Creating Interactive Video with Camtasia Audio SCORM Quizzes PowerPoint and Screen Shots v1.2: 2009 Page 1
Camtasia Studio 6.0.2 http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp (free trial download) Table of Contents Create a Folder for your Project... 2 Let's Begin... 2 Creating Your Movie... 9 Creating a Zip File for Your Camtasia Presentation... 16 Uploading Your Zip File to Blackboard... 17 Creating a Flash Quiz... 18 Quick Note on Deleting Pieces of your Video... 20 Using SCORM... 21 Uploading Your SCORM Presentation to Blackboard... 24 Using the Record PowerPoint feature... 29 Camtasia Recording Guidelines for Teaching... 31 Assumptions: You have a PowerPoint presentation created or a screen ready to record. You have Camtasia Studio 6.0.2. You have audio equipment ready and set to go. Create a Folder for your Project Right click in an area on your flash drive and create a New Folder. Give it a name you will recognize it will contain all files for this Camtasia project. Let's Begin 1. Open your PowerPoint presentation or your screen you wish to record. 2. Start Camtasia Studio. You will see this entry screen: The first time you use Camtasia on a specific computer, I recommend that you click on the "Record Voice Narration" button. v1.2: 2009 Page 2
3. You will see this screen where you can test out your audio. 4. Click the "Finished" button when all is OK. 5. Click Record the screen upper left section of window. v1.2: 2009 Page 3
6. You should see this floatable toolbar: 7. You can switch to your PowerPoint file or screen at this time (if it doesn't come up automatically). 8. Let's look quickly at each menu and see what you might want to change: Capture notice when you want to begin recording, you can use the F9 function key in lieu of the "rec" button. You can also record Camera, if you wish. Effects notice you can choose to include cursor sounds you can also choose to hide or highlight the cursor. Tools if you click on Tools and Options, you will see this window: Notice you have the option of changing the file format for the project to.avi. Right now,.camrec is the default extension. v1.2: 2009 Page 4
9. You may want to define your recording area, especially if you are recording something other than PowerPoint. To do this, click the Custom button followed by "Select" and define your recording area. 10. Let's click the Full Screen screen as the recording area so that we can record it in presentation mode this might be the way to go if you have links within your presentation or animation and/or transitions that you actually want to use during the recording. You should see markers around your entire screen. 11. Click to run the PowerPoint show so it is in presentation mode. v1.2: 2009 Page 5
12. When ready, click the red "Rec" button. The screen will give you a countdown of 3 2 1. 13. Start talking. 14. Be sure to move from slide to slide and complete the narration with the respective slide. Note: you may have to click twice to advance the first slide. Notice you can click F10 to stop or you can pause at any time and RESUME. 15. At the bottom of your preview, you will see this toolbar: 16. Click the "Edit" button, and you will be prompted to save your recording. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE TO THE FILE FOLDER YOU CREATED AT THE BEGINNING. 17. After saving, you will be taken back to Camtasia Studio and see this initial dialog box: 18. You could accept the defaults by clicking OK. However, we suggest this: v1.2: 2009 Page 6
19. Change to "Custom" type in Width such as "800," click "Keep aspect ratio" so that the Height is proportional, and click "Change the video dimensions." See below. 20. Click OK. 21. This is where you will see your Camtasia clip on the time line at the bottom of the window. You can add other clips, transitions, interactive quizzes, and do editing. See "Adding a Flash Quiz" in a later next section. 22. You should also see the preview window where you can click to Play your video and make notes of what you might want to cut. 23. If you wish to use slide transitions, there are a variety of options available by clicking TRANSITIONS. You will click the TRANSITIONS link in the Edit menu to see the screen below. You can double click any item to see a preview. Once you decide which you want to use, you will drag it to the storyboard at the bottom over the big arrow between clips. You cannot insert a transition within one clip. v1.2: 2009 Page 7
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Creating Your Movie 1. From the left side of your Camtasia window, click "Produce Video as " under the Produce section (or click the 'Produce Video As" button from the toolbar). 2. The Production Wizard will begin and you will see the first screen click "Next." v1.2: 2009 Page 9
