Create media
McGill provides multiple options for you to create and share videos, screen captures, and audio with your class. Some multimedia software are freely downloadable from the McGill Software Site, while others have limited licenses and must be requested. Consult McGill’s list of currently approved tools to see which software must be requested.
Video
Camtasia Studio is a video and audio editing software for creating new video or capturing video of a computer screen. You can also create and edit videos, and add captions and quizzes to videos. Camtasia Studio can be downloaded from the McGill software site for students, faculty, & staff.
Learn more:
Recording lectures with Camtasia screen recording software (IT KB)
Camtasia tutorials (TechSmith)
While Zoom is most frequently used for live lectures and meetings, you can also use Zoom to record video.
Read more:
Use lecture recordings in myCourses (TLS KB)
Local Recording (Zoom Help Center)
VoiceThread is an interactive media player for creating, editing, and sharing media files, such as images, slides, videos, and .pdfs. You can record media with annotations and comments, and save media as a video file to be shared on external platforms. VoiceThread is an external learning tool that can be added to your course in myCourses. McGill has limited licenses available, so you must request access to the tool here.
Learn more:
VoiceThread documents (VoiceThread Website)
Creating a VoiceThread (Youtube Video)
Screen Image Capture
SnagIt is an image-editing software for capturing, editing, organizing, annotating and sharing images and screen captures. SnagIt can be downloaded from the McGill software site for students, faculty, & staff.
Learn more:
Snagit tutorials (TechSmith Website)
Welcome to Snagit (Youtube Video)
Audio
Camtasia Studio and Zoom also record audio only.
Read more:
Record voice narration (Camtasia/TechSmith)
Recording multiple audio files (Zoom Help Center)
You may choose to create and add audio in myCourses when you:
Create an assignment.
Leave feedback on an assignment.
Post a message in a discussion forum or thread.
Create an announcement using the Announcements tool.
Read more:
Recording audio in myCourses (IT KB)
Other tools
Audio-video editing and screen casting tools (Arts Multimedia Language Facility)
e-Learning Kit: Learning objects (McGill Library)
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