eLearning and Camtasia > The Development Process > Pre-Production
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The Development Process
I agree with people who say that Camtasia Studio is a very easy suite of programs to
learn and use. In fact, you’ll have the basics pretty much figured out in a day or so
(that’s the time it should take you to finish this book). However, there’s a whole
development process you need to go through if you intend to produce effective
eLearning (also known as Web Based Training or Computer Based Training), and
Camtasia mastery is only a small part of that process. Getting a handle on the
eLearning development process isn’t easy. It takes a lot of practice, experience and,
above all, patience.
Working in Camtasia, you record videos (using the Camtasia Recorder). After the
recording process, you edit, produce and then share your lessons using Camtasia
Studio (which I have always thought of as the Camtasia Editor). Camtasia Recorder
and Studio are two different programs and both are covered in this book.
I’ve outlined the typical eLearning development process on page 4. The list, which is
by no means comprehensive, will give you an overview of developing eLearning in
any eLearning development tool, not just Camtasia.
Pre-Production
Pre-production is all of the work you will do before entering Camtasia Studio. For
instance, you will need to create an eLearning script, a detailed set of step-by-step
instructions that will be used when the video is recorded in the Camtasia Recorder.
A typical one-hour eLearning course might consist of 12, five-minute videos. It could
take approximately seven hours to write a script for each of those five-minute
lessons. Therefore, you should budget approximately 80 hours to write a 60 minute
eLearning course. Depending on how slowly you write, it could take a bit longer.
Pre-production includes rehearsing the script prior to recording the screen actions,
creating the videos (known as camrec’s) using the Camtasia Recorder, creating a
voiceover script (which you will need if you are planning to include voiceover
narration), and actually recording the audio.
Camtasia Studio Production
After you have created the camrec videos using the Camtasia Recorder, you’ll create
a Camtasia Studio project, which is where the heavy lifting begins. You will import all
kinds of media into the Camtasia Studio project (including the camrec videos), add
title clips, callouts, transitions and quizzes. You’ll also add the voice narration. It’s
likely that the audio, if you recorded it yourself or acquired it from someone on your
team, will require enhancements using the audio tools available in the Camtasia
Studio.
During the production process, you’ll produce the project into one of several output
formats, possibly uploading the files to a web server, LMS or Screencast.com. Once
uploaded, you will test the lessons for scoring or interactivity. You’ll then likely need
to fix, produce, repost and then retest the lessons.
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