eLearning Lessons in Lectora: Create Professional Video with Camtasia

Create professional, high quality videos with Camtasia, one of the three impressive e-Learning tools bundled in Lectora Inspire, eLearning authoring software. Capture real world video, Flash animations, 3D design software and – anything, really! Record your screen and synchronize audio to create video tutorials that will both educate and engage your users. Your desktop is your stage. Put anything up on the screen, record it and turn it into a dynamic video. Ideal for eLearning and training you can quickly demonstrate, record and edit with ease.

Use your video editing powers and creativity to incorporate zoom and pan effects, text, captions, arrow highlights and more. Zoom in on a detailed demonstration or highlight important areas of your screen; Take advantage of your incredible potential for high quality screen recordings and video production with Camtasia.

Jaime Hale, expert Lectora trainer, creates a very detailed demonstration of the functionality of Camtasia using none other than – Camtasia of course! Follow along as Jamie walks you through best practices for planning, recording and producing video content with Camtasia. Learn how to enhance the quality of your video and shorten production time.

Camtasia makes creating and editing screen recordings a cinch, but try these 6 tips for even more professional and engaging videos:

1.  Plan

Determine a plan for what you will cover in your video and create an outline of what you would like to demonstrate and how you will do it.

2.  Prepare

Set up all technical requirements ahead of time:

• Test your microphone and record in a quiet place. You can even invest in a high quality microphone for even clearer recordings.
• Close all applications, alerts and pop-ups
• Open all necessary applications so you can quickly access them during your recording
• Make sure your desktop background is simple and professional
• Screen record  at or smaller than 1024x768 pixels, the average size of a laptop screen. Recording a larger viewing area has a poorer quality when condensed to fit smaller screens. This also frees computer memory for capturing.

3.  Points

Write a script or jot down notes for key points you would like to make and where you will make them. Introduce your video and communicate why your message is important or relevant to them and briefly tell your audience what they will learn.

4.  Pronounce and Pace

Speak clearly and slowly so your learners can digest as much information as quickly as possible. Keep a professional tone.

5.  Practice Practice Practice

Do at least one run through of exactly what you want to demonstrate in your screen recording. Your video will improve more and more each time you practice.

6.  Proof

Review your final video before you send. Make sure the material in your screen recording is accurate and easy to understand.

Put your Camtasia expertise into practice and teach, train and demonstrate like never before! For more information about Camtasia and its eLearning capabilities for Lectora, sign up for a live Lectora Inspire demonstration.

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Molly Horn is a Content Evangelist at Trivantis Corporation. She graduated from University of Cincinnati with a degree in Communication and focus in Public Relations.