Multimedia Cart

The multimedia cart includes Camtasia, screen recorder and video editing software.  Additionally, there is an external and document camera, and microphones. 

When creating any video or audio follow these steps:

• Create - using your choice of equipment and software [i.e. ScreencastOmatic or Camtasia to create multimedia]

• Save 

Desktop is preferable

YouTube- linked to your STCC email account- this gives you control to store and share your work

ScreencastOmatic - least recommended, as then ScreencastOmatic has control of your work

• Store in your YouTube account, be sure you are in your STCC email account

• Embed into Blackboard

Instructional Advice

• Camtasia has the ability to integrate an existing PowerPoint so audio can be inserted over the visual presentation. 

• Keep the final project at a 15 minute time limit.

How to Get Started

• Import PowerPoint slides directly into Camtasia and quickly edit them to match audio narration.

• Watch the 2 minute video below.

• If you have a very long PowerPoint presentation, determine how you will chunk the slides into 15 minute videos and make those logical ‘breaks in your presentation, for the video[s] creation.’

• Prepare your transcript-you will want to know what you are going to be narrating, when you begin.

• Import PowerPoint slides directly into Camtasia and quickly edit them to match audio narration. 

Instructional Advice

• Document cameras work like a digital overhead projector. These cameras capture real-time images for displaying an object to a large audience. Using the document camera here, will record what you have under the camera.

How to Get Started

• Turn on the Document Camera

• Open Camtasia

Select New Project

• Click Record Button 

• Choose Camera

Click on IPEVO-VZR 

Check these instructions for detailed notes

• Turn Audio Off- later audio will be recorded in Camtasia

• Click Tools from drop down

Choose Camtasia

• Click Record - Currently the preview is very small. CODL is working on this. Run a quick test to be sure what you are recording is in the proper space.

• Recording falls into Camtasia

Resize in the Preview 

• Delete any additional tracks -keep only the resized track

Add Audio

Choose

Voice Narration

Click start recording, speak into mic

Click Stop when finished > save on desktop > name file

• In Audio track make edits as needed - usually this is for length

• When satisfied with the video

Share the final video from Camtasia

• • 1. Select Share > Local File.

    2. In the File Format dropdown, select Export to MP4(.mp4).

    3. Click Options.

    4. In the Frame Rate dropdown, set rate to Automatic.

    5. In the Dimensions dropdown, set dimensions to Current.

    6. Select OK and Export.

    7. Click Finish

• The final video will save to wherever you indicated-usually the desktop

• Review the recording

• Upload to YouTube

• Embed in Blackboard