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Free Background Music for Your E-learning Courses

Rapid eLearning

I like to add background audio to my screencast tutorials. Background music can mask some of the ambient noise. Free Background Music. Here are a couple of options that should provide most of the free background music you need. They have a good selection of music. This is my go-to for tutorials. Getting Started?

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How to Make a Screencast in 5 Easy Steps

TechSmith Camtasia

Thankfully, screencasts make creating videos more approachable. If you’re wanting to use more video in your presentations, trainings, or even emails (and I highly recommend you do), screencasts are a great place to start. What exactly is a screencast? You can think of a screencast as the video equivalent of a screenshot.

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How to Make a Screencast in 5 Easy Steps

TechSmith Camtasia

Thankfully, screencasts make creating videos more approachable. If you’re wanting to use more video in your presentations, trainings, or even emails (and I highly recommend you do), screencasts are a great place to start. What exactly is a screencast? You can think of a screencast as the video equivalent of a screenshot.

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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. When a student had an issue or a particularly interesting prototype, I could use it in my own example or highlight it on the class website. An example embed from CodePen: See the Pen LfiqI by Brian ( @bbennett ) on CodePen.

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8 Tips to Incorporate Screencasts Into Your Online Training Course

TechSmith Camtasia

There is a broad range of applications for screencasts in online training, from software product demos to POS system tutorials. Here are 8 tips to incorporate screencasts into your eLearning course design. If you plan on narrating your screencast, you should have a script on hand to stay on track.

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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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From flat to phat: New Camtasia feature drops the needle on screencasts

TechSmith Camtasia

Click on the new effect option, Rap-ify – and after a short re-render process, your video will be updated with a new music style makeover – music, voiceover, and general look and feel all will be updated. . We’re definitely open to musical requests, although each type comes with it’s own unique set of challenges.