TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Janet believes that by preparing a structured lesson plan, you can be a more confident educator, delivering more effective online learning. The Madeline Hunter lesson plan is a tried and tested structure that Janet has updated to fit the online educator’s needs. Writing the micro-learning lecture should be very quick.

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APRIL 21, 2021

In this episode, I share lessons learned for making engaging video from my own experience in the video industry. To learn more about how to unlock the power of storytelling in your videos, check out the Basics: Writing and Using Scripts course at the TechSmith Academy. Be conversational. Don’t be afraid of color.

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JUNE 15, 2018

On a whim, I started a public blog about my work. In addition to blogging, I started tweeting about the topics that interested me and some of the unique scenarios I encountered. Suddenly I was teaching online courses, presenting tech demonstrations on YouTube, and writing on other sites. Check out TechSmith Academy.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Written by guest author, Ben Rimes and adapted from his blog post “ 4 Recursive Practices for Teaching and Learning ” for the Learning Lounge newsletter. Have your students write their thoughts down while thinking through a difficult assignment or task; carve out some time for reflection at the end of each of your units.

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TechSmith Camtasia

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

That includes product videos, how-to videos, tutorial videos, or educational lessons. If you are having trouble with something or want to learn a new topic, do you gravitate toward a great online video or a wordy blog post? We’ve seen great success with this type of content at TechSmith. So what does this all mean?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Rather than spending hours writing up lesson plans for them to try to follow, why not create video instructions for substitutes and your students to watch together? TechSmith Fuse and/or Camtasia. Open up the lesson plan (slides, document, etc.) What do I need? For on-screen only instructions: 1.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Before I was hired at TechSmith I wouldn’t have been able to tell you the first thing about how a website works. I’ve only been with TechSmith for 4 years now (the first year in sales) but I’ve established my career as an in-house Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing Analytics specialist. Contact Me: Twitter: @crbawden.

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JUNE 16, 2015

ISTE 2015 is on the horizon, and the TechSmith Education team is gearing up for the biggest K12 conference of the year. Students all gather information or write in Spanish in a shared Google Slides presentation where each student has his/her own slide. In addition, TechSmith Relay allows teachers to quiz students throughout the video.

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TechSmith Camtasia

DECEMBER 16, 2014

But, with video creation tools and video lessons, professors are finding ways to create the compelling, engaging content online students crave. One professor who has excelled at creating digital content for her students is Danielle DeVoss, Professor of Professional Writing and the Director of Digital Humanities at Michigan State University.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 29, 2014

At TechSmith, we are passionate about creating great software and keeping up with the latest technology. They also allow you to explore new technology before it might be ready to be integrated into our TechSmith apps. I have been writing programs since High School. That passion does not stop when we leave the office.

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JULY 10, 2012

Her students use TechSmith’s recordable whiteboard app ScreenChomp on iPad to improve their skills at speaking and writing Japanese. “Their videos become personal flash cards, review lessons for a classmate, and a record of progress over the semester.” Leave a comment here on the blog or Tweet to @TechSmithEDU.

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MARCH 13, 2013

So I used my professional background and modeled lessons off of what I thought my daughter would want to see in technology courses to get the Orange County group up and running.”. Though Llewellyn wasn’t affiliated with an official program, he had tons of lessons and information to share with his students. Building the program.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offer instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. There are two ways to acquire screencast videos to use with a lesson: Find a screencast video that is already available from YouTube, Kahn Academy , neoK12 , or other sources. Guest post by Michael F. Ruffini, Ed.D.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These types of video lessons are traditionally created by instructional designers and can require a dedicated learning management system and special authoring tools. Write a clear video title: Your title should clearly state the problem that your video is solving, how it is presented, and the product it applies to.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 25, 2012

So if you want to co-lead a session on copyright and fair use with Shannon, or learn a thing or two about blogging from Erin, this post may be your perfect starting point. Outside of the TechSmith family I also use PowerPoint , Audacity and GarageBand. She also runs her own tech-savvy blog. Shannon Sellars. Least favorite?

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Instead of focusing mainly on the teacher, now lessons are much more student-oriented and learners actively participate in shaping the learning process. Our main goal is to gain more time with students during the lessons so that we can use it to actively engage them in many different ways. Our Basic Concept. Tutorial Videos.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Record bite-size video lessons (ditch the loooonnnnng lectures). According to a recent study conducted by TechSmith about video viewership, most people prefer videos that are 6 – 15 minutes long. You can even record lessons on the sticky topics that you notice students struggle with again and again. Flip a lesson.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Part of where I struggled was writing up files for demos and examples each day for a lesson. Rather than writing out entire documents and refreshing the browser to see the effect, I start by prototyping in services like CodePen or jsFiddle. Why Rapid Prototypes? Using screencasts, I can do the same thing.

