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Creating a Multi-Source Video with Camtasia (Windows)

Directions for creating a multi-source video using Camtasia for Windows

Instructional Challenge

During instruction, students may feel like they are missing a personal connection to you. To increase your social presence, you may want to deliver presentations in a multi-source video with slides and a video of you presenting instead of a traditional narrated presentation that only includes your voice. In some cases, visual cues and non-verbal elements are essential to communicating course content. This approach can help with this. This approach is not recommended for those with little experience with videos. Narrated presentations are still the best entry point for the presentation of lecture content in that they are easy to produce, edit, and update, and they use tools with which you are already familiar. This multi-source presentation uses Camtasia — a flexible and fairly easy-to-learn tool — requiring you to learn more advanced editing skills. 

This guide has been written for someone just starting with Camtasia. Those with advanced skills may find some approaches different than those you use. The approaches were defined in ways to reduce complexity and increase simplicity. Before working on this, beginners should complete the Record, Edit, & Share | Video Editing Basics: Timeline | and Video Editing Basics: Canvas to get a solid foundation in the tool.

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Keywords:
video, slides, instructor, picture, presentation, Windows
Doc ID:
107168
Owned by:
Timmo D. in Instructional Resources
Created:
2020-11-13
Updated:
2024-08-23
Sites:
Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring