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Designing a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia

TechSmith Camtasia

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offer instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed.

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Teaching with Screencasts and Rapid Prototyping

TechSmith Camtasia

Part of where I struggled was writing up files for demos and examples each day for a lesson. Rather than writing out entire documents and refreshing the browser to see the effect, I start by prototyping in services like CodePen or jsFiddle. What About Screencasting? Using screencasts, I can do the same thing.

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Behind the Scenes - How We Create Screencasts

TechSmith Camtasia

I was absolutely blown away at the number of screencast examples many of you shared on this recent blog post. The screencast that was listed the most in your feedback was one done our Instructional Designer, Ryan Eash. I wanted to make sure everyone saw this screencast. Topics include: Writing a script.

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Here’s How We Share Results With Our Teams at TechSmith (and It Doesn’t Involve Another Long Email)

TechSmith Camtasia

You’re probably tired of writing lengthy emails in response to “How’s that project going?” At TechSmith, we use a screencast — recording your screen as you present information — because it’s one of the best and easiest ways to share project information. How to use screencasts to report on project results.

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Designing a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia

TechSmith Camtasia

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offers instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed. Students can watch a screencast video at their convenience, pausing and reviewing as often as needed.

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The Top 9 Screen Recording Tips That Will Make You a Better Creator (With Video)

TechSmith Camtasia

Before you make your first screencast , these nine essential tips will help you create a quality screen recording that you’ll want to share. Write down as much as you need to stay focused. Write down general talking points, or even a full script, to keep your narration focused and concise. Length can impact effectiveness.

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How to Create Engaging Video-based eLearning

Association eLearning

If you’re a regular reader of our blog you already know how much we love storytelling and are probably familiar with “ The Story Arc Model ,” as described in this blog post from our President and Creative Director, Jack McGrath. The ideal B-roll, depending on your content is a recorded screencast. 5) Incorporate B-roll. “B-roll”

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