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It’s hard to put a price tag on learning and improving skills. However, for the amount of content and the fact that this is these only official certifications for TechSmith Camtasia and Snagit makes the value pretty high. Other online training courses online will run you between $50 and $1,000 or more.

The course is part of your maintenance package. A return of your maintenance would fall under our standard 30-day return policy. And at this time TechSmith Certification courses are NOT available for purchase separate from Snagit or Camtasia Maintenance. If you’re interested in purchasing maintenance to gain access to the course, please contact us.

Certification means that you are a confident user of the product and understand how to use it effectively and efficiently. Through the certification processes, you will gain skills and knowledge that will help you to create screencasts and videos (Camtasia) or images, videos and other pieces that communicate concepts, ideas and information visually (Snagit). Like any learning process though, becoming certified can be a great help, but mastering the process also requires practice and working to improve. The certification will lay a solid foundation for you to build your skills and knowledge, and help expose you to many of the options and features available within Camtasia or Snagit. After completion of your certification, your employers or prospective employers can rest assured that you have worked through the process of gaining a significant amount of knowledge about Camtasia or Snagit and how to use it.

The free tutorials are fantastic and can be utilized along with the certification to grow your knowledge of Camtasia or Snagit. While there is some overlap in topics, the Certifications take a very different approach to the learning process. The certification not only goes into more depth about the various tools (some not covered by the free tutorials), they also follow the author through the creation of a project (Camtasia) or through actual, use-case-specific workflows (Snagit). This methodology not only allows you to learn the tools and how to use them but will enable you to see the outcomes throughout the process.

You will earn Camtasia or Snagit certification after you view all of the videos and take all of the quizzes in a course, passing each quiz with a minimum of 80% correct.

For Camtasia Certification: Once you have completed all of the lessons, you will need to click on the Receive My Certification course which will complete the certification process. Please note that if you have not completed each lesson, you will not be able to access the Receive My Certification course.

For Snagit Certification: You will receive an email with your certificate. Make sure to check your Junk or Spam folder if you do not see it. Alternatively, return to the Course Overview page. If you have completed all the necessary requirements for certification, there will be a link that says “View certificate.” Click this to view and print your certificate.

Because of the length of the course, we offer a second way to complete Camtasia Certification. Users with a deep knowledge of Camtasia can take the Camtasia Certification (Test Only) course (available in the Camtasia Certification Course), which will take you through a series of quizzes. On completion and passing all of the quizzes with a minimum of 80%, your certification will be issued. Please note that you must complete either the Camtasia Certification course or the Test Only option in its entirety. You cannot complete part of one and part of the other and receive your certification.

The Camtasia Certification courses contain over 15 hours of video content and many quizzes. Also, there are other resources, like downloadable project files. While you could complete all of the material within 16 to 17 hours, it’s highly recommended that you also spend time practicing and using Camtasia.

The Snagit Certification contains 23 video lessons, equaling about 1 hour and 40 minutes of learning content. There are also 5 knowledge check points throughout the courses, containing 10 questions each. Earning the certification requires that you complete all video lessons, plus pass each knowledge check with a score of 80% or greater. Generally, this amounts to approximately 2 hours of time to complete the video lessons and the knowledge check questions in order to earn your certificate. However, it is recommended that you practice using Snagit as you go through the course, which adds some time.

Other courses about Camtasia are great and can do a great job providing anyone who takes them with knowledge about the software. As the creators of Camtasia, TechSmith is the only one able to issue an official certification for the software. Because we realize there are many people have used Camtasia for many years and are very confident in their knowledge of the software, we have provided a Test Only option. In this option, you can go through just the exam to earn your certification. While we’d recommend and encourage you to look at the learning materials, this alternative path allows those who have invested time into their learning previous to the launch of the certification to show off their knowledge without repeating the learning process.