Snagit: What You Need to Know About Screen Capturing and Editing

Snagit is award-winning screen capture software that allows you to copy anything you see off your PC screen, edit and enhance your screenshots, and share them by print, email, files, and more. During this session, see how the new Snagit 9 can assist you in your classroom tasks, organize your images by class or subject, cite online materials more easily, and rapidly capture screenshots and merge them to create eye-catching lecture materials.

Chris McQueen, Instructional Designer, Training, TechSmith, MI
Monday, October 12: 2:30pm, DO-07AB, Level 0

Jing: Simple, Quick, and Free Visual Classroom Communication

See how educators are using Jing to connect with their students, submit and review assignments, troubleshoot problems with classroom technology, and supplement office hours. Quicker than typing an email, more detailed than written comments, and not limited by time or place, Jing is one free screen capture and recording tool you can’t afford to be without. Already using Jing? Learn what going pro can do for you.

Chris McQueen, Instructional Designer, Training, TechSmith, MI
Monday, October 12: 11:00am, DO-07AB, Level 0

Getting Started With Camtasia Studio

During this completely hands-on session, participants work with Camtasia Studio to learn the basic steps to recording, editing, and producing onscreen videos. Leave with the tools needed to create recorded lectures, presentations, and training, and to share them on iPods, iPhones, and the web, including on Screencast.com and YouTube.

Ryan Eash, Instructional Designer, Training, TechSmith, MI
Tuesday, October 13: 12:30pm ,DO-05AB, Level 0

Effective and affordable lecture capture that can work on your campus

Increasingly, lecture capture solutions are being adopted to increase student satisfaction, improve instructional effectiveness and retain students. Camtasia Relay is easy for presenters to use, integrates into existing infrastructure, and can grow as needs change. Come hear from TechSmith and two institutions on how they quickly and affordably added lecture capture.

Rich Boys, Product Manager, Camtasia Relay, TechSmith, MI
John Honchell, Management Information System Supervisor, Inver Hills Community College
Garret Brand, Director of Distance Learning, Grand Rapids Community College
Tuesday, October 13: 8:00am, D2-13, Level 2

Lecture Capture: What Camtasia Relay can do for your institution

Most lecture capture systems are too technical, too expensive, require too much training, and are too difficult to adopt across a campus. Come learn what is new with Camtasia Relay to make things easier for everyone. With Camtasia Relay, your faculty will be quickly connecting with students anytime, anywhere.

Rich Boys, Product Manager, Camtasia Relay, TechSmith, MI
Monday, October 12: 5:00pm, D2-14, Level 2

Innovation Games in Lecture Capture Technology

Teachers and administrators—want to influence lecture capture? In these sessions attendees will work with fellow faculty and staff to explore their work environments, personal workflows, organizational needs, teaching styles, and the needs of their students and colleagues when integrating lecture capture solutions in to their organizations and daily work lives.

Casey Wright, User Experience Researcher, User Experience, TechSmith, MI
Christina Zyzniewski, User Experience Researcher, User Experience, TechSmith, MI
Monday, October, 12: 8:30am, 11:00am, 12:30pm, and 2:30pm, D2-08/15, Level 2

Hands-on Lab Sessions:

(All held in room DO-01B, Level 0)

Best Quality Practices for Camtasia Studio

Learn how to get great looking recordings, great sounding audio, and find out tips, tricks and tools to help you create fantastic content with Camtasia Studio. Participants should have a basic understanding of Camtasia Studio.

Monday, October 12: 11:00am
Tuesday, October 13: 5:00pm

Tips and Tricks using Snagit Editor

Use Snagit? Use Snagit’s Editor? Learn how to use Snagit Editor to its fullest. Learning about customizing, hotkeys that improve workflow and efficiency, and other topics like creating Quick Styles, adding Stamps, and getting the most out the library.

Sunday, October 11: 9:45am
Tuesday, October 13: 3:45pm

Blogging, Screencasting and Jing

Have Jing? Have a blog? Want to use them together? Learn ways to use Jing and blogs to quickly communicate. In this nuts and bolts style session see how to create content with Jing for blogs, how Jing integrates with different blog platforms and how to use embed code provided from Screencast.com.

Sunday, October 11: 11:00am
Monday, October 12: 2:30pm
Tuesday, October 13: 11:00am

Screencasting in Education

Screencasts are powerful tools in helping educators do more. Learn how educators are using tools like Camtasia Studio and Jing to create screencasts that improve communication, feedback and help deliver content in ways that engage the students.

Monday, October 12: : 12:30pm
Tuesday, October 13: 8:00am

Camtasia Relay: Lecture Capture for the Masses

Lecture capture is rapidly transitioning from a nice-to-have to a must-have. This session will show you how Camtasia Relay is an affordable solution that can fit in with your existing infrastructure and processes. Come and see how easy it can be to record your lectures and make them available for students in the format they need.

Sunday, October 11: 8:30am
Monday, October 12: 8:00am and 5:00pm
Tuesday, October 13: 12:30pm

Image Formats and Codecs

Know what a PNG is – why you’d use it? What video codecs to use when creating content with TechSmith tools? Come away with a basic understanding and a cheat sheet to help you make better decisions.

Monday, October 12: 3:45pm

Talk with TechSmith Trainers

TechSmith, maker of Snagit, Camtasia Studio, Camtasia Relay and Jing want to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions and learn what you want to learn. Come in a sit for a few minutes or stay awhile – during this hour you will have access to ask TechSmith trainers those questions you’re waiting to find the answers to about TechSmith products.

Sunday, October 11: 1:00pm
Tuesday, October 13: 2:30pm