Documentation:Camtasia Toolkit/Resources
How tos
- Channel Techsmith on YouTube for latest videos on tips and product "how-tos".
- Techsmith's Camtasia Tutorials for Windows - Version 8. Video tutorials and print documentation on getting started, editing, audio, captions, and interaction.
- Techsmith's Camtasia Tutorials for Mac - Version 2. Video tutorials and print documentation on editing essentials, getting started, and more.
- Snagit Tutorials. Video tutorials and documentation around getting started, highlights, recording and more.
- Check out Camtasia for Windows (Version 8) tutorials on Lynda.ubc.ca. Here are two Lynda youtube videos for Camtasia: Basic audio editing and Creating a screen recording.
- DIY Screencasting Toolkit around how to do a screencast and more.
Distribution
Publishing your content
When you've finished recording, editing and exporting your content to an acceptable file format, you'll need to publish it so that you can embed it where you like. You can publish your content on:
- Your own website.
- UBC's Kaltura platform
- UBC's YouTube Channel: using the upload form
- Your own YouTube Channel: YouTube Help
- Soundcloud for audio files.
- another free content hosting service.
Embedding your content
Once your content is hosted (on YouTube or Kaltura) you can embed it in a Canvas course, WordPress environment or on a wiki page. See how-tos below.
- Embed on UBC's CMS WordPress
- Embed on the UBC Wiki
Copyright
Copyright
Do you need to find copyright safe sound or images for your project? The following resources can help:
- Image Sources: UBC's Copyright resource provides an excellent list of various "copyright safe" image databases and also includes some discipline specific ones as well.
- Creative Commons Guide: UBC's Copyright Guide provides lists of databases for free and "copyright safe" sounds, music and video for your digital media projects. It also helps you understand Creative Commons licenses and how and why you may want to apply one to your work.
- Public domain resources: this page provides an overview of what public domain is, how material in the public domain can be used, and much more, including quick tips to check if something is or is not considered public domain in Canada, as well as links to public domain sources.
Students and Copyright
- Why should I care about copyright?: this student-centered guide, put together by the UBC Learning Commons team, answers questions on the subject of copyright and addresses a number of myths and misconceptions surrounding copyright.
Open Educational Resources
- Find OER: Open Professionals Education Network.
- Finding and using Creative Commons materials: UBC's guide to Creative Commons.
- UBC Image Sources Guide: crediting image sources.