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Camtasia Studio 8: How We Use Hotspots

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If you've watched any of our video tutorials, you may have noticed that we usually include a clickable link to surveys or other tutorials. Well, as long as your videos are delivered through the TechSmith Smart Player, you can do the exact same thing!  You can do even more with a little creativity – like use hotspots to break a video into sections or create a custom table of contents. In the video below, I'll walk you through adding a clickable hotspot, and explain what it looks like Continue reading

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

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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

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

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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

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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

Meet Ron Hogue, 2012 ScreenChamp Training Category Winner

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At one point while working at a New Horizon's Computer Learning Center, Ron Hogue thought that screencasting was going to cause his job to disappear. The technology made it look as if instructors were no longer going to be needed, and if he didn't figure out the technology, he was done for. So that's exactly what he did. Ron went out and learned about screencasting and in December, he was the winner in the Training Category for the 2012 ScreenChamp Awards. His video, 5-ish Screencast Tips is Continue reading

Forge Episode 27 is now posted

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Missed the Forge? No worries, we've got it here: We talked with Jonathan Halls about video, and given his experience he knows a thing or two. Here are 9 tips that we pulled from the interview. Jonathan pointed out "Video gives a lot of exciting opportunity that we've never really had." "We get benefits of saving money, saving hassle, saving time, so forth, at the same time it is avery useful tool for learning. Video is not always good for learning, we got to be honest about that. The reason Continue reading

Bridging the Gap Between Online and Traditional College Courses

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We often share stories about flipping the classroom model or using educational videos to make room for one-on-one conversations between teachers and students. These approaches have made a huge difference for thousands of educators across the globe. But we don’t spend as much time discussing the human element that is key to any lasting educational endeavor. Brian McCarthy, a professor in the MBA program at Portland State University, is leading the charge when it comes to making videos and online Continue reading