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| News You Can Use |
September 2008 | Issue 57 |
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Hello Everyone – It’s Dave, your friendly neighborhood education evangelist here again, giving Katie a little break this month. I was thinking now might be a good time to be 'green’ and recycle an old letter from the editor that I wrote about a year ago. In the October 2007 newsletter we asked you to ‘show off’ your stuff and send us examples of what you’re doing with our products. We had a great response and met some great people, including Eric Marcos (TechSmith Newsletter Interview). Eric and his students were recently featured in Harvard Ed Magazine for their innovative use of Camtasia Studio.
The main reason for the recycled newsletter is that now is the perfect time (especially if you’re in higher education) to show us what you’re doing. We’re just getting into the fall conference season and have some big ones coming up soon – CIT in Salt Lake City and Educause in Orlando. We will be creating a theater of user content to show off at these shows, so if you’re interested in being featured please send me an email.
Thanks for reading this 87% post consumer recycled newsletter – please do your part and opt not to print it out!
Enjoy!
Dave McCollom
Education Evangelist
Guest Editor Extrordinaire
Note from Katie. Are you currently using Camtasia Studio and SCORM? Please let me know. I am working on an article about Camtasia Studio and SCORM for next month's newsletter and would love to hear your stories.
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Product Updates: Morae 3 joins the TechSmith family |
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When you think of Morae, you probably think of testing things on a computer screen - like a software application or a website - but now, you can do more. Test your product while in the hands of the user, conduct focus groups, in-depth interviews, and unmoderated testing...just to name a few. Morae 3 makes it possible.
Find out What's New with Morae 3 or request a free trial.
See how schools are using Morae to conduct testing on their admissions process or read this month's case study find out more about how Morae aided in the development of instructional materials and assistive technologies at Landmark College.
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Usability lab at Landmark College Institute for Research and Training (LCIRT). |
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Morae Powers the Universal Design and Usability Laboratory at Landmark College’s Institute for Research and Training
Lab Helps Spotlight Usability Challenges with Instructional Materials and Assistive Technologies
Background
Landmark College in Putney, Vermont, is one of the only accredited colleges in the United States designed exclusively for students with dyslexia, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), and other specific learning disabilities.
Read more about how Morae helped the LCIRT team save $20,000 and begin usability testing in less than a day >
Have a user story, tip or idea you would like to share? Send it to us, and you could be featured in the newsletter or on our website.
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Last month, we showcased some blogs that newsletter subscribers like to read. You may also remember that we asked you to participate in a survey and some of the questions asked about your favorite blogs and websites. Since we already talked blogs, it's time to talk websites. Here are some of your favorites, in no particular order:
Education Week - A variety of education-related blogs and articles.
eLearning HTML editor - HTML help specifically designed to help with the publishing of web content.
Ed Support - ideas for enhancing learning through technology.
Edutopia Magazine - More education-related blogs and articles.
eSchool News - Technology news for all grade levels.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Higher Ed news and articles.
As a side note, some you may know that TechSmith has an educator resources section on TechSmith.com. Check it out, if you haven't already. And please, send feedback if you have ideas on how we could make it better.
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| Camtasia Studio Tutorial: Record a PowerPoint presentation |
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So you've polished and practiced your presentation, only to find out a key person can't attend. Or maybe you want your presentation to be available anywhere, anytime on the web.
No problem, just
turn it into a video using Camtasia Studio. It's super easy with the PowerPoint Addin (which is part of Camtasia Studio).
This tutorial shows you how to record presentations from within PowerPoint.
(Don't see the addin in your PowerPoint? Here's how to enable it...)
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Recording PowerPoint the easy way |
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Kelly Mullins, Information Developer |
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Last month, we introduced the SnagIt creative series with mirrored images. Here is another in the series, watercolor painting with SnagIt.
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to turn a black-and-white drawing into a watercolor painting. Tutorial includes all the files you'll need.
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SnagIt
Screen Capture and Sharing
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Screencast.com
Media Hosting
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Camtasia Studio
Recording and Presentation
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TechSmith Lapel Microphone
High Quality Sound
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Morae
Usability Testing
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UserVue
Remote User Research
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