Camtasia 2019: The Essentials

One Day Ÿ Instructor-led

This course will introduce you to the essential Camtasia skills you need to get up and running to quickly create software demonstrations, software simulations, and soft skills eLearning.

You will learn:

  • how you can include recordings of existing PowerPoint presentations or software demonstrations created directly on your computer using the Camtasia Recorder.
  • about the powerful Camtasia Editor to add animations, voiceover audio, graphics, music, annotations, closed captions, and quizzes to a project, and much more.
  • to Share your finished project so it can be accessed using desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Exploring Camtasia

  • The Camtasia Interface
  • The Media Bin and Library
  • The Canvas and Timeline

Lesson 2: Recording Videos

  • Rehearsals
  • Recording Screen actions
  • Annotations
  • Recording Effects

Lesson 3: Adding Media

  • Videos
  • Images
  • Multi-Track Projects
  • Cursor Effects

Lesson 4: Groups, Annotations, Behaviors and Transitions

  • Groups
  • Annotations
  • Themes
  • Behaviors
  • Transitions

Lesson 5: Audio

  • Importing Audio Media
  • Voice narration
  • Splitting Media
  • Audio Editing

Lesson 6: Sharing

  • Standalone and Web Videos

Lesson 7: Extending, Zooming and Hotspots

  • Extending
  • Zoom animations
  • Markers
  • Hotspots

Lesson 8: Quizzes and Reporting Results

  • Quizzes
  • Emailing Quiz Results
  • Reporting Data to an LMS

Lesson 9: PowerPoint and Captions

  • PowerPoint to Camtasia
  • Closed Captions