What is Camtasia Studio?

• Camtasia helps you create professional videos without having to be a video pro. Easily record your on-screen activity or import HD camera video, customize and edit content, and share your videos with viewers on nearly any device.
• Use Camtasia's powerful screen recorder to capture anything on your screen. Or, import camera video, music, photos, and more to truly customize your videos.
• Edit and enhance your videos with Camtasia’s powerful editor, ready-to-use themes, animated backgrounds, graphics, callouts, and more.
• Produce interactive videos with clickable links, tables of contents, search, and more. Then, easily share videos that your viewers can watch anywhere, anytime.

How can I get Camtasia Studio?

• To begin using Camtasia immediately, you can download a 30-day free trial for PC or Mac at: http://www.techsmith.com/download/camtasia/.
• To order for the department: http://sell.tamu.edu/Departments/index.php
• To order for personal use: https://software.tamu.edu
• Price of each license is $17 if purchased through the university.

How to Capture and Post Video to the Web with Camtasia for Windows and Mac:

• Camtasia for Windows Tutorial
• Camtasia for Mac Tutorial

Using the Camtasia Add-In for PowerPoint (For PC Only)

• Capture Narrated PowerPoint with Camtasia Tutorial

Even More About Camtasia:

• Camtasia features for Windows PC
• Camtasia features for Mac OS
• Techsmith Tutorials for Windows 
• Techsmith Tutorials for Mac

Other Methods for Video Production

Use Office Mix for PowerPoint

Office Mix is a free extension to PowerPoint 2013 and up that makes it easy to turn your PowerPoint presentations into interactive online lessons and share them with your students and colleagues in OneNote, on the web, or in Blackboard. With Office Mix, you can add:

• Audio and video narration
• Real-time digital inking
• Screen recordings that show actions you take on your computer
• Quizzes and polls
• Simulations, videos, and live web pages … all from within PowerPoint.

Publishing a mix is as easy as uploading it to the web and deciding who can view it. The people you share it with can view your mix in any web browser on any device. Office Mix shows you data about who watched your mix, how much time they spent on each slide, and how they answered your quiz and poll questions. You can even export that data to Microsoft Excel for further analysis.

• Download Office Mix at:  https://mix.office.com/en-us/Home
• Students Use Office Mix to Demonstrate Understanding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YeCc6QqHDY
• Student Mix Example - https://mix.office.com/watch/1k2nfknsnt136?lcid=1033
• Guide to Office Mix 

PowerPoint Tools for Presentations

Before you record audio on your computer, adjust your sound levels:

• PC: Adjusting_Computer_Sound_Levels_Quality.pdf
• MAC: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18961?locale=en_US

Creating a PowerPoint Presentation with Narration (video option with PC)

• PC (PowerPoint 2010 and newer): NarratingPowerPoint_video_option.pdf
• MAC 2011: Create and narrate a PowerPoint presentation_11_student.pdf
• MAC 2016: Narrating and Recording your PowerPoint_16_student.pdf

Creating Infographics Using PowerPoint - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQRxBfkyuXM

Formatting a Poster Layout in PowerPoint – Poster_Design_Layout_PowerPoint.pdf