UNINETT Spreads New Technologies Across Norway With eCampus Program

UNINETT, a non-profit division of Norway’s Ministry of Education, develops and operates the country’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). The network connects more than 300,00 users across nearly 200 educational and research institutions in Norway, including all universities and most public colleges. The eCampus program within UNINETT was officially launched in 2012 due to demand from institutions and as an effort to better manage resources for both the Ministry of Education and the Continue reading

21st Century Genealogy: Snagit and Camtasia Help Family Historians Bring the Past to Life

How many times have we heard the adage “history repeats itself”? Or “those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it”? To many, the idea of history is enough to make them tune out. The idea of family history seems even more snooze inducing. Many of us immediately think of older relatives excitedly flipping through albums of faded news clippings and old photographs. But Lisa Louise Cooke has a completely different view of history and genealogy. To Lisa, genealogy is a window into the Continue reading

Point8020 Provides Training For All With The Help Of Camtasia

Martin Harwar recently contacted TechSmith wishing to acquire Camtasia licenses for his six-person company Point8020 in Warwickshire, UK. He wanted to establish Camtasia as the standard tool for his media production team. After giving his team access to Camtasia, Martin was kind enough to provide us a better look into the work Point8020 is doing: TechSmith: Could you tell us a little about your job and its demands? Martin: My business creates training videos using Camtasia that are directed Continue reading

TechSmith User from the Beginning

Meet Tim McLain, an avid marketer and TechSmith loyalist. Tim has held many exciting positions throughout his career, and has used TechSmith products in many of them. We came across Tim on Twitter and were excited to learn more about him, his career and his use of our products. TechSmith: Can you tell us a little about yourself? Tim: I’ve been a product developer and marketer for 19 years now, and am currently the Senior Marketing Manager at Netsertive, a fast-growing advertising technology Continue reading

“It’s Like Writing a Play:” Make Screencasts Painless with Storyboards, Scripts

Screencasting is daunting—it’s no secret. The time and energy it takes to record, edit and publish high-quality videos is often much longer than the end product. Many of us make the mistake of diving into the thick of a project as well. This tends to lead to hours of frustration, eventually pushing us away from our video project and toward cat videos on YouTube. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When John Shaw of BravoSolution reached out to us with a recorded Prezi presentation Continue reading

Camtasia, Cammpus Help Companies Build Branded Universities

In 2006, Brian Hayden noticed a need for training in the construction industry, specifically around the increasingly popular market for geothermal heating and cooling systems. Few contractors knew about such systems, and even fewer could be labeled “experts” able to teach others how to properly install geothermal systems in buildings. So, Brian decided to make a change. Over the next five years, Brian helped 6,000 contractors get the training they needed from top experts in renewable energy. Continue reading

Camtasia, Snagit Help First Responders Train for Their Jobs

Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube! Some people paint, some people build models, and others, like Georgianna Skinner, make videos. Georgianna has dedicated her life to education but likes to spend her spare time shooting, editing and tinkering with videos—so much so that it’s become her unofficial second job. When Georgianna isn’t managing the online education department at Florida Keys Community College, she’s creating videos for the school with Camtasia for Mac and Snagit. Who Continue reading