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5 Tips for Creating Engaging Instructional Videos with Camtasia
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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.
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What is Camtasia? Windows Recorder Mac Recorder
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What makes a video engaging?
Have you ever watched a video that you felt was engaging? If so…what made it engaging?
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Video is the next best thing to actually being there.
Create your videos so your students think you are sitting right next to them.
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Tip #1 = Put yourself in your video
Use a webcam ... make that connection ... hide it … then bring it back.
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Sample video: https://www.screencast.com/t/1cpcSmyY6z7
Sample video with a quiz and hotspot:
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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.)
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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.
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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
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Sharing Interactive Camtasia Videos
Quizzing | Table of Contents | Closed Captions | Hotspots Requires the TechSmith Player Screencast.com TechSmith Relay Host on your own website Free = 2 GB | 2 GB Pro* = 25 GB | 200 GB *EDU = $49 per year
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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?
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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
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Resources Camtasia tutorials Free product trials
Free product trials TechSmith Fuse - mobile companion app for Snagit and Camtasia *Education Pricing $169 new purchase | $84.50 upgrade from earlier version
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Let me know if I can help... Ryan Eash | Learning and Development Specialist TechSmith | (517) x589 Desk | (252) Cell Slides = bit.ly/camtasia5tips31417
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