Camtasia

How to create online lecture content with Camtasia

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How to purchase Camtasia

You can purchase Camtasia with education pricing from the Techsmith website.

Before you record

General Setup

1. Open Camtasia and select ‘New Project’ under the ‘Get Started’ menu.

   
   
   

2. Ensure the materials you require for your video have been set up and are ready to go:

   • If using a laptop, make sure it is charged.

   • Test your audio and video inputs to ensure they are working.

   • Use a headset to record your audio to avoid capturing background noise.

   • Have all the visuals you want to show open on your computer (e.g. browser tabs, slides, applications, etc)

Start screen recording

1. In the top-left corner of the project window, click the ‘Record’ button.

   
   
   

2. A pop-up window will appear with options to enable:

   • Screen recording - video input from your computer screen

   • Camera recording – video input from your webcam

   • Microphone audio recording – audio input from your mic

   • System audio recording – audio input from your computer
     

     
     
     

3. Ensure your screen recording and microphone audio recording are enabled; the switch colour should be green. If you are using a microphone instead of your computer’s built-in mic, ensure the correct microphone is selected in the drop-down menu. Click the ‘Start Recording’ button to begin recording. TIP: Don’t worry about long pauses between transitioning between windows or taking pauses while talking, this can be edited later on.
   
   

4. To stop the recording:

   1. Press F10 on a Windows computer or the 'Stop' button from the Camtasia recorder pop-up window.

   2. Press Option + Command + 2 on a Mac, or select ‘Stop recording’ in the top Finder bar.

   3. The video will be added to the Media Bin window.
      

After recording

Create a video with your screen recording:

1. Click and drag clips from the Media Bin to the Timeline below.

2. Select tracks in the timeline and play the from the Playback window to preview your video.

Import PowerPoint slides:

1. Select ‘Import Media’ from the Media Bin. Select your PowerPoint file and click the ‘Import’ button.
    

   
   
   

   1. Camtasia will open PowerPoint to export your slides to PDF, and prepare them for import in Camtasia.

   2. You can choose to import all, a range, or a single slide.

   3. The slides will be imported into Media Bin. Click and drag each slide to add to a track in the timeline below.

Cut out unwanted footage:

Two ways you can cut out unwanted footage includes: splitting a clip or stitching a clip.

• Splitting a clip - separates your clip in order to delete the unwanted footage.

  1. Click on the track you wish to edit in the timeline.

  2. Click and drag the play head to the position to the start of the unwanted footage. Click the ‘Split clip’ button or Control/Command T.

     
     
     

  3. Click and drag the play head to the end of the unwanted footage. Click split clip.

  4. Click on the unwanted footage and press the ‘Delete’ key to remove it from your video.
     
     

• Stitching a clip – keeps your clip connected while deleting the unwanted footage in between

  1. Click on the track you wish to edit in the timeline.

  2. Click and drag the red play head to select the unwanted footage.

  3. Right-click and select ‘Ripple delete range’.

     
     
     

  4. To stitch together two adjacent clips. Select the clips while holding down the Shift key, right-click and select ‘Stitch selected media’. Note: adjacent clips need to be touching in order to be stitched together. Click and drag clips together so that they are touching.

  5. To unstitch a clip, mouse over the stitch, right click, and select ‘Unstitch media’.

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