Camtasia Level 2

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Camtasia Level 2

• Creating Screen Capture Videos

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Agenda

1. Tips for good projects
2. Review capture editing
3. Enhance movie
4. Add legal music
5. Add a quiz
6. Create web menu

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Tips

• Create storyboard
• Learning outcome of project
• What will students see hear
• Plan scenes to be recorded
• Write script for narration
• Plan special effects to add

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Tips

• 10 - 15 minutes max length
• Chunk content
• Never record entire screen
• Resize window to 800 x 600
• Rehearse before recording

688 x 520 ensures project will fit 800 x 600
window
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Tips

• Use Hotkeys
• F9 to start or pause
• F10 to stop
• Slow down
• Produce in Flash
• Know when project is okay

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Getting Ready

1. Launch Sizer program
2. Open application for recording
3. Resize window to 800 x 600
4. Start Camtasia
5. Use New Recording Wizard

688 x 520 ensures project will fit 800 x 600
window
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Camtasia Recorder Window

• Press F9 to start
• Press F9 to pause
• when paused, you can position windows, etc.
• Press F10 to stop

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Try it!
Remember to save your movie with a meaningful
name like grade-lookup
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Post-Save Options

• After saving,
• select
• Edit my recording

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Save Project
Use meaningful name, no spaces!
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What is a Camtasia Project?

• Master file (.camproj)
• Keeps track of all project pieces
• Includes movies, audio, titles, callouts
• Used to produce final project

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Camtasia Editing Window
Timeline for editing movie
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Timeline
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Adding Narration

• If you want to narrate after recording
• Or, if original narration is poor

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Voice Narration Setup
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Need Help?
Assist Me for Help files
Show Me for demos
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Edit Recording

• Cutting unwanted sections
• Select in timeline
• Click scissors tool

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Add ? Title Clips
Type in text, format font, size, color
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Drag Clips to Timeline
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Adding Callouts, etc.
1. Select Edit ? Callouts
2. Click Add Callout
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Position Callout on Movie
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Try it!

• Add textbox with URL for campus web page
• Add arrow to emphasize Student Resources
• SAVE project

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Zoom-n-Pan
1. From Task List select Zoom-n-Pan
2. Find frame for zoom and click Add Zoom-n-Pan
key frame
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Choose Area for Zooming
Green box shows area of zoom
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Try it!

1. Move to phone number
2. Select Zoom-n-Pan
3. Add Zoom-n-Pan key frame
4. Adjust green box
5. Add second Zoom-n-Pan key frame
6. Click Finished when done

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Adding Transitions
Double click to preview transition
Drag to Storyboard to insert
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Try it!

1. Add transition between title clip and movie
2. Add transition between movie and credit clip
3. Return to Timeline
4. Right click to adjust transition duration to 2
   secs
5. SAVE Project

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Quizzes Surveys

1. To check for understanding / learning
2. To collect opinions
3. Can add as many as desired
4. Flash format only
5. Multiple choice, Fill in the blank, Short answer

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Adding a Quiz or Survey
1. From Task List select Flash Quiz and Survey
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Completed Quiz
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Try it!

1. Place seek bar at end movie
2. Create multiple choice quiz
3. Add two or three questions
4. SAVE Project
5. Quiz feedback configured during final production

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Adding Music

1. Final step
2. Get legal music from http//www.royaltyfreemusic.c
   om
3. Import media into project
4. Drag to timeline
5. Lock other tracks before adjusting audio

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Editing Music
Shows music track with Fade Out effect
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Try it!

1. Import media (Show_Time.mp3)
2. Drag to Audio 2 track
3. Lock all other tracks
4. Edit and add Fade Out effect
5. SAVE Project

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Production Wizard

1. Select Produce video as
2. Use Flash for projects with quizzes or surveys
3. Use WMV if captions used
4. See handout with production settings

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Files to Copy to Web

1. All files must be put online
2. Link is made with html file

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Web Menu

• Packages multiple Flash movies into one
  presentation
• First create / edit / enhance / produce each
  movie
• From Task List, select Create web menu

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Web Menu

• Save web menu project if desired
• Copy ALL files to web server
• Link with html file

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Try it!

1. From Task List, click Web menu
2. Give meaningful menu title
3. Add, arrange, and edit SWF files provided
4. Export Flash Menu
5. See handout with settings

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Questions?