Camtasia

Description

Camtasia is a tool for screencasting and creating recorded videos.

Access

Camtasia requires a license. If you have an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs (InterPro) affiliation, please contact Online Support for more information on obtaining a license and scheduling a training session. If you are a University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty or staff member, you can download the latest version of the software from the Campus Software Library

Application and Limitations

Camtasia is a professional screencasting tool. It works on both macOS and Windows. Typically, InterPro instructors use it to record lectures for online courses.

Camtasia is not a tool for video hosting. If you need to host your completed video, please see this page: InterPro - Teaching & Learning - Tools & Technology - Kaltura

Resources:

Best Practices

• InterPro - Teaching Resources for Instructors - Recorded Presentations: Best Practices

Using Camtasia

• InterPro - Online Learning - Tools & Technology - Recorded Presentations - Using Camtasia to Create Recorded Presentations
• InterPro - Online Learning - Tools & Technology - Recorded Presentations - Sharing a Camtasia Project File (Mac)
• InterPro - Online Learning - Tools & Technology - Recorded Presentations - Sharing a Camtasia Project File (Windows)
• InterPro - Online Learning - Tools & Technology - Recorded Presentations - Exporting a Camtasia Project File to MP4 Video File

Camtasia Tutorials

• TechSmith Camtasia Tutorials
  • Record, Edit, Share (The briefest overview of recording and editing available from TechSmith, the maker of Camtasia)
  • Timeline Overview
  • Edit Timeline
  • In Depth Editing
  • Handy Camtasia keyboard shortcuts
  • How to start, stop, and end a recording
  • Tips on getting crisp screen video
  • How to Record Voice Narration
  • How to remove sound with the Camtasia noise removal tool
• How to Record Great Audio In Any Environment