Camtasia Studio by TechSmith

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Camtasia Studio Screen Recording and Presentation

Changing the way you train, present to, and connect with your audience.

Teaching and demonstrating visually is much more powerful than using words alone. But, getting the right group of people together for a training or demonstration can be expensive and inconvenient.

Camtasia Studio lets you easily create compelling training and presentations for Web and CD-ROM delivery, and you can do it without ever leaving your office.  It is the only product versatile enough to record live PowerPoint presentations, personalized technical training sessions, and rich software demonstrations.

Reach Anyone, Anytime

With the power of interactive Camtasia Studio videos, you can deliver the same high-quality information time and time again, to even your most remote client or student. This means that you can share your professional expertise with more of your audience. And, you can reclaim the time and expense of conducting in-person presentations to increase productivity in other areas of your professional life.

No Expertise Required

To create a video using Camtasia Studio, you don’t need multimedia expertise. Simply click the Record the screen button, and follow the steps in the New Recording Wizard to complete the recording. Using Camtasia Studio’s timeline and storyboard, you can then assemble your video, add and edit the audio and video tracks, and add callouts.

How people are using Camtasia Studio

Educators: Recording narrated PowerPoint presentations

With Camtasia Studio, educators can record narrated PowerPoint presentations and post them as online lectures or learning supplements for their students.Camtasia Studio for Education and Online Learning

Research shows that teaching and demonstrating visually is much more powerful than using words alone. By combining engaging visuals with verbal and textual information, you can significantly increase student understanding and retention of the material being presented. That's why educators worldwide use Camtasia Studio to capture and share their expertise with students and colleagues.

Why Camtasia Studio

Record PowerPoint and Much More

The PowerPoint add-in allows you to record and deliver lecture presentations, including slides, transitions, and video and audio of you, the presenter. But Camtasia Studio also lets you record Web pages, applications, or anything else on your screen, so you can easily blend different types of content into your presentation, without using multiple tools.

Share Your Expertise Online

Camtasia Studio presentations can be produced in any file format, for Mac or Windows, and they can be viewed using any of the commonly available players, including the Video iPod. They can be published online without a special server or produced with SCORM-compliant packaging for easy integration with most learning management (LMS) and course management (CMS) systems.

Create Easily Accessible Course Materials

Placing your instructional videos and presentations online removes the barriers of time and distance. Course materials or coursecasts can be made available 24/7 to students at multiple campus locations. And, the text captioning feature allows you to make your recordings Section 508 compliant.

Get Started Easily

You don't need multimedia expertise to create a video using Camtasia Studio. With a helpful recording wizard and familiar recording controls like Record, Pause, and Stop, you can begin creating multimedia presentations immediately.

How Are Educators Using Camtasia Studio?

Technology Training

Campus IT staff and tech-savvy faculty frequently use Camtasia Studio as tool for technology training. By creating instructional videos about course management systems and other applications, technology trainers can deliver the same information time after time, to even the most remote campus location.

Integrating Real-World Examples

Instructors use Camtasia Studio to combine information from different multimedia sources into their presentations and training. Integrating real-world video examples with the theories being taught really brings knowledge alive for students.

Online CVs and Portfolios

Faculty and graduate students have found Camtasia Studio helpful in creating online curriculum vitae that include sample recorded lectures. In the K-12 arena, teachers are introducing Camtasia Studio to students as a useful tool for portfolio-building assignments.

Assistive Learning Supplements

K-12 teachers use Camtasia Studio to create instructional supplements for advanced students who need more challenge, and also to offer additional help to students who are beginning to fall behind. These supplements can be used by the students at their own pace, and teachers can embed quiz questions into the video content to assess student learning.

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