EDIT 5395

1. SCREEN RECORD
PROGRAMS
Cristina Diordieva
EDIT 5395

2. FEATURES: ADOBE CAPTIVATE
 Graphics and flash animation
 Interactivity
 Mobile
 Quizzing(scoring tracking and reporting)
 Pop-up Blocker
 Software simulations
 HTML 5 publishing
Price = $799

3. FEATURES: CAMTASIA
 Hot-spots and basic interactivity
 Web Camera
 Voice narration
 Integrates and add-in into PowerPoint
 Animations
 Captions(speech to text)
 Video and audio effects
 Flash option
Price = $ 299

4. Screencast Tool Pros Cons
Captivate  Has a good Quiz function
 Can be used towards e-
learning courses
 Recordings are easy
changed into “Try its”
 It works well with LMS
 Good for recording
software simulation with
interactivity
 Limited mobile usage
Camtasia  Good for recording
software simulations with
no interactivity
 Good for producing simple
video presentations
 Has zoom function for
focusing on some
important parts of the
screen
 Working with captions and
adding them is sometimes
difficult and it takes a lot of
time.
 It is not easy to edit screen
content

5. RECOMMENDATION
 In terms of choosing what is the best screencast software for
educational purposes, I would prefer using more Captivate.
 I consider Adobe Captivate one of the best choice for
interactive learning. Students can always collaborate together
through this tool by contributing to the project without modifying
the design.
 There are a variety of options for learning and testing options,
such as assessments and quizzes.
 Meantime, Camtasia is also good tool for learning strategies,
however it does provide just narrated demonstration that refers
to showing something to student, and not something interactive.