Using Camtasia Studio to record PowerPoint Presentations.

1.Open your Powerpoint Presentation. 2.Click on the File Tab, then Options, then Add-Ins. 3.Click on Add Camtasia, click OK.

4. Open Camtasia Studio. 5. Click on ‘Record the Screen in Camtasia and choose ‘Record PowerPoint’. (you will have this once you add Camtasia to PowerPoint to record automatically)

6. Click on the Add-Ins Tab in PowerPoint, click on Record. 7. The Presentation will open (above) with a Record box in the corner. When you are ready click the button ‘Click to begin recording’. 8. When you are ready to stop recording, end the presentation as normal(the esc key). A dialog box will open confirming that you want to stop recording or continue recording. 9. You will be prompted to save the presentation.

10. A dialog box will open giving you the choice to Produce or Edit your presentation. Choose Edit. Any other dialog boxes that open, just keep the defaults. 11. The Presentation will open (above) in Camtasia for editing. The file will automatically open in Camtasia if you start the recording from Camtasia. If you start recording from Powerpoint or want to import a video file, open the file from your computer and drag the file from the Clip Bin to the track below. 12. The presentation image on the left is in the Clip Bin. All items that you place in the Camtasia presentation will appear there. The presentation image on the right is where you view the changes that you make.

Once the presentation is saved and pops into Camtasia, you will see a diaglog box that gives you options to change the file size. The file size will depend on where you publish the video; the web, DVD, tablet or other mobile device, etc. NOTE: you will need to test the video in different formats to see which one will work best.

At the bottom of the screen is the Video and Audio time line. You will use this to edit the video and the recording. There are also several editing features; Callouts-add text, Zoom/Pan-on a feature of the slide, More-more features. Above the Video and Audio time line is the Cut feature to edit the actual presentation, Zoom in and out on the time line to make edits easier, Timeline Counter (gray,red,green button) for editing/playback, and the Video play buttons. To add other media; video, graphics, audio, import the file to the Clip Bin and then drag and drop the file to the audio or video track below.

To edit the video: 1.Click on the Play button and watch/listen while watching the Timeline Counter (red & green arrow. Note the start & end time of the section to be corrected. 2.Zoom (click on the + magnifying glass), so you can see the detail more clearly where to cut the video/audio. 3.Stop and/or place the Timeline Counter (gray arrow) at the start of the section to cut. Drag the Red or Green arrow to the stopping place of the section. 4.Click the scissor icon to cut the section. If this is not exactly what you want, click on Edit and Undo or click on the Undo button. 5.Be sure to save your changes frequently.

To Zoom on a section: 1.Click on the Zoom-n-Pan icon. 2.Use the editing dots to drag the box around the area that you want to zoom onto. 3.You will see a blue diamond on the timeline where your Zoom/Pan will occur. 4.To Zoom back out, place the Timeline Counter where you want to zoom out (on the timeline), then follow the same steps

To add a Callout: 1.Click on the Callout icon. 2.Click on Add Callout. 3.Drag the Callout item to the area to be highlighted on your video. 4.Use the editing features to change the fill, outline, size, etc. of the callout. 5.On the Timeline at the bottom of the screen you can drag the callout to a different time on the video (click and drag).

To add ADA Compliant Captions: 1.Click on the Tools. 2.Click on Captions. 3.The ADA compliant button in the upper right shows compliancy (blue) and non- compliancy (red). 4.Click the Add Caption button on each screen to type in the caption text.

Save-Produce & Share: 1.Click on Produce and Share 2.Click on Produce and Share again. 3.Click on the drop down menu in the box at the top of the dialog box that appears. Generally you will set it to ‘Custom Production Settings’. 5. This box can be left on the default settings unless you want to change the Flash options. 4. Most of the time this box will be left at the Recommended setting. However, you may need to change to a different format. Be sure to test each one.

Save-Produce & Share: 6. Change the video options as needed otherwise leave it at the default. 8. You will see this window once the video has been produced. Click on Finish. 7. Save the video to a location where you can find it later.

1.To record the screen: webpages, documents, etc…. 2.Click on Record the Screen. Click Record the Screen a second time. 3.When you are ready to record click on the REC button.

1.When you are done recording, click the STOP button on the tool bar. This will be minimized at the bottom of your screen. 2.You will see a screen with an image of your recording. Click on Save and Edit. This will load the recording into Camtasia for editing. 3.Follow the editing procedure in the previous steps.