And, they don’t just learn better, they actually learn faster, and they perform better, too. No more hunting for your most-used callouts, transitions, or other tools and effects. TechSmith Snagit. Sure, your computer’s operating system comes with the ability to take a screenshot, but Snagit is so much more than that. When it comes to creating outstanding tutorial, how-to, educational, and/or customer education content, Camtasia and Snagit are the ultimate power couple. MORE

So, if you want to learn more about how to effectively teach students from a distance in 2020, you’ll love the information in this guide. Create Effective Course Videos [Checklist]. Unfortunately, it can be a challenge for many educators to find the time to create effective online courses. Entire school districts and campuses are being forced to create online-based learning opportunities and do it effectively. They must perform well in an online setting. MORE

Screencasts can include music, voice narration, and animated text, or they can be simpler and show only the on-screen action and result. If you use music, voice narration, screen video and animated callouts, you can overload your viewer with information. Perform several “takes,” replaying them after production to see ways of improving the video. Applications like Camtasia and Snagit record anything on your screen. MORE

Voice Overs and Screen Captures. There are a myriad of ways to put together a great training video, but I wanted to take you through how we do this at Mindflash to give you some insight on how to get great sounding audio for your voice overs and compelling screen captures and video. The AKG 820 is the microphone used in most Mindflash voice overs. It is commonly used in the professional recording industry for capturing vocal performances as well as instruments in the studio. MORE

Use this list of resources as a guide to help you transition to effective remote work and learning environments. A flipped meeting will save time and improve performance for your entire team. Snagit makes it easy to record your information ahead of time so everyone can come to the meeting prepared. Learn more about Snagit or Camtasia, and boost your knowledge of general visual content creation. MORE

Voice Overs and Screen Captures. There are a myriad of ways to put together a great training video, but I wanted to take you through how we do this at Mindflash to give you some insight on how to get great sounding audio for your voice overs and compelling screen captures and video. The AKG 820 is the microphone used in most Mindflash voice overs. It is commonly used in the professional recording industry for capturing vocal performances as well as instruments in the studio. MORE

Get data to share effective online teaching practices. Winner of an Aspen Prize Rising Star Award based on student engagement, retention, and performance, administrators at Odessa College carefully monitor success rates, but not just of students. Getting comfortable with their own voice. Not being comfortable with their own voice is a common complaint you may hear while training faculty to create quality online course videos. MORE

Screencasting allows you to train your new hires effectively and free up your time. For example, Snagit user Chad Ridderson now closes 50% of his cold sales bids simply by adding screencasts to his email proposals. Recording a screencast allows the person on the other end to actually hear your voice, and provides important context to your words. Use Snagit to record your screen as you walk through the process. What is Screencasting? MORE

So, we’re the makers of Snagit and Camtasia. Content Wrangler, which does a, a benchmarking survey every couple of years, recently, showed that Snagit’s number one and Camtasia’s number eight among all the software tools that Technical Communicators have in their toolbox. And, one of the things I get to do, as a Strategy Lead, is to help set the direction for Snagit. Do visuals actually help people perform tasks better? MORE

67% of employees perform better when they are communicated with visually compared to text alone. But it can be difficult to effectively communicate this way when you’re not seeing people face-to-face and have fewer individual interactions with them. If you don’t want to create your own templates or need some help starting out , TechSmith Snagit and Camtasia offer great image and video templates for everything from basic walkthroughs to online quizzing. MORE

You were able to easily measure your content’s effectiveness and student performance. By humanizing your content and leveraging the benefits of asynchronous communication and learning, you can create courses that are as effective — or even more effective — as face-to-face learning. They can also be used to shape and guide a long-term strategy for creating more effective online learning for better student outcomes. How to build an effective online course. MORE