CamtasiaScreen Capture Software

Version 7

Dominic Bygate D.Bygate@herts.ac.uk

Aims of Workshop

• Get a sense of what Camtasia can do • Consider the pedagogical perspective • Use Camtasia for simple video

production• Think about how you might use it in your

teaching

Headset

green – earphonered - microphone

Mute and headphone

volume

Camtasia Sound Check

Camtasia

• What can it do?– Narrated Screen Capture– Narrated PowerPoint

• What can I use it for?– Demonstration– Tutorial video– Lecture

Camtasia Examples

Simple Screen capturehttp://tinyurl.com/3zfqbf6

Help Available From• LTI Homepage:• http://www.studynet2.herts.ac.uk/intranet/lti.nsf/Homepage?ReadForm• Short Video Tutorials available at: • http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-current.html• Camtasia Studio Documentation:

http://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-documentation.htmlExporting Real Video from Camtasia:http://tinyurl.com/6evnbst

• Using the Video Portal:http://www.studynet1.herts.ac.uk/videoportal.nsf/

Four Stages of Camtasia Production

1. Record2. Edit3. Produce

choose format eg MP4,real Player etc4. Make available online

StudyNet, Video Server, Internet

What about the pedagogy!

What about the pedagogy?• Probably not a good idea to migrate

current practice to an online version• Think about :

– how do you want students to engage with the material

– How will active learning take place– What formative assessment is pertinent here– How long can students concentrate on a … zzzzzz

Video Editing

TimelineTimeline

ZoomCalloutAudio

Callouts

Workshop tasks

• Produce a narrated screen capture video to show how to use a resource for example;– Use voyager search a journal database– Demonstrate how to add column of numbers in

Microsoft Excel• Edit your video

Ways to Record PowerPointFrom within PowerPoint

From within Camtasia Studio

After Recording1. At the end of the recording; choose

whether to Stop Recording or Continue Recording.

If you choose to Continue Recording, click the Stop Recording button in the PowerPoint recording toolbar.

2. After you save the file, choose whether to:

• Produce your recording. or

• Edit your recording before producing it.

 

Cancelling a Recording1. Press

2. When the Save Camtasia Recording As… dialog box appears,

click Cancel.

3. When the dialog box appears asking if you are sure you want to delete the current video capture, click Yes.