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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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Designing a PowerPoint Screencast Using Camtasia

TechSmith Camtasia

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offers 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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The Ultimate Guide: What is Screencasting and Why Use it?

TechSmith Camtasia

A screencast is a digital video recording of your computer screen and usually includes audio narration. Screencasting not only saves you time answering the same questions over and over, but it has been proven that 80% of viewers can recall a video they have seen in the past 30 days. Common examples of screencasts are: Tutorials.

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Make your Screencasts Pop in 3D!

TechSmith Camtasia

One of my favorite screencasters, Paolo Tosolini has shared his tips to make your screencasts stand out from the crowd! He helped make a screencast that had a ROI of $2.4 In this guest blog post, Paolo will share how to make your screencasts pop like they're in 3D! Open PowerPoint 2010 and create a blank new slide.

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What is Screencasting?

TechSmith Camtasia

Screencasting is when you record a video of your computer screen, oftentimes for teaching or sharing ideas. Common examples of screencasts are onscreen tutorials , video lessons , or slideshare presentations. Screencasts add a personal touch in ways that other methods (I’m looking at you PowerPoint decks and written proposals!)

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The 12 Days of Screencasting - On the Twelfth Day.

TechSmith Camtasia

We're at the end of our 12 Day of Screencasting series. Today, professional screencaster and Camtasia trainer, Axel Becker shares his tips with you about voice training in a screencast! The screencast runs just 2:35 minutes! We're at the end of our 12 Day of Screencasting series. Today, professional.

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Suggestions Needed - Screencaster Suggested Reading List

TechSmith Camtasia

I recently had a request by email to share a list of suggested books for screencasters. And, I was also thinking about different elements of a screencast -prep, planning, writing, graphics, presentation, storytelling and promotion. Great screencasts start with great writing. Use these tricks to make better screencasts.