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Camtasia Studio

Camtasia is a tool that will let you
record your screen to create training, demo, and
presentation videos, aka screencasts.
| Website |
Camtasia Studio |
| Cost |
Commercial |
| Free trial |
Yes |
| Availability |
Download |
|
Platform |
Windows |
|
2007 ranking |
50= |
|
2008 (Spring) ranking |
35 |
Comments from those who selected Camtasia as one
of their Top 10 Tools in 2008
- "While still
somewhat Web 1.0-ish, I still like the ability to
develop a screencast so that I can
personalize and explain my own perspective in a
process that engages students. In online learning
with so much delivered asynchronously, screencasts
allow some of my personality to surface"
Britt
Wattwood
- "The
best screen cast software bar none. Simple to use and
excellent features. Makes the creation of professional
quality, engaging content a cinch."
Karl Goddard
-
"Awesome screencast
tool, quick and easy to use"
"a wonderful tool
to create webcast. Very easy to
handle"
Laurent Janolin
"A powerful screencasting software
that I use frequently to create instructional
videos for my students. Camtasia allows screen
recordings, audio, voice narration, PowerPoint,
Picture-in-Picture and webcam video. Also, I can
edit and enhance my video with callouts, titles,
credits, zooming, panning, quizzes and
additional audio tracks."
Steve Yuen
"The author tool that I use to
create multimedia educational content replaced Captivate"
Paulo Simões
"Camtasia is excellent for creating 'screencasts'
- on-screen video tutorials with narration of an audio
overlay track. It sports many supporting features /
enhancements and can output to Flash - perfect for web
delivery. We use Camtasia to create any tutorials that
can be screen-based."
Seaghan
Moriarty
"This does everything in terms of presenting video,
making screencasts and converting audio/video. A top
knotch product for anyone using video and presenting
information. Get your hands on it today!"
David
Deubelbeiss
"A video screen capture
program that allows me to make great quality educational
videos in very few steps."
Adam Kosh
Comments from those who selected Camtasia as one
of their Top 10 Tools in 2007
- "the ease of creating screen
movies along with the power of annotations, closed
captions and a variety of output options make it a
strong part of my toolbelt."
Audrey J
WIlliams
- "Simple means of showing users what
you mean."
David Meaney
- "While still somewhat Web 1.0-ish, I
still like the ability to develop a screencast so
that I can personalize and explain my own
perspective in a process that engages students. In
online learning with so much delivered
asynchronously, screencasts allow some of my
personality to surface"
Britt Watwood
- "Camtasia
is a unparalleled for
creating screencasts -
showing the on-screen
sequence of events,
while narrating an audio
overlay track. It has
many supporting features
and can output to Flash,
resulting in manageable
file sizes."
Seaghan
Moriarty
- "I can't count the number of 'Camtasia
movies' I have made demonstrating a web site - like I
would have done live in a face-to-face class."
Susan Quinn
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