This month's user story is about using Camtasia Studio and the internet to make lectures available online for students. No doubt the internet has influenced education in numerous ways. It has changed the way research is conducted in many cases, and made information easier to access than ever before.

Taking lectures online has become a topic of much discussion and there are many opinions about whether or not it is a good idea. In the Camtasia Relay webinar I have told you about the past couple months, you can hear first-hand how lecture capture was implemented at two different institutions as well as the opinions of the people actually using the system. View on-demand webinar.

We have another webinar series offered every other Tuesday, which details the actual implementation of Camtasia Relay, the lecture capture system, and shows what is involved for the different parties. These are all live, so you have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions. You can finad out more and sign up for the webinars here.

Katie Birmingham
Newsletter Editor  

In the article "Marketing professor moves classroom online," author Kathie Zipp talks about how the marketing department at Kent State University is working hard to reach students of the "millennium generation" by offering web-based content, while still holding traditional class lectures.

Using Camtasia Studio and a videographer, associate marketing professor Larry Marks is able to provide students with a video of him lecturing as well as the PowerPoint slides he uses during class.

This allows students the freedom to watch the videos for review or make-up if they miss class. Read the full article to find out how Marks along with Rick Scroath, associate dean of the College of Business, use Camtasia Studio to create "blended learning" environments using a combination of online and in-class instruction.