Podcasting Solutions Captivate & Camtasia Comparison This example, I captured audio using PowerPoint. Lots of background noise. When I opened Camtasia and tried to record PowerPoint – I jumped back into PowerPoint where the audio was already in the slides.

Discussion What is Pod/Vod Casting? How it works Focus on PowerPoint Users &D2L Why PowerPoint? Why D2L? Other uses – briefly… Ease of Use Camparison – requiring the least training Review Captivate Review Camtasia Walk-through of Applications

What is Pod/Vod Casting? Podcasting – capturing of audio into a digital file (mp3) Vodcasting – capturing of audio & video into a digital file (mpeg, m4v) Screen size 1/10 th of PC Font sizes 32 pt – best Slow animation How it works Uses a website for file management & distribution RSS feeds to update users player iTunes & Screencast.com D2L for distribution File sizes – big issue Break 40 minute lectures into 10 minute topic segments

Focus on PowerPoint Users &D2L Why PowerPoint? Instructors don’t have to learn a new app Already use PowerPoint – easy to add audio, convert to podcasting files & upload to D2L Why D2L? Instructors don’t have to use/learn another File management site (iTunes or Screencast) More control over file sharing Students manage the player upload issues (they know what to do…) Other uses – briefly… Camtasia & Captivate can create movies of screen capturing such as software tutorials Talking head movies orYouTube movies