Camtasia 101 – Camtasia Essentials

Class Description
In this 2-day instructor-led Camtasia training class, you’ll learn how to communicate in video with Camtasia, on either Mac or Windows.

Participants will be able to quickly create eLearning and video content for just about anything (computer software or PowerPoint presentations) and post Participants completed lessons on a web server, Learning Management System, YouTube, Video, or Screencast.com. Participants’ lessons can include videos of actions taken on Participants’ computers, animations, audio, quizzes, and surveys. Participants will learn to answer questions with screen recordings explaining how to use software and Web sites, post PowerPoint presentations on the Web, complete with Picture-in-Picture, for virtual learning, demonstrate features, new versions of software, Web sites, and other applications, and rollout online training to the entire company, letting them learn at their own pace. Camtasia empowers Participants to make amazing videos-even if Participants have never made one before. Record a video of Participants screen or bring in Participants’ own video footage. Then use Camtasia’s easy drag-and-drop editor to easily create remarkable videos Participants can share with anyone. Keep Participants audience engaged by adding eye-catching animations, music, and captions and produce high-quality video content in record time. This class will introduce participants to the essential Camtasia skills Participants need to know to get up and running with Camtasia as quickly as possible.

Course Benefits
Video is everywhere. Do your videos stand out? Camtasia is a powerful video creation platform for anyone who benefits from improved media content creation, not just video professionals. Camtasia empowers everyone to create engaging and compelling video content that looks remarkable. Videos help communicate energy and emotion in a way that simply cannot be done with text alone. 

Engage your audience with drag-and-drop ease, text animation, and included tailored templates. Leverage templates tailored toward your desired outcome to communicate your message in a way that captures and keeps your audience’s attention. This professional Camtasia training will ensure your video content is engaging, interesting, and presents you and your organization in the best possible light.

Here are some reasons Camtasia and online video should be in many office discussions! :

  • Adding video to a landing page can increase conversions by up to 80%. – Eyeview Digital
  • Forrester research has stated that the value of a 1 minute video is equivalent to almost 1.8 million printed words. – Forrester
  • 100 million hours of video content are watched on Facebook each day. – Invado 2016 video stats Ebook.
  • 46% of all video plays in Q4 2015 were on mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. – reelseo
  • Average users spend 16 minutes watching online video ads each month. – Hubspot
  • 59% of executives would rather watch video than read text. – Hubspot
  • Adding video to email creates 2-3 times as many click through. – Forrester
  • Camtasia is the tool of choice for clients like Nike, Salesforce.com, IBM, and BMW. – TechSmith

Who Should Attend
By attending our professional Camtasia training, even budding editors will be equipped to make professional-grade content; whether delivered via the company website, on social media, online, in an LMS, or broadcast on TV!

Camtasia is a powerful, yet approachable tool that is appropriate for both general information workers without a video background and video professionals. Camtasia can be used across an organization to create training videos, sales presentations, marketing videos and more, and is one of the easiest ways to produce video content. This class is appropriate for anyone who needs to create professional video content, especially if they don’t know where to start. Camtasia is a video creation tool that allows any individual to create engaging instructional content. Companies use Camtasia to spread knowledge and standardize processes throughout their workplace.

Many clients tell us that the best thing about Camtasia is that it allows their SME’s (that stands for Subject Matter Experts, i.e. non “video people”) to create engaging and professional content on their own. It’s perfect for HR departments looking to onboard new employees and any sort of HR or compliance training. If knowledge is leaving Students organization due to retirement, reassignment, cutbacks and so forth, Camtasia makes it easy to capture what they know…before they go.

Ledet Training’s Camtasia classes allow trainers and eLearning professionals to make their own videos, often saving tens of thousands of dollars in time and outsourcing fees. Academics and higher education professionals find that creating and using screencasts and videos in education results in higher student engagement levels and raising grades.

