TOP 100 TOOLS 2009
Camtasia Studio

Camtasia is a tool that will let you record your screen to create training, demo, and presentation videos, aka screencasts.

Comments from those who selected Camtasia as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2009

• Still the best screen capture tool around.  Carol Cooper Taylor
• Camtasia is really easy to use for screen capture and fast generation of content  Brian Mulligan
• A SERIOUS rapid e-learning authoring tool for demonstrations, simulations, evaluation, and scenario-based learning. Would be Number 1 Tool on this list if I went for a merit-based rather than alphabetical format. Michael Hanley

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" Rich Chetwynd
• "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

Reading List

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