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With the advent of broadband and new age internet technologies, it is possible to impart instructions online. There are several tools to help you develop instructional materials. Each of these has been developed for a particular type of learning need. One such learning tool is called Camtasia

When you want to walk someone though a process to be completed on a computer or inside database software, or for that manner anything that can be illustrated on a computer screen, you will wish to walk the learner through the entire process. For that to happen, you need to record the sequence of activities performed yourself and record the events on the screen simultaneously using screen capture software.

Building such walk through training is achieved by means of screen recording software or demonstration software. One of the market leaders in this arena is camtasia. It has been the leader for a number of years and is therefore regarded by everyone in the E-learning industry as one of the most user friendly tools.

You have a lot of options available in camtasia you can convert serious stuff into funny videos. You are free to choose whether you wish to record the entire screen or a part thereof. You can choose to add voice-over for ease of understanding the steps involved. The end result is of course, a screen capture .

Using this software you can easily provide captions, callouts, highlights text fields for the user to type in, mouse rollovers etc. You have the ability to produce only portions of the video and you can even provide navigation buttons beyond what is actually shown on the screen and edit the bitmap images for all presentation controls .This software is really a complete learning tool

Last but not the least, this software supports a multitude of languages. English, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, French and many more languages are supported. So, language is not a hurdle for delivering excellent simulations, if you happen to choose camtasia. The help files are good and the interface it quite intuitive and there are many learning tools available with which you can learn how to use camtasia in a matter of minutes.

Terri Roberts is an avid Camtasia user and has developed a unique online at camtasia training course.

- Terri Roberts

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