Podcasting Solutions

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Captivate Camtasia Comparison

• Podcasting Solutions

This example, I captured audio using PowerPoint.
Lots of background noise. When I opened Camtasia
and tried to record PowerPoint I jumped back
into PowerPoint where the audio was already in
the slides.
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Discussion

• What is Pod/Vod Casting?
• How it works
• Focus on PowerPoint Users D2L
• Why PowerPoint?
• Why D2L?
• Other uses briefly
• Ease of Use Camparison requiring the least
  training
• Review Captivate
• Review Camtasia
• Walk-through of Applications

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What is Pod/Vod Casting?

• Podcasting capturing of audio into a digital
  file (mp3)
• Vodcasting capturing of audio video into a
  digital file (mpeg, m4v)
• Screen size 1/10th of PC
• Font sizes 32 pt best
• Slow animation

• How it works
• Uses a website for file management distribution
• RSS feeds to update users player
• iTunes Screencast.com
• D2L for distribution
• File sizes big issue
• Break 40 minute lectures into 10 minute topic
  segments

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Focus on PowerPoint Users D2L

• Why PowerPoint?
• Instructors dont have to learn a new app
• Already use PowerPoint easy to add audio,
  convert to podcasting files upload to D2L
• Why D2L?
• Instructors dont have to use/learn another File
  management site (iTunes or Screencast)
• More control over file sharing
• Students manage the player upload issues (they
  know what to do)
• Other uses briefly
• Camtasia Captivate can create movies of screen
  capturing such as software tutorials
• Talking head movies orYouTube movies