virtual workshop.
Apart from their laptop/desktop computer, participants are required to have access to their power, and internet connection.
$399
(33% off)
$799
(27% off)
$599
(33% off)
To receive the education discount, please first register for the program of your choice, skip the step to complete your payment after registration, and then email one of these acceptable forms of academic identification to ACPCaptivate@carahsoft.com. Once we receive your form of academic identification, we’ll notify you of approval and how to complete your discounted payment.
Payment is required for enrolling into the program, getting access to online training videos, and virtual training sessions.
This program is non-refundable. Under no circumstances will refunds be issued. The price covers the registration fee, access to online training content for 1 year, access to virtual training sessions, and the certificate and badge if the assessment is successfully passed.
Enterprise discount available for 10 or more participants. For more information, please email us at ACPCaptivate-Enterprise@adobe.com.
December 9-10, 2026 (virtual)
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