Creating and Recording Videos with TechSmith Camtasia Certificate: Fundamentals and Beyond
A Series of 4 Online Sessions
There are no additional 2022 course dates scheduled at this time. To be informed of 2023 dates, go here.
Register early. Course size is limited!
Certificate Overview
In today’s world, video and video training is in demand and organizations are increasingly including the use of more video technology – especially instructional and explainer videos. TechSmith’s Camtasia is an exceptional all-in-one screen recording and video editor with an intuitive interface making it simple to record and create professional-looking videos in no time. Camtasia has an industry-leading timeline for sophisticated animation effects, and a feature set to also build interactive elearning courses. With its suite of tools, it easy for novices to learn quickly yet powerful enough for advanced developers to record, edit and even add interactivity to make world-class quality videos.
See important 'Technical Requirements' below.
Bonus Items:
This is the only TechSmith Camtasia course offering you:
- Dozens of free Camtasia source files for continued practice.
- Detailed step-by-step exercises for self-paced learning.
- Introductions to Fuse, Capture, and SnagIt
- Camera and microphone recommendations
- Tips on where to store/host video content
- Instruction blended with practical design and development guidance from an award-winning designer and developer with 20+ years of industry experience.
Course Details
During this certificate course, your instructor will guide you, step-by-step, through the process of using TechSmith Camtasia to build effective and appealing screen recording, video tutorials and more. Session assignment(s) will be integrated into each one hour segment – teach/demos for 40-45 minutes with 10-15 minutes to work on assignment. This approach will allow participants to practice the concepts taught in that previous segment while still fresh on mind. At the end of a session (3 hours) additional lab assignments will be distributed for continued self-paced practice between sessions.
Prerequisites:
A basic understanding of computing concepts (zipping and unzipping files, etc.) and Instructional design is helpful.
Who Should Attend:
This certificate course is for non-programmers who wish to learn basic to intermediate authoring features of TechSmith Camtasia. Managers may also benefit from seeing the creation and development process so they may accurately estimate course development time and cost.
Technical Requirements
IIf you not have a licensed copy of TechSmith Camtasia, you must download a complimentary free trial version prior to the start of the course. Follow this link.
Your trial period for this software is 30 days from the time you install. Therefore, we recommend that you install the trial version no more than one or two days prior to the first session. This allows you a few weeks to practice after the last session. For System Requirements, follow this link.
Windows vs. Mac users:
TechSmith Camtasia is supported by both the Windows and Mac operating systems. While there are slight differences in the user interface, they are the same program. For this certificate course we will use the Windows version.
Course Objectives
In this certificate you will explore:
- Camtasia’s user interface and features
- How to set up the canvas for a new project
- Workflow tips for setting up a screen recording project
- Preferences for recording and importing
- How to import video and audio
- How to record a screen
- Audio recording
- Audio editing
- How to ad content
- Scaling content
- Editing content
- The timeline
- Adding visual and animation effects
- Adding captions
- Visual transitions
- Cursors and their effects
- Tips for better script development
- How to use SnagIt, Fuse, and Capture
- Publishing and hosting
Instructor
Kevin ThornChief NuggetHead/NuggetHead Studioz
Kevin Thorn is an award-winning eLearning designer with over 20 years’ experience in the training industry. After retiring from the Army as a trainer, Kevin earned a Technology Management degree in pursuit of an IT career. When his interest in technology mashed with his passion for visual design along with his experience in training, he founded NuggetHead Studioz, LLC. The Studioz is a custom design and development company providing services in instructional design, storyboarding, elearning development, Articulate Storyline training, illustration, graphic design, storytelling, cartooning and comics.
Course Dates
Register early. This course is limited to 30 participants.
COURSE DATES: There are no future 2022 dates scheduled for this course. To be informed of 2023 course dates, go here.
Session 1: Coming in 2023!
Session 2: Coming in 2023!
Session 3: Coming in 2023!
Session 4: Coming in 2023!
RAIN DATE: Coming in 2023!
The "Rain Date" is a date to reserve on your calendar. It will be used in the unlikely event that an earlier session can not run as planned due to technical difficulties or a speaker emergency.
Each session is 3 hours in length.
All sessions start at 12:00 noon Eastern Time (New York time). Here is the time of the sessions listed in various time zones:
- 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific Time (PT)
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Mountain Time (MT)
- 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Central Time (CT)
- 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm Eastern Time (ET)
For times in other cities, visit this link. All sessions are recorded. In order to earn your Certificate of Completion, you must log in for and participate in each live course and successfully complete any homework assignments by specified deadlines. Recordings of sessions are intended for review purposes only.
Course Rates
Register early. This course is limited to 30 participants.
Early-Bird Registration 30+ days prior to the course start date: $845
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Course Equipment
IMPORTANT - You'll participate in online and collaborative activities in a number of ways, each designed to provide a unique means to interact and learn from experts and colleagues. All course delivery software operates at Internet connection speeds of 56.6 kbps or better, on PC, Mac and Unix platforms. Programs will use teleconferencing or VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol.) The login instructions emailed to you approximately one week prior to the start of the course will outline platform use as well as any headset requirements or suggestions. Each registrant must provide their own laptop or desktop computer and other equipment (such as a headset, if noted in your login instructions) in order to fully and successfully participate in the course. Please test your login information a minimum of 48 hours in advance on your course start date on the computer you will be using for the course.
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Certificate of Completion and eBadge
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