Forms processing professionals can easily create screencasts explaining exactly what information to put where, resulting in less questions and more correctly completed forms. While Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline are often used for eLearning as well, Camtasia is considered one of the most simple and engaging content creation tools for engaging video production. Often Camtasia is used as one of the tools in professional Adobe or Articulate eLearning workflows. Other video production tools such as Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects are generally considered to be considerably more complex and are most typically used by more experienced media creation professionals and full-time videographers. Camtasia is often the go-to product for general office workers to create video content to facilitate knowledge sharing, engaging audiences (both internal and external), and empowering employees.

This training is perfect for:

  • Companies experiencing (or expecting) outward growth
  • Companies with high turnover
  • Trainers, especially those making internal and external eLearning content
  • Educators, especially those who have online components in their classes
  • Marketers, especially those who are leveraging social media

Suggested Prerequisites
No prior experience with Camtasia is necessary, only an open mind a good attitude, and a willingness to learn. Any generally computer-literate user can attend this class. 

Knowledge of your operating system and basic computer navigation is required for all classes, of course. This course will be tailored to those that attend, taking into consideration your individual skill level.

The TechSmith Camtasia software is not included with the course. The software can be ordered directly from TechSmith and a 30 day fully functional free trial is available.

Certifications, Exams, and Continuing Education
A certificate of completion will also be provided, as well as follow up support to make sure we can continue to help once you’ve tried producing your videos in your own professional setting.

This class has 12 hours of instructor-led content, providing 1.2 CEUs.

Course Outline
This module will give you a brief introduction to eLearning in general, planning course content, the development cycle, and eLearning design best practices. It’s a great place to start prior to using any eLearning tool to develop content.

  • Education Through Pictures
  • Planning eLearning Lessons
  • eLearning Development Phases
  • Camtasia Production Time
  • Project Size and Display Resolution
  • Design Best Practices
  • Fonts and eLearning

Module 1: Exploring & Recording

This module will give you a brief introduction to Camtasia and its workspace. You will open an existing project and explore tools, Media Bin, Canvas, and Timeline. You will also be able to record screen actions on your computer using the Camtasia Recorder..

  • Open a Camtasia Project
  • Explore Camtasia Tools
  • Explore the Media Bin
  • Preview a Project
  • Rehearse a Script
  • Set Recording Options
  • Select a Recording Area
  • Record a Video

Module 2: Adding Media

Once you’ve recorded screen actions, the real work begins in the Camtasia Editor. You will create a project from scratch, and learn how to import recordings into the Editor as media. 

  • Import a Video
  • Import Images
  • Add a Track
  • Create a Watermark
  • Add Cursor Effects

Module 3: Groups, Annotations, and Animation

You learned how to add media during the last module. In this module, you’ll pick up where you left off and enhance the media with callouts and animations. You’ll also learn to make the jumps between video segments appear more professional by using Transitions.

  • Create a Group
  • Add a Callout
  • Apply Image Color to Callout Text
  • Add a Behavior to a Callout
  • Add a Transition to a Group
  • Modify Transition Timing
  • Add a Scale Up Animation

Module 4: Audio

Research has shown that adding audio (such as sound effects and voice narration) enhances the eLearning experience for your learners. You’ll learn to add audio as media, and how to record and edit your own audio. 

  • Add Background Music to a Video
  • Fade Audio In and Out
  • Record Voice Narration
  • Split a Music Clip
  • Rename Tracks
  • Silence and Cut Audio

Module 5: Sharing, Extending, and Quizzing

After you’ve finished creating your eLearning lesson, you’ll need to “publish” it so that it can be consumed by your learners. You’ll learn to produce and share your projects as a standalone video and share the content on YouTube and Screencast.com. Then you’ll learn how to add a quiz to your project). 

  • Share an MP4
  • Share to YouTube
  • Export as a Web Page
  • Extend a Video Frame
  • Add a Quiz and a Question
  • Add a Fill in the Blank Question
  • Share to Screencast.com

Module 6: Markers, Hotspots, and Captions

You’ll learn to add interactivity to your eLearning project via a Markers, TOCs, and Hotspots.  Then you’ll learn how to create accessible eLearning by adding closed captions. 

  • Add a Marker
  • Add a Hotspot to the Timeline
  • Create Closed Captions
  • Control Caption Timing

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