Camtasia is available to all Clemson employees and students at no extra cost.
Camtasia

What Is Camtasia by TechSmith?
Categories: Instructional Video, Authoring
Camtasia is a fantastic tool that can be used to record content of any length! It can help create short informative videos or longer lectures as needed. Camtasia also allows you to make quick edits, ensuring the best video quality for your students. Camtasia produces videos in a format that can be easily uploaded into Kaltura and embedded into your Canvas course.
Tool Guides
Important
- Please use Kaltura instead of Camtasia for video quizzes as there are known issues with the Camtasia quizzes.
- Make sure that your device meets the System Requirements for Camtasia.
Camtasia Interface
- Record The Computer Screen and Audio (HTML)
- Record A PowerPoint Presentation (HTML)
- Importing Content Into the Media Library (HTML)
- Timeline Overview (HTML)
- In-depth Editing (HTML)
- Basic Audio Editing (HTML)
- Camtasia Captions Editor (HTML)
- Simultaneously Deleting Scenes and Captions (PDF)
- Zoom In or Out In a Video (HTML)
- Hide The Mouse Cursor In A Recording (HTML)
- Change Clip Speed (HTML)
- Export and Share A Video (HTML)
- Create and Edit Video Template (HTML)
- About Camtasia Files (HTML)
- Package and Share Camtasia Project (HTML)
Additional Information
Tool Comparison
Name | Camtasia | Kaltura | Adobe Premiere (for editing) |
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Extra Cost | None | None | None |
University Tech Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Uses Clemson Login | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Canvas Integration | N/A | Yes | N/A |