3. Click "Next" and you will see this screen: v1.2: 2009 Page 10
4. Click "Next" to accept defaults, and you will see this screen: v1.2: 2009 Page 11
5. Click "Flash Options" and see this screen: Verify that the "Key frame every:" to 5 seconds. Note: If you using version 6.0.0, you will see a different window without the key frame setting. You can also change "Background Color" of your presentation. If you change the background color it adds a color bar at the top and bottom of the screen to fill the dimensions. Otherwise, it will default to black. 6. Click OK and you will see this screen. v1.2: 2009 Page 12
7. Make sure the Embed Video into HTML is checked. See "USING SCORM" in a later section. 8. If you like, you can add a watermark to your presentation either the Camtasia default logo shown under "Preview" or use a picture of your own. You can choose where to have it located. To do this, check "Include watermark." v1.2: 2009 Page 13
9. Under "Video Info," click the "Options" button. You will see this screen where you can click the Author tab and fill in appropriate information. 10. Click OK. 11. At the next screen, be sure to name your file and send it to the file folder you created for the project: v1.2: 2009 Page 14
12. Click "Finish." 13. You will see a screen with recommended production settings. Click "Finish." 14. The next screen will show you the progress of the rendering of the video. This may take a while, depending on the length and the amount of narration. 15. When that is finished, you will see the final screen: v1.2: 2009 Page 15
16. Click "Finish." 17. Your entire project is not yet saved you can do that now from Camtasia Studio if you wish or go right to the Uploading of the zip file to Blackboard. Creating a Zip File for Your Camtasia Presentation 1. Go to your folder for this project: If you used SCORM, a zip file with the name of your production may already be there. If you did not, follow the next 3 steps. 2. Open the folder inside the folder. 3. You will see a host of files created by Camtasia. Select them, right click and Send to compressed zip file. Make sure your original PowerPoint or screen that you recorded or the.camproj is not one of these files. v1.2: 2009 Page 16
4. Another file will be added called xxxxx.zip. This is the file you will be uploading to Blackboard. You may rename the zip file if you like, as long as you keep the.zip extension. Uploading Your Zip File to Blackboard 1. Log in to Blackboard into the Control Panel. Choose the location where you want the file to be presented, or click "Edit" from the area in your course where you want to add your zip file. 2. Click ITEM, add a title (required), and description or instructions if needed. 3. In the Options area of the ITEM, browse to find the zip file for your Camtasia presentation. 4. Add a name for the participants to click on (such as "Click Once to Start"). 5. Choose "UNPACKAGE THE FILE from the dropdown menu next to "Special Action." 6. Click SUBMIT to go to the next screen. 7. You will be presented with a list of the files. Start with the filename ending in.html 8. Click Submit to load your movie to your Blackboard site. v1.2: 2009 Page 17
Creating a Flash Quiz 1. Make sure you are positioned on the time line so that your quiz appears at the correct place. If you are positioned at the beginning of the timeline, you can simply drag the quiz marker to the end of the timeline after building the quiz. See below. 2. Click on "Flash Quiz and Survey" from the Task List. See below. 3. From the next screen, click "Add Quiz " v1.2: 2009 Page 18
4. Give the quiz a name. 5. Choose the type of question and click OK. 6. Begin adding questions and typing in answers. v1.2: 2009 Page 19
7. After each question, click OK. When finished with all questions, click the "Finished" button. Quick Note on Deleting Pieces of your Video This takes some practice. What has worked well is to preview the video from the Camtasia Studio window and watch the time line numbers. Make a note of the "space" you want to delete. Drag across that space, right click and choose "Cut Selection." UNDO works! v1.2: 2009 Page 20
Using SCORM Applying SCORM in your Camtasia presentations will allow you to construct quizzes or surveys with feedback and have the results synced with Blackboard 8 Grade Center. 1. Produce your movie when you get to this screen, click the "Options" button next to "Quiz and Survey Reporting" shown below. v1.2: 2009 Page 21
