Calling all TechSmith users – We need Champions!

Are you a power user of TechSmith products? Or perhaps you're not a power user, but you would love to learn more and get rewarded for it? We invite you to join the TechSmith Community today! What is the TechSmith Community? We have a wonderful community of users who help each other out with questions, share new ideas, and make suggestions for product improvements and features. Anyone who buys, tries, or knows about our products can benefit from this community. What exactly is a Champion? Photo Continue reading

Introducing the TechSmith Social Media Team

Why, hello You might be a subscriber to our blogs, interact with us on Twitter, and/or check out our Facebook pages every once in a while… but you’re still wondering, who are the people behind all this social media magic, and what’s in it for me? Well, you’re in for a treat. Who are we? Renee (@badrar) I am the Online Community Specialist at TechSmith. I serve as a TechSmith champion to maintain, grow, and work with a variety of communities who are engaged with TechSmith products and Continue reading

Survey: TechSmith Community and YOU!

Hello out there!  As Austin Powers once said, “Allow myself to introduce…….myself”.  My name is Renee Badra and I am excited to be in a brand spanking-new position here at TechSmith called an ‘Online Community Specialist’!  In my previous position, I managed the TechSmith Customer Service Department for many years.  Now I am part of the Marketing Department and will be working with the social media team to engage with YOU…our customers and friends (I hope)! What does community Continue reading

Giving Students Audio-Visual Feeback

Cross-posted from: Academic Technology @ Keene State College. Thanks to Judy Brophy for this great article. Let's imagine that you're correcting a student paper and you note an error. You wish your student was right there so you could just talk briefly to her... but you can't, so you pick up your pen and start to write in the margin. You note her mistake and ask a few probing questions to try and help her for her next version of her draft. STOP! You can provide meaningful auditory feedback to your Continue reading

What would you do if…

If you were the Jing Product Manager for a day, what would you do? What would change? What features would you add? And, why? We love hearing your feedback here at TechSmith! And, we need it so we can continue to make products you can use. Jing is better because of the feedback you provide. Please comment away and feel free to use screencaptures and screencasts to help illustrate your feedback! Continue reading