SCREENCASTING
Screencasting
The below video shows the work completed in Camtasia for a computer related task- APA Formatting
Review of Camtasia
Camtasia took long to start up on my laptop however after startup it ran well and saving the project was completed quickly. In checking the properties of the program on my device, its size is 1.26KB and the size on the disk is 4.00KB. The minimum system requirements are 4GB of available disk space and 8GB of RAM (TechSmith, 2021).
The programme was relatively simple to use after a bit of navigation, with the menu functions easily accessible. The features of annotations, transitions and adding music and images could be easily found and used. The template was well laid out to ensure easy altering of your information, either from the screen display or from the tabular option at the right of the screen.
The rendering of the video was completed relatively quickly compared to another video editor used previously during the semester. The video was exported directly via YouTube having signed in through Camtasia. The quality of the video exported was good and the audio was clear. There are no options for resolution and size, however the scale within the recorded screenshot can be scaled to size so that it maintains visibility when exported.
There is a cost attached to purchase the full version of the programme. Camtasia (2021) notes that the onetime fee ranges from US$249.99 to US$274.99. It comes with a host of tools and effects. These consist of screen recording options, PowerPoint integration, media importing, interactive quizzes, the use of annotations, transitions, animations, closed captions and import and export functions (Camtasia, 2021).
References
Camtasia (2021). The best all-in-one screen recorder and video editor. TechSmith. https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html
Google Photos (2021). Screencast Challenges. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.articulate.com%2Fseries%2Fscreencast-challenges&psig=AOvVaw0jN1cwxIYSkg3TF2boF_s0&ust=1637246568522000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCIiYvP_Qn_QCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
TechSmith (2021). Camtasia 2021 system requirements. TechSmith. https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-system-requirements.html