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[Angie]

demo Camtasia and Captivate
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show capture of PowerPoint 

Other tools:

 What are we using it for? MIT Libraries Video Tutorials

  • general "how to use library services and resources"
  • quick how tos (Tracy's)
  • also targeted for classes
    • 3.091 - specific tools used for assignments
    • 2.75 - captured a session while it was taught.

[Darcy]

Statistics

What type of videos work best - short or long? Depends what the user is coming for.

We are looking at our statistics for guidance.  We use Google Analytics on our web pages. 

See this video for guidance on how to use GA to better track the use of your videos: Google Analytics and .swf tutorials by Paul Betty

TechTV 

We are also putting our videos into MIT's TechTV

Originally we were going to use TechTV as the place our videos lived, but we had technical problems that delayed our ability to put them up (and so embedded them on .html pages on our own site).  Camtasia doesn't just produce a single Flash file, it produces multiple Flash files (for tables of contents, the controllers, etc.).  Camtasia 5 has an option to produce  single Flash file, so we are putting them all up now. 

how to market / where to link to 

Managing the files

Fairly large files (3-10MB) for the Flash files, store them centrally on a designated server. 

Production files used to create the Flash files are large too - keep them backed up centrally in case we need to edit the original.  Camtasia uses a lot of files (separate audio files, images) and it's been hard to make sure we have all that are needed to recreate the video.

technical problems (audio)

Costs, staff training

No IT staff directly involved in project, outside of purchasing and installing software. 

Software fairly intuitive but lots of details, so hard to use if not a regular tool.  We designated certain staff for training - if others want a video made, they write scripts and work with trained staff.  Gave several training sessions and run monthly drop-in sessions to work on projects and get advice. 

Purchased though connect.gov at bulk discount ($?)

have upgraded software once @ cost of $?

MIT Libraries Video Tutorial Guidelines

Headsets: had intermittent problems with USB headsets, ended up recommending those with direct audio plug-ins, $?? headsets seem to do fine



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