59 Tips for Creating Engaging Screencasts

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Have you ever wondered what techniques you can employ to create a great video? We conducted a focus group and discovered the vast majority of “what” creates an engaging video happens before you ever click the Record button inside Camtasia Studio!

We’ve distilled all the focus group information down into 59 informative tips and tricks and put them into a PDF guide for you to download.

You can find that manual here:

Can’t see the embedded PDF? Download it here.

While the document was made for Camtasia Studio, the tips apply equally well to those using Camtasia for Mac or any other screencasting tool.

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About Conan Heiselt

Conan is an Instructional Designer who used to be a Systems Engineer who was originally going to be a Graphic Designer who instead ended up studying Asian languages for a while before moving on to other things. Aside from making tutorials for Camtasia for Mac, creating and maintaining its tutorial viewer, and the hundreds of other things he does at TechSmith, Conan spends time remodeling his house, fixing a garden tractor older than himself, writing mobile apps, and taking apart/making things with his kids. He also has a strange sleep schedule.
  • http://twitter.com/braveneutrino braveneutrino

    I disagree with the tip: 1) speaking slowly. I find that when I listen to videos, I’m frustrated by speakers who go slowly. It’s hard to “fast forward” them just in case they say something that you need to know. BUT, if they go too fast, I can easily pause, backup and listen again. If speaking slowly really means “speak clearly”, then that’s a different story!

    • mattofuller

      Couldn’t agree with you more @braveneutrino. This is why offering 1x, 1.5x and 2x speeds is a must when preparing videos of significant length.

  • http://www.facebook.com/barbara.e.greil Barbara Eckstein Greil

    I am relatively new to all of this, and found this guide very helpful, but I seem to remember seeing a very simple list of screencasting “steps” somewhere else recently on your website. I thought it had about 8 to 10 items listed in a particular order–what to do first, second. etc. Included suggestions like recording video first, editing that, then adding narration after. Add callouts, title clips after this…Am I imagining this? Can you point me this list, if it exits?