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Richard.Baer
Richard.Baer
Scripts and content specialists
May 20 2008, 12:23 PM EDT | Post edited: May 20 2008, 12:23 PM EDT
I have realized that knowing how to produce a tutorial in Camtasia does not mean that I have to do it alone.
Just like in the real movies, there are functions that can someone else can do.

One of our librarians was between projects and on a quiet reference desk.
I asked her to write a script for the Sage Criminology tutorial.
She made a great script in a 3 column table. Narration in the left, mouse action in the centre and callouts in the right.

I put it through a dry run, testing my cadence and how the narration matched the mouse movements. I added some narration, deleted a bit, then recorded and produced in about 4 hours total.
So if you are a subject ace and someone at your library can produce in Camtasia, team work will even out the workload and produce a better tutorial.
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