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MAY 22, 2013

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. This past spring Graham recently finished writing his Master’s thesis titled ‘ Student Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom.’

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JULY 10, 2013

Get happy: TechSmith’s annual ScreencastCamp is just three weeks away! I loved creating mini lessons for my students with it, so I went nuts. I made all my writing lessons available to my 7th grade students on my website. This week we’re getting to know the #ladygeeks , Shari Sloane and Katie Regan.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 10, 2020

We will walk you through nine tips that can get you through writing an informative, knowledge base article. To write an effective knowledge base article Here are five questions, which will help you develop excellent customer education content : What is the goal of the content? Write better knowledge base articles today.

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JUNE 5, 2013

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. On top of problem solving, Brian serves as a conduit for teachers to work with TechSmith. We’re SO excited for ISTE 2013 !

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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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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

One of the most valuable lessons this book teaches is that a good story doesn’t just appear. I recommend using mind maps to write down all ideas belonging to a project. How to Write a Good Script. The post Crafting a Good Story for Your Product Video (free ebook) appeared first on TechSmith Blogs.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

The end result is equivalent to the idea of students writing their work on the board. During whole class instruction, I can’t really keep track of what each student is and isn’t writing down because I am typically in a static location in the classroom. Lessons Learned.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 20, 2015

TechSmith is proud to be part of the 8th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium 2015 , where educators share ideas and best practices for using the latest technology to transform teaching and learning. Technology adds spice to a subject where most students struggle – writing!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Whether an emerging or experienced flipped educator, where the video comes in your lesson is up for discussion. Below are links to just a few examples of when to use video – at the beginning to transfer basic knowledge, in the middle of the lesson to deepen the learning cycle, or to give your students their assignments.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offers instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. There are two ways to acquire screencast videos to use with a lesson: Find a screencast video that is already available from YouTube, Kahn Academy, neoK12, or other sources. Guest post by Michael F. Ruffini, Ed.D.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 4, 2018

Or add an air of authority to reinforce their lesson. How would you caption a lesson on the violin? When writing content for subtitling, these tips are also helpful to consider, such as reading speed and length. The post How to Add Captions or Subtitles to a Video appeared first on TechSmith Blog.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Mistakes Were Made, Lessons Were Learned. Write your script. Of course, the idea that you have while writing the script may change when you actually start recording – that’s okay. The post Screencasting: From Script to Screen appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. Screencasting is all about process.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 7, 2020

Concise video lessons. The rollout of TechSmith Knowmia last fall was very much a driver of that whole strategy. We’re still in the throes of educating faculty about shorter, more frequent videos, as opposed to recording two-hour-long lessons,” said Cindy. “We Intro video. Course navigation video. Walkthrough videos.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 23, 2021

With pre-recorded educational videos, students can watch lessons and lectures on their own schedule, consuming as much or as little of the content as they can. Great educational videos — like great in-person lessons — should be engaging for students, keeping them interested and actively listening. Write a script.

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MARCH 11, 2020

TechSmith has helped millions of first-time digital content creators create and share images and videos across corporate and academic settings. Blog Posts. Browse our blog for other topics or reach out to us on Twitter or Facebook where we can provide quick responses to your questions. TechSmith Academy. Other Resources.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Some students turn on audio descriptions simply because they prefer to hear the video lesson. Whether they’re jogging, reviewing a video lesson at night with headphones while their roommate sleeps, or watching videos on a jostling bus, there are many reasons why having the option to treat the lecture like a podcast makes sense.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Step 2: Write a storyboard and script. How to Make Tutorial Videos | Camtasia | TechSmith. Write a storyboard and script. Before you go any further, write a script. Write your script like your explaining the process to a friend. Editing In-Depth | Camtasia | TechSmith. Step 3: Record your narration.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

If lots of people are getting value from a blog, YouTube video, or podcast that you’ve created, this is a good indicator of what can work in your online course. For example, if your blog details a topic’s ‘what’, your course can reveal the ‘how’. Maybe you’ve written a blog post about SEO, and now you want to teach an SEO course.

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