


Lynda.Building an E-learning Course with Camtasia Studio 8 is the course for you if you are an instructional designer, teacher, corporate trainer, or anybody who wants to take learning beyond the walls of the classroom by creating e-learning courses using Camtasia. See the Copyright in Online Courses for more information. Either use content that you created yourself, or look for public domain or Creative Commons material. If you find it online, that doesn’t mean it’s legal to use. If your video is mostly a “talking head,” keep it interesting by cutting away to relevant visuals that illustrate or complement your point. (For screen capture movies, however, this jump might not be noticeable.) If this is not possible, try “fading” or “dissolving” between shots. Keep your audio continuous but cut away to another visual, for example an image or demonstration. Avoid “jump cuts.” If you chop out something in the middle of the video, there will be a visible “jump” from one section to another.Make your cut just before the beginning of a word or sentence. An extra tip: when cutting out spoken material, don’t cut in the middle of a breath. Just keep it tight in the edit by removing the unnecessary chunks. It’s no problem if you stumble over your script or pause to take a drink. Don’t be afraid to cut out stuff in the middle.


Likewise, as soon as the material is finished, the video should end. The finished video should start when the content starts. Viewers probably don’t want to see you setting up the camera, checking your notes, or clearing your throat, so make sure you remove any extraneous material at the beginning of your raw video. Start at the beginning, and end at the end.Hours of editing may not be necessary for a quick demo or screen movie, but it's worth keeping in mind the time involved in editing media. Depending on the complexity of the material, one minute of finished video can take hours of editing. You'll want to remove any extraneous material through editing. And just like writing, editing video takes time. You don't want your video to take any longer than it absolutely has to. Similar to writing, being concise in a video is key.
