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Calling all Camtasia Studio users! Ryan Eash, from TechSmith's User Assistance team, is hitting the road for the EDUCAUSE conference. Before the conference starts, he will give a few training sessions in California.

Ryan will conduct two 3 hour sessions - one for beginner Camtasia Studio users and another for intermediate Camtasia Studio users at the University of California in Irvine on October 15.

Interested? Sign-up here (Let them know you're interested in the training on the October 15th...) You can also sign up by calling our sales department toll free at 888.750.0685.

Once you've signed-up, the training team will get you all the details.

Here are details about each session:

Beginner Camtasia Studio training session

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

University California Irvine

Anteater Instruction and Research Building

In this hands-on Camtasia Studio training, we are going to take you through the basics of creating great looking screencasts. Participants in the course will learn the basics of setting up and recording your screen. In addition to recording your screen, you will learn how to effectively edit and produce your video. The cost of the course is $99.

Topics include:

• Setting up Screen recording
• Setting up audio and recording system audio
• Recording your screen
• Choosing appropriate dimensions and project settings
• SmartFocus and Zoom-n-pan
• Cutting, splitting and copy & paste
• Callouts and transitions
• Using the Library
• Production options
• Choosing the right format & optimizing the quality
• Camrec and Camproj

For the intermediate session:

Intermediate Camtasia Studio training session

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

University California Irvine

Anteater Instruction and Research Building

In this hands-on Camtasia Studio training, we are going to take you beyond the basics of creating great looking screencasts. Participants in the course will learning more about using Camtasia Studio, including tips and tricks. Specifically recording a specific dimensions, using captions, customizing your production settings. The cost of the course is $99.

Topics include:

• Recording specific regions of your screen
• Editing tips and tricks
• Callouts and transitions
• Captioning best practices
• More Production options
• MP4, SWF, FLV, WMV - which one?
• Customizing your Flash player settings
• Sending your videos to YouTube, Screencast.com, and more

Hope to see you at the training or at EDUCAUSE!