As I was about to enter my second year of teaching and first year teaching AP Calculus, I called my former teacher, coach, and mentor Steve Kelly to pick his brain about some aspects of the curriculum. I don’t think the class would be near the quality if we weren’t working on it together. First, almost all our videos were made using Steve’s interactive projector and Camtasia screencasting and editing software. Guest post by Zach Cresswell. It all started at a bakery. MORE

Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 12PM – 1PM PT : Comparing the elearning Titans: Adobe Captivate vs. Articulate Storyline vs. TechSmith Camtasia Welcome to the eLearning tool slug-fest. If you’d like to follow along with your instructor, install trial versions of Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and TechSmith Camtasia prior to the webinar. “ Nature, heart, love ” by Bea GB is licensed by Pixabay. With February comes romance—are you feeling the love? MORE

Using Camtasia and Blue Yeti microphones, they produced 995 videos in the first 20 months and more since then. Avaya used Camtasia and Blue Yeti microphones to create their Youtube training videos. Knerr’s team evaluated a number of video production software suites and settled on Camtasia , the screen-recording and video editing tool from TechSmith. The team also purchased high-quality microphones called the Blue Yeti. At a glance. MORE

Those are the key stats around the Avaya Mentor program, our fast-growing set of how-to YouTube videos for Avaya products that my team and I have been producing. Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at the semi-annual Technology Services World (TSW) Conference , hosted by the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) on the Avaya Mentor program, which I had also written about last August. We also went with a high-quality $80 USB microphone called the Blue Yeti. MORE

One of the things I recognize is the quality we share, is that you have an incredible work ethic. There’s another quality you have, which is being a lifelong learner and a commitment to continuous improvement. MORE

As online programs grow in importance, it’s crucial that faculty have the tools and guidance they need to create quality online course videos. One of the keys to training faculty to create quality online course videos is to start with a video platform that is easy to use. Due to feedback from faculty that captioning can be time-consuming, the committee suggests ways to yield the most accurate captions at the first pass, including: Record quality audio. MORE

Tricia Broderick joined TechSmith in 2008 and is the Director of Development for the web and enterprise services product family, which includes, Jing, Screencast.com, Camtasia Relay and Web Presence. In this role, Tricia manages the engineering team and helps them deliver high quality products on time that meet customer demand and market needs. She has always been a firm believer in mentoring, training and coaching as key skill sets to becoming a great leader. MORE

Coaching and Mentoring tools (mobile is a key component). Analyticals and reporting (quality and quantity). You get items such as a course verification tool (ensuring that all coding is correct and your course does not have any errors), create videos tool (example: Camtasia) and the list goes on. Thus, from a price standpoint, price plays a partial factor in quality, but it is truly dependent on the custom development shop. Coach and Mentoring tools . MORE