2. ADOBE CAPTIVATE
Graphics and flash animation
Interactivity
Mobile
Quizzing(scoring tracking and reporting)
Pop-up Blocker
Software simulations
HTML 5 publishing
Price = $799
3. 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. COMPARISON CHART
Features Adobe Captivate Camtasia
Record Audio Yes Yes
Graphics and flash
animation
Yes Yes
Closed Captions Yes Yes
Quizzing Yes Yes
Screencast No Yes
YouTube Yes Yes
PDF embedded to PDF
files
Yes No
Custom skins Yes No
Interactive elements Yes No
5. 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
6. 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.
