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eLearning & Training: How Long is Too Long?

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The student sat motionless, with eyes shut for about a minute and a half, pen still poised. If your slide contains some voiceover audio, a text caption or two, and an interactive object controlling navigation (such as a button or click box), 15-20 seconds is perfect. The class had started at one o'clock. Then he just nodded off.

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Chomp, chomp chomp! Welcome ScreenChomp and TechSmith Labs!

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I'm happy to share with you a new iPad app that we've been working on at TechSmith. You can draw using twelve different pen colors. We're also launching TechSmith Labs. TechSmith labs will be the place where we can foster innovative products and features. Twelve pen colors. Today I get to do that! Meet ScreenChomp!

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5 Tips You Can Use Right Now to Improve the Feedback Loop

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You might assign someone else to focus on more technical aspects, such as the audio quality, or issues with color. At TechSmith, we use Video Review. You can upload documents as well, and with the handy Draw option, you can add a box around a section, an arrow, or use the freehand pen tool to show exactly what you mean.

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The Ultimate Guide: What is Screencasting and Why Use it?

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A screencast is a digital video recording of your computer screen and usually includes audio narration. Give students audio-visual feedback (the next best thing to a 1:1 conversation). So the next time a webpage, PDF, or video edit is sent to you for feedback, consider dropping the red pen and record a screencast instead!

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ISTE2013 Presenter Profiles: Kristin Daniels

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The TechSmith Education team will be heading down to San Antonio this year for the Annual Conference and Exposition, and we’re eager to hang out with all of our presenter pals at our booth. She penned a guest post on our blog about flipped professional development earlier this year. We’re SO excited for ISTE 2013 !

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Top 5 List of Products for Screencasters from CES

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It can be difficult to get great audio on video cameras using the built in microphone. This microphone will give you professional sounding audio with your Flip video camera. It can capture full 1080p HD video and it has an external microphone jack so I can get great sounding professional audio.

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Time Saver Tuesday - Snagit Quick Styles

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It might be a tip to show you a feature in one of our products that could save you time or a general tip about screencasting, presenting, audio or similar topics. First, create the object you want to save, like an arrow, callout, shape, text box, pen object, or highlight color. And, that is to bring you a weekly Time Saver Tuesday tip.

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