TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A tutorial video on using a table saw can be good and so can one on making pivot tables in Microsoft Excel. At TechSmith, while we may not be sandwich artists, we know a thing or two about making video tutorials — including the essential elements that help make any tutorial video, training video, or software demo a good one.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 29, 2013

Shane Young has built a career on Microsoft SharePoint. He owned a business, he was named a Microsoft MVP, and he’s written multiple books — all focused on Microsoft SharePoint. Shortly thereafter, Shane was approached by a publisher to write a book about SharePoint. They may only have one shot to capture a process (e.g.,

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 12, 2019

Defining your audience is one of the most important parts of writing a user manual. Writing your copy. For example, if I wanted to explain the blur tool in Snagit, I would write something like this: “Our blur tool is useful for many situations. In this guide, we will talk about everything you need to make a stunning user manual.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 13, 2013

Lynn is a former Microsoft employee who now acts as a BigData consultant. She first began piecing together the outline of what would eventually become Teaching Kids Programming a few years ago when she started a local series of events for Microsoft’s Digigirlz program. Meet Lynn and Llewellyn. Lynn Langit.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 16, 2013

Shelley Wright’s blog, “ Flip This: Bloom’s Taxonomy Should Start with Creating “, proposes an idea that leverages what we know about the way humans learn: we generally start not with remembering a set of facts, formulas or knowledge sets; we start with a productive goal in mind. You’ve seen these online. They disagreed.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 12, 2018

In Microsoft Word, for example, right-click on the image and choose Add Alt Text. In programs like Microsoft Word, there is no way to check the spelling or grammar of your alt text, so you’ll want to be extra careful. Many content creation tools, such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat come with useful accessibility checkers.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Some researchers at Microsoft have done something really creative for their screencasts using PIP! So, you'll see all the detail of what they're writing on the whiteboard up front and center in the screencast, plus you view the presenter in the PIP window. Typically PIP usually shows a webcam recording or sometimes an image.

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Spark Your Interest

JANUARY 26, 2021

Customer education pre-purchase takes many forms and often includes the following: Blog posts, e-books, and podcasts – direct to a customers inbox. While you can do tutorials as a blog post or as a series of images on your website, a video has by far the highest engagement rates. Write discussion posts. Codecademy.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 11, 2017

Writing a script can take time, but can save a lot of time when you start creating your video. Download a Script Template with Examples (Microsoft Word). You can even write down what the shot is, so you don’t forget. The post How to Make Video: Before Starting Your First Video, Part 2 appeared first on TechSmith Blogs.

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 10, 2015

As of the date of this post, Microsoft does not make it available as separate product. Your Microsoft Account rep can probably help you sort it out. The best and most up-to-date source for this will always be Microsoft’s own website; the information here is current as of this writing.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 3, 2018

You should write a script that will act as your captions for your video or if you don’t have a script, consider having your video transcribed. Writing a script can take time, but can save a lot of time when you start creating your video. Download a Script Template with Examples (Microsoft Word). Learn more about Scripting.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 6, 2021

Many people think of Microsoft PowerPoint as live presentation software. Let me introduce you to TechSmith Audiate — the easiest way to record and edit voice over. Learn more about writing great scripts here. But that all changed with TechSmith Audiate. TechSmith Camtasia is a powerful, but easy-to-use video editor.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 23, 2021

Write a script. Taking the time to write this out before recording helps ensure that you will cover everything you want to without the danger of meandering off into unrelated topics. Start by outlining the points you want to make, and then write the full script based on that outline. Record your voice over.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 20, 2020

It can be time-consuming to try and put everything into a Microsoft Word document, for instance. Snagit 2020 comes stocked with templates, but you can also download dozens more with TechSmith Assets for Snagit. It probably took me longer to write out the steps than it did to create this little quick-reference guide.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In this post, I’m going to describe how to perform Ruby UI automation on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X using one test application. The TechSmith Relay team has long used automated tests to perform nightly regression testing to make sure that we haven’t broken core parts of our application with the day’s code check-ins.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Skip writing pages of notes. At TechSmith, we often interview customers to learn how they use visuals in their jobs, and will record the calls rather than just relying on handwritten notes. We even have a blog showing results with screencasts to help you get started. This can make the approval process go much faster.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 19, 2019

Write down each step of the workflow that you will include in your documentation. From there, many people will copy and paste their screenshots (combined or not) to Microsoft Word, and add instructional text in-between them. The post How to Document a Process in Just a Few Clicks appeared first on Welcome to the TechSmith Blog.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Skip writing pages of notes. At TechSmith, we often interview customers to learn how they use visuals in their jobs, and will record the calls rather than just relying on handwritten notes. We even have a blog showing results with screencasts to help you get started. This can make the approval process go much faster.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Skip writing pages of notes. At TechSmith, we often interview customers to learn how they use visuals in their jobs, and will record the calls rather than just relying on handwritten notes. We even have a blog showing results with screencasts to help you get started. This can make the approval process go much faster.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 27, 2018

Either writing emails or reading them; no one can digest an entire novella with every email. 3 Ways Screenshots make your Microsoft Word Doc, PowerPoint, and Email Better. The post How Screen Capture Can Make Your Life Easier appeared first on TechSmith Blog. Explain a document to a client.

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mLearning Revolution

DECEMBER 18, 2014

I’m feeling refreshed and ready for round two with new ideas for my blog, books, courses on mLearning, presentations, and excited to take on a new projects for organizations looking to mobilize their learning. Kudos to TechSmith! Skype Translator – Microsoft has been busy working on some exciting technology for Skype.

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mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

OnPoint stepped up to plate here – to satiate pent-up demand in some and spark new interest in others – by introducing an integrated set of social features that blend “formal with informal” with support for PRIVATE mobile discussion forums, access to blogs and wikis, and support for mobile captured/user-generated content. Maybe next year.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 12, 2018

You COULD write your thoughts in an email and send it along to the team, which might look something like this: Hey everyone! First, it took me less time to grab a quick screenshot and mark it up than it did to write out the numbered list of changes. Skip writing pages of notes. The new homepage looks AMAZING! Better emails.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 4, 2018

Instead of writing a lengthy email with edits, take a screenshot and wow your coworker with excellent, efficient feedback. These methods work with different versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 8 and Windows 10. In the Notifications area, click the red TechSmith Snagit icon to open the Capture window on the screen.

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