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What is Camtasia?• Multimedia authoring tool by Techsmith• Record– Voice– Screen–Webcam

• Import– Audio– Video– Images

• Export–Multiple formats (MP4, WMV, MOV, etc.)

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Some Examples

•What is Camtasia?– http://www.uwstout.edu/static/lts/tutorials/camtasia/what_is_camtasia.wvx

• Ann Brand• http://www.uwstout.edu/static/lts/streams/branda/intelligence.wvx

• Tom Scheiding• http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lts/streams/scheidingt/Monopoly.html• http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lts/streams/scheidingt/PricingTheory_part1.html

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Do Students Like It? (student quotes)• They were EXTREMELY helpful in my studying habits!• I enjoyed the videos and I feel that they really helped me with the tests and quizzes.• I knew when I was having trouble understanding something I could look on the

videos and it was broken down better and explained better on the videos.• I found the video lectures to be very helpful! It is very helpful to have the concepts

explained in detail like in the video lectures.• I don't know that I will ever be confident when it comes to Econ but I thought your

videos gave me a better understanding on what I was doing.• The best thing about the recorded lectures was that I was able to watch them on

my own time and where ever I was. I found that was extremely helpful when it came time to watch them.

• I was able to stop the lecture and go back to take notes which helped me study for quizzes and exams.

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Recording

• Screencasts: Your actions on screen•Mini-lectures: Your PowerPoint lectures• Camera– Video of you–Picture-in-picture during screencast or lecture

• Anything you can show on screen

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Importing

• Audio–Sound files for instruction• Types of different music• Famous recorded speeches• Interviews with experts

–Background music

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Importing

• Video–Other recordings of yours–Famous speeches–Historic events –Interviews–Instructional video

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Importing

• Images–Photgraphs–Charts, tables–Images to go with audio files

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Exporting

• Flash outputs (MP4, SWF, FLV)–Can be used in D2L

•WMV–Can be streamed and linked to from D2L

•MOV• AVI•M4V (iPod, iPhone, iTunes compatible)

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What Else?• Title slides–Titles, credits

• Callouts–Arrows, text boxes

• Transitions–Smooth segues between sections

• Zoom & Pan• Captions

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What Else?• Voice Narration–Voice over existing project

• Zoom & Pan–Zoom in on screen sections

• Cursor Effects–Highlight cursor in action

• Captions–Add text captions (deaf, hard of hearing, ESL)

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Possible Uses

• Course Welcome video• Software demo/instruction/tutorial• Video of dangerous/costly experiment• Chapter/module overview•Mini-lectures (5-10 minutes)• Other?

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Tips for Success

• Have a plan• Learn the tools• Assemble needed materials–Copyright permissions?

• Distribute• Accept feedback from students, colleagues• D2L Student survey available

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Helpful Resources• Creative Commons (licensed content)–http://creativecommons.org/

• Flickr Creative Commons (images)–http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

• Dig CC Mixter (background music)–http://dig.ccmixter.org/

• Free Learning Objects (rich media resources)–http://freelearningobjects.wikispaces.com

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Contact LTS

• Contact LTS for•Multimedia consulting• Camtasia training• Camtasia recording room

• You can schedule training and/or lab time

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Questions?

Rich Berg

715-232-1223

bergr@uwstout.edu