

You can select an area on the screen and the user has to click it to continue, or take them somewhere.

Captivate allows interactivity: this is a big one, and one I mentioned in my previous post.And you can actually preview them without publishing the project. Captivate quizzes are pretty: well, prettier than Camtasia’s.These are easy to alter or delete if you like, but if you want them this will save you a lot of time. Captivate saves you time: this is a smart software, and can actually add captions for you based on what you’re doing on the screen (like “click X,” “you are now on X page”).So if you mess up during recording, you don’t have to start all over again. Captivate lets you play with these options afterward.

In Camtasia you can screen draw and select mouse options before and during the recording phase, but cannot change this in editing mode. Captivate projects are easier to edit: you can copy and paste slides, delete and add sections, & extend time frames in a much easier manner than in Camtasia.We had a training open to all library staff earlier this week on Captivate. Conclusion? Captivate is much easier, cleaner, dynamic, and creates a nicer final product than Camtasia. Now we have Captivate keyserved, so I finally have it on my computer and have had a chance to spend time with it and get to know it a little better. I spent months learning the ins and outs of Camtasia, creating a number of videos that are now being used in the library.
HOW TO OPEN THE LIBRARY IN CAMTASIA 3 SOFTWARE
I wrote a post awhile back attempting to compare these two software products that can be used for creating interactive screencapturing videos.
