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| News You Can Use |
October 2008 | Issue 58 |
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Is your college or university considering a lecture capture solution? Are you already recording lectures or other materials for your students to view outside of class?
Today, TechSmith released Camtasia Relay 1.0. It is lecture capture software you can rollout to your entire department or campus. I am really excited to tell you about this product because I know that many of you are already using screen recording in your classes and I think that Camtasia Relay will make that process easier for you.
Here's the deal...Camtasia Relay is easy. You record, and Camtasia Relay takes care of the rest. Camtasia Relay recorder lives on your computer, Mac or PC. When you are ready to record what happens on your screen, along with audio, you just click on the big red button.
When you're done, you stop and then click submit...that's it. The Camtasia Relay server handles the production and publishing ...automatically. Read on or visit the Camtasia Relay website for more...
Enjoy!
Katie Birmingham
Newsletter Editor
Looking for the CS and SCORM article? It will be coming in November. Let me know if you are using CS and SCORM...
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Camtasia Relay software is lecture capture, streamlined. Record lectures from a Mac or PC in a classroom, office, conference room...anywhere. Automatically publish for all to view. No technical decisions for presenters, all the heavy lifting is done at a central server.
Top features of Camtasia Relay:
Easy recording on Mac or PC - It's as easy as click to start recording, click to stop recording, click to submit. With preset profiles, which know exactly what to do with your recording, you can focus on your presentation and let Camtasia Relay worry about the technical details.
Automatic processing and publishing handled by the server - Predetermined profile settings automate everything from the recording settings, to the formats the recording is produced into, to the destinations where produced files are published.
Multiple file formats - With formats like Flash and iPod video (MP4), audio (MP3), Camtasia Studio (CAMREC), Windows Media (WMV), along with others...and the ability to produce one recording into any or all of the above, you are sure to find the format best for your viewers.
Affordable and flexible licensing - No monthly, annual or per-seat fees. Camtasia Relay can grow with you. As the number of recordings your organization creates increases...so can your server capacity. You can easily upgrade to the next level at any time.
Check out our product tour for all that Camtasia Relay has to offer.
Try it for free!
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Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) needed a lecture capture solution. They were looking at what was available and evaluating solutions based upon the following criteria:
- ease of use
- ability to process files after faculty leave the classroom
- variety of file formats with little user intervention
- integration with their Learning Management System (Blackboard®)
- flexibility in where files are stored
A total of 16 faculty members at GRCC participated in the beta of Camtasia Relay, which met all of the above.
Garret Brand, director of distance learning and professor of business law at GRCC, is highlighted in this case study. Before Camtasia Relay, Brand used class time to lecture and then give an essay assessment. Students were expected to read the chapter before class and be prepared to analyze a new case at the end of class. There was no class time for students to practice.
As a result of Camtasia Relay, Brand's course was redesigned to add group discussions. His lectures were recorded and students were asked to view the lectures before coming to class. This allowed class time to be used for group work and discussion.
Read the full case study and see a sample of a lecture recorded with Camtasia Relay.
Have a user story, tip or idea you would like to share? Send it to us, and you could be featured in the newsletter or on our website.
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| Camtasia Relay Tutorial: Creating your first recording |
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Conan Heiselt, Instructional Designer |
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Getting started with Camtasia Relay is simple. Once the administrator has setup the Camtasia Relay server and sent you your log in information, you can start recording.
Check out this video for a quick overview and find out how you get going with your first recording.
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Creating your first recording |
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Conan Heiselt, Instructional Designer |
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It's a double-dose of Conan! He is our resident Camtasia Relay expert and your best resource for getting up and running.
The Camtasia Relay server houses profiles, which make automatic production and publishing happen. They are created by the Camtasia Relay administrator and provide record, produce and publish settings.
For example: a single profile can say... record in medium quality, produce to MP4 and WMV, then publish to iTunes U and my FTP server.
Watch this video for more details on creating profiles and how to use them.
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Camtasia Studio
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