Edge I have moved this discussion to the Captivate forum. Based off the description of what you are looking to accomplish I believe Captivate will be the correct solution for you.
You are welcome to try a copy of Captivate for 30 days from http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?loc=en%5Fus&product=captiv ate to evaluate the software for yourself.
Also we have a Getting Started forum for Adobe Captivate at http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_captivate/adobe_captivate_gett ingstarted. This would be a great place to post regarding suggestions on learning resources as well as if you have any getting started type questions. There are also several other topic specific forums which can be accessed from the main Captivate forum at http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_captivate.