E-learning With Camtasia Studio: A Step-by-step Buide to Producing High-quality, Professional E-learning Videos for Effective Screencasting and Training

This book was a good overview of creating e-learning content. I would have liked more in-depth coverage of Camtasia, but the details about the application that were included were very good. There were plenty of exercises the reader can work through to get practical application of the concepts being taught.One other issue with the book is that it uses an older version of Camtasia. So, if you're using Camtasia 2020, some of the screenshots will look didderent from your version of the application. However, the key concepts of using Camtasia have not really changed between versions.If you're looking for a complete review of Camtasia, this book will not meet that need, but if you are looking for information on creatiing e-learning content using Camtasia, this book will be a good starting point.

I bought this book because I wanted something that would take a new user through the components of Camtasia and utilize samples so that I could apply what I am learning as I am going through the book. I learn better this way than just reading and then re-learning again with a project of my own.This book is out of date in several aspects and should be updated if continued to be sold on Amazon. One, it uses an earlier version of Camtasia that has a slightly different interface. Two, if you plan to use the media files provided for the book (Try It exercises in Chapter 6), the TechSmith URLs are out of date, the samples provided are no longer provided on the TechSmith website, and the intro for the sample project does not come with the title animation with it. I had to create my own title with text.Since using these samples is likely the main reason people like me are buying this book, it is important that the author update this to clarify things for the user and make it a more enjoyable experience. Otherwise, we may be liable to turn to Lynda.com or YouTube videos rather than buying this book.

I use Camtasia at work and it can be difficult. These book is laid out great and easy to understand. I am glad I purchased it.

Love this book. I was new to camtasia and this book was perfect. Easy to read. Easy to follow.

Well presented, very useful information.

Well written and a good guide for using Camtasia!

Great resource!!

As someone who has used Camtasia extensively since 2010/11, I found this book to be a great read. It is structured to be accessible to those just starting out with Camtasia, and explains the basics of preparing an e-learning video in great detail. Many of the Camtasia users guides simply cover the tasks of using the program itself without delving into the philosophy of structuring content for e-learning. This indicates concepts like needs analysis, resource gathering, and storyboarding are topics separate from content creation, and thus only provides a partial view of the importance of e-learning as a whole, well-rounded process. Rather than ignoring these, or simply directing you to an outside resource, David Demyan thoroughly explains these concepts and their importance in the first few chapters, describing a typical e-learning content creation workflow. This workflow is useful because it is extremely portable, and can be used for any major e-learning project, not just video.This book even taught me a few new tricks --- I previously found quizzes and interactions to be a cumbersome process and chose instead to farm out the testing of user knowledge to other, more expensive applications (like Articulate Storyline). E-learning with Camtasia studio explained the quizzing/interaction workflow (hotspots, reporting, and even SCORM output) in a way that even the most casual Camtasia Studio user can easily grasp. I would love to see a similar guide for OS X/Camtasia for Mac users, but If you are interested in Camtasia for e-learning and run a windows machine, this book is a fantastic place to start.

I bought this book so I could read it when travelling, in bed etc. Many checklists and examples are not in the book have to be downloaded, so that doesn't help me. Also, you have to register your details.

The book is quite informative.