Test viewer’s knowledge through multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer, and true/false questions.
Add open ended questions to gain feedback or gather user information such as an email address to contact the viewer at a later time.
Note: The TechSmith Smart Player is required for table of contents, closed captions, search, quizzing, and hotspots in a video. To include the TechSmith Smart Player, export the video to Legacy Local File (Windows), Local File (Mac), Screencast.com, or Knowmia. See Export & Share Your Video.
Quiz Features
Unlimited number of fill in the blank, multiple choice, short answer, or true/false questions.
Require quiz / survey takers to submit a name and email address.
Set the quiz to be scored or unscored.
For surveys, use the unscored option.
Set Up a Quiz
Select media or move the playhead to the desired location and select Modify > Quizzes > Add Timeline Quiz or press Shift+Q.
Note: Add a quiz to media to keep the quiz aligned to that media while editing.
Camtasia adds the quiz and enables quiz mode.
Set quiz options in the Properties > Options tab.
Enter quiz questions in the Properties > Questions tab.
To add another quiz, move the cursor along the timeline or on the selected media and click to add a quiz. As long as quiz mode is enabled, you are able to add new quizzes.
To disable quiz mode, click the small arrow next to Quiz under the timeline toolbar or press Ctrl+Q.
Quiz Questions and Options
Option
Description
Create questions
Click the Questions subtab.
The first question is added for you.
To add more questions, click the Add Question button and type the question.
Choose a question type
Select a question type from the dropdown.
Enter or select answer
For true/false questions, click True or False to set the answers.
For all other question types, click Add Answer and type an answer.
For multiple choice questions, click to select the correct answer.
Give feedback for answers
Check the Display Feedback option.
Type a response for the correct / incorrect answers.
Select the next action after the correct / incorrect answers.
Change question order
Click up and down arrows to change order of the questions in the quiz.
Preview how quiz appears to your viewers
Click the Preview button.
Enter quiz name
Click the Quiz Options subtab. Enter the name in the Quiz Name field.
Create survey
Click the Quiz Options subtab. Leave the Score Quiz option unchecked.
Allow users to view results
Click the Quiz Options subtab. Click the Viewers can see their results checkbox.
Delete quiz
Select a quiz on the timeline or media and press the Delete key.
You can report the results of the quiz through email or via a SCORM-compliant Learning Management System (LMS).
If you select Report quiz results through email during export, you receive the results through email via the Camtasia Quiz Service. Click the link in the email and follow the steps to download the CSV reports: Summary and Detailed.
About the CSV Report
The Summary CSV report contains a total score and percentage for each person, per video. If a video has several quizzes, the summary report combines the scores from all quizzes in the video to give one overall score.
The Detailed CSV report contains a time stamp, detailed question/answer scores, text field entries, and more.
The reports are in a comma delimited CSV text file format. This format is best viewed in a program that allows you to manipulate data in columnar format such as Microsoft Excel or Google Spreadsheets.
Reports are sent once each day. No reports are sent if there is no new data collected.
Reports aggregate data. Each report contains both old and new data.
You cannot unsubscribe from the Quiz Service. To stop getting reports, request users not to take the quiz or remove the video from a shared location.
You cannot change the reporting email address.
Export a Video with a Quiz (Windows)
To export a video with a quiz:
Select Export > Local File.
Select the MP4 with Smart Player option from the File type dropdown.
Optional: If you want to upload the video package to a SCORM compliant LMS, select Advanced > Smart Player tab > enable the Report using SCORM option. Click the SCORM options button to customize.
Click Export.
Export a Video with a Quiz (Mac)
To export a video with a quiz, select one of the following options:
Screencast.com:
Select Export > Screencast.com.
Enable the Include Quiz option.
Click the Options button to set the reporting options.
To set up reporting, enable the Report quiz results through email option and enter an email address. Click OK.
Click Export.
MP4:
Select Export > Local File.
Select Export to MP4 from the File format dropdown.
Enable the Include Quiz option. Click the Options button.
To set up reporting, enable the Report quiz results through email option and enter an email address. Click OK.
Optional: If you want to upload the video package to a SCORM compliant LMS, enable the Include SCORM option. Click the Options button to customize.