Overall Satisfaction with Camtasia
At the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL, Camtasia is used as the screencast production software of choice to create visual learning experiences from orientation to a learning management system or website to drill-and-practice training, primarily for faculty and students. It provides a visual opportunity to understand often technical information in combination with written or oral narratives consistent with multimedia learning theory (Mayer, 2009) that suggest learning succeeds when a combination of two sensory modalities (visual plus written or visual plus oral) are addressed.
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multi-media Learning, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press, NY/NY.
Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multi-media Learning, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press, NY/NY.
- Ability to edit the video is precise and easy to accomplish
- The editor can add "callouts" and other highlighting features to the screencast.
- Project preferences are fairly easy to establish.
- Publishes to video as a standalone mp4 file or can be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
- You can only play a video on the timeline at only one speed, realtime.
- There is no audio scrubbing when you scrub the video with the playhead.
- You cannot save timelines for future use; you must save the project under a different filename.
- Interactive features (prompts to the user to click) are not robust and are arduous to implement unless you have a subsription to publish to TechSmith Screencast.
- Ease of use
- Versatility
- Speed of production results.
- Integration across multiple platforms and services.
- Not directly applicable. Our service does not charge faculty or students other than through regularly paid course fees.
Captivate is high-end to the extent that it is beyond the use of a "typical" user. It has a steep and lengthly learning curve. Camtasia's learning curve can be mastered potentially within an hour to be productive, and it weds with Snagit to become versatile in presenting information visually.
Do you think Camtasia delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Camtasia's feature set?
Yes
Did Camtasia live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Camtasia go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Camtasia again?
Yes