Authentic+Assessment+Assignment

= = =**Authentic Assessment Assignment **=

Authentic Assessment Activity

__OBJECTIVES __

 * 1) The learner will be able to download Camtasia Studio.
 * 2) The learner will be able to locate the basic tools in Camtasia Studio.
 * 3) The learner will be able to record a video with the use of Camtasia Studio.
 * 4) The learner will be able to edit a video created in Camtasia Studio.
 * 5) The learner will Produce a video created in Camtasia Studio.

__CONTENT __
Have you been searching for that perfect screen capturing program to enhance your classroom or to create reference videos for the students? This workshop will teach viewers how to use specific software to create and deliver quality video tutorials. Camtasia has superior editing and production capabilities to customize your creations. This workshop will cover recording, editing, and producing video with camtasia studio.

To begin the workshop, you will need to download Camtasia studio. Click [|here]  to begin with a 30 day free trial of Camtasia Studio. Click on either the Windows download or the Mac download depending on the computer you will be using the program on. Follow the directions on the screen to complete the download. 
 * Instruction: **

=**__Basic Tools __**= 

Now that you have downloaded Camtasia Studio, watch the video below to become familiar with how to use the basic tools in the program.

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=**__<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Recording a video __**=

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">To record a screen on the computer, press the record a screen button within the top left corner of the program. After you do this, the tool bar will appear on your screen. To begin recording, choose the size of the screen you would like to record. You can choose whether you would like the full screen or just part of the screen recorded. You can also choose custom. If choosing custom, you should drag the corners of the recording area to the size you desire to record.



<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Once you have finished recording, click the stop button on the tool bar. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Subsequent to clicking the stop button, your recording will begin to preview what you recorded. You will have the option of recording or deleting the recording. If you like how it turned out, click save and edit in the tool bar at the bottom of the screen.

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">After saving the recording, a box will pop up to change the size. It is recommended that you just keep it the size that shows up as the default until you become more familiar with the program. The video you created will now appear in your clip bin within the program. You can create other videos also and combine them into one larger video if you so desire.

=**__<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Editing a video __**= <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Editing a video is the fun part. You can remove all your mistakes, add in transitions and start to create your final project. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Now we will begin to edit and put together multiple videos. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">media type="file" key="editing 1.wmv" width="300" height="300"

=**__<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Producing a video __**= media type="file" key="basic producing 1.wmv" width="300" height="300"

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Once you have clicked produce and share, and have followed the steps in the basic producing video, the video will begin to render. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Once this renders to 100%, your video is ready to share.



=**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Modeling: **=

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Modeling: Now lets create a video. I created a video from start to finish to help you with your final project for this course.

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">**Challenge:** Create and produce a video, that relates to your position at PaCyber, on how to use a specific tool, program or