5 Tips for Creating Engaging Instructional Videos with Camtasia Slides = bit.ly/camtasia5tips31417
What is Camtasia? Create professional-quality videos with Camtasia’s powerful screen recording and video editing tools. Create training materials, educational content, product overviews, marketing videos, and more.
What is Camtasia? Windows Recorder Mac Recorder
What makes a video engaging? Have you ever watched a video that you felt was engaging? If so…what made it engaging?
Video is the next best thing to actually being there. Create your videos so your students think you are sitting right next to them.
Tip #1 = Put yourself in your video Use a webcam ... make that connection ... hide it … then bring it back.
Sample video: https://www.screencast.com/t/1cpcSmyY6z7 Sample video with a quiz and hotspot: https://www.screencast.com/t/br2BrAPTUa
Tip #2 and #3 = Avoid the ‘sit-n-git’ videos Build in areas asking your viewers to do something. Quiz question … Callout (write this down / this is important / etc.)
Tip #4 = Use library media and animations Utilize the Library media in Camtasia with the animated backgrounds … or add Behavior animations to media to draw attention to important information.
Tip #5 = Add interactive hotspots Hotspot (pause / complete task / resume) … or direct your viewers to visit a website for more information … or give them choices of what to learn more about
Sharing Interactive Camtasia Videos Quizzing | Table of Contents | Closed Captions | Hotspots Requires the TechSmith Player Screencast.com TechSmith Relay Host on your own website www.screencast.com Free = 2 GB | 2 GB Pro* = 25 GB | 200 GB *EDU = $49 per year
When do I have time to do all of this? Ask yourself this question... Does it have to be perfect, or do I need it by Tuesday?
Bonus Tip Use your mobile device to capture real-world video = Sunscreen Math Use the free TechSmith Fuse mobile app to transfer the video into Camtasia
Resources Camtasia tutorials Free product trials https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia-9-3.html Free product trials https://www.techsmith.com/download.html TechSmith Fuse - mobile companion app for Snagit and Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/fuse.html *Education Pricing https://www.techsmith.com/volume-license-education.html $169 new purchase | $84.50 upgrade from earlier version
Let me know if I can help... Ryan Eash | Learning and Development Specialist TechSmith | r.eash@techsmith.com | @ryaneash (517) 381-2300 x589 Desk | (252) 299-2130 Cell Slides = bit.ly/camtasia5tips31417