November 21, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
With the recent Camtasia update adding a bevy of new features (and doubling its price for Mac users), some screen capture enthusiasts may be looking for an alternative. Though we moved away from Screenflow in our productions (largely due to...
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November 1, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
When we first started creating content for online courses, annotated slides (like this one) were the most common type of video we produced. The free pen tool Omnidazzle wasn't perfect, but it was flexible enough for what we needed to do....
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October 20, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
TechSmith recently rolled out the newest iteration of their screen recording and editing software Camtasia. Not only is this our preferred tool for screen capture in the courses we produce for Online Duke, it is what we recommend to instructors who...
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August 19, 2016
By: Richard Mitchell
During an AV upgrade of Rubenstein 153, one of the large classrooms at the Sanford School of Public Policy, we added a module (hat tip to the University of Washington) to our Crestron control system that gives us the ability to directly interact with Panopto. https://youtu.be/dyON9jnO4x0...
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May 12, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
TechSmith recently announced that they are ending support for Knowmia, a video recording app for iOS which allows users to record videos that can then be uploaded to Knowmia.com, a searchable learning object repository. TechSmith, which expanded its array of...
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April 11, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
Mark your calendars for May 9 when we are rolling out some significant improvements for DukeCapture (Panopto). We are moving to version 5.0 of Panopto, which supports a number of highly anticipated new features, including a long-awaited overhaul of the Mac Recorder, a...
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December 23, 2015
By: Todd Stabley
So, you can't afford to hire a professional videographer to produce your videos. But you still care about quality and want your videos to look and sound as good as they possibly can. There are a few things you can do:...
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November 19, 2015
By: Mich Donovan
In the move from DIY video production kits to professionally produced recording sessions, providing faculty with prompting material has become more integral than ever. The approach changes with each presenter. One goes low-tech with a large white board with bullet...
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October 21, 2015
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The Panasonic Fall Tech Tour is underway and will be in Raleigh next Tuesday 10/27 and Atlanta on Wednesday 11/4. This will be a great opportunity to see some of our newest technology – including laser projectors, video walls, interactive displays...
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September 18, 2015
By: Todd Stabley
As many of you know, Media Technologies periodically conducts a survey of leading lecture capture tools in an effort to ensure that DukeCapture remains up-to-date and serves the needs of our community. Our last survey was published in 2014 and concluded that...
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