2. You will see this screen. Make sure "Report score using SCORM" is checked and click the "SCORM Options" button below. 3. You will see this screen. Make sure Version 2004 is chosen and "Produce both zip file and unzipped files" is checked. Also, give your Lesson Information a "Title." Click OK and OK again. 4. You will see this final screen. Click Next. v1.2: 2009 Page 22
5. You will see the screen where you must name your presentation and send to the correct file folder. Also note that all files have been zipped for you. Click Finish. v1.2: 2009 Page 23
6. Your project will now go through the rendering process, which will take a few minutes. Remember, you files have been automatically zipped. Uploading Your SCORM Presentation to Blackboard 1. Launch Blackboard. 2. Go to the area where you want your zip file to reside. v1.2: 2009 Page 24
3. Click "SCORM CONTENT" from the drop down list and click "Go." See below: 4. You will see the following screen. Give your content a title; then Browse for the zip file. It is important that you make sure "Add GradebooK Item" is checked. Check "Choice" and "First Attempt Only." Click Submit. v1.2: 2009 Page 25
5. You will see this screen: 6. Click Continue and you will see this screen: v1.2: 2009 Page 26
7. Put a check next to your SCORM Lesson and indicate the Points Possible or Pass/Fail. 8. Click Submit and you will receive a receipt. 9. When your students view the presentation and come to the quiz questions, they will see something similar to this: v1.2: 2009 Page 27
10. Once they complete their answer, they can click Submit and will be given feedback if it is right or wrong. Depending on whether you chose "First Attempt Only," or not they may click "Next" to go to the next question or "Prev" if you didn't require "First Attempt Only." When finished Submitting all questions, the students will see a screen where they click "Done." 11. Finally, the students will see this screen: 12. The students must click "Send." v1.2: 2009 Page 28
13. The students should click "Quit" from this next screen. After that, they most likely will be asked to close their Browser. Your SCORM quiz has now been added to your Blackboard Grade Center. When students take the quiz, it will be scored and points entered. It scales the questions based on the number of questions you have and the total points you indicated (if you have 4 questions and choose 100 points each question is worth 25). Using the Record PowerPoint feature Starting with No. 6 from Page 2 1. Click "Record PowerPoint" from the Camtasia Studio. 2. Make sure your PP file is on screen. 3. Click the little red "Record" button from the PowerPoint toolbar. 4. Your PowerPoint will go into presentation mode, and you will see this in the lower right corner of your screen. 5. When ready, click the "Click to begin recording" button. 6. Record your slides moving from slide to slide with clicking. v1.2: 2009 Page 29
7. When finished, press Ctrl +Shift+F10 or Esc to stop. 8. You will be asked to save the file. 9. Once you do so, this screen will pop up: 10. Click "Edit your recording" and OK. 11. Produce your Video. 12. Press "Next" until this screen choose "ExpressShow with TOC." a. Click "Flash Option" to check Table of Contents for Markers. 13. Continue clicking "Next." 14. Finish. 15. Zip files. 16. Upload to Blackboard. v1.2: 2009 Page 30
Camtasia Recording Guidelines for Teaching 1. Remember that the primary use of Camtasia is to be able to SHOW and INSTRUCT your audience how to do things it enables audio and visual. If you are interested in only audio, consider Audacity or other software 2. Always state the objective of the Camtasia presentation to the students; what do you expect them to learn? How to you expect them to use the presentation? Should they take notes?; Should they listen to all in one sitting?, etc. 3. Instruct your students how to view the Camtasia presentation: a. To view in full screen, use F11 or the small square icon in the lower right of the presentation b. To Pause the presentation, use the double bar at the lower left of the presentation c. To exit the presentation, click on another area in the course site. 4. Limit your recordings to 15 minutes each. A good guideline is 2-3 minutes per slide. Make your presentation in sections if it needs to be longer, i.e., part1, etc. This will optimize file size for slower connections. 5. Use your slides as guidelines; don't read the text. 6. Attempt to have your students pause the presentation and "do" something before continuing. 7. Plan on no more than two minutes of students' attention per slide. 8. Engage students when you can ask questions or allude to an upcoming point. Include an interactive survey or quiz part of the advanced Camtasia features. 9. Be prepared before you start narrating have notes. v1.2: 2009 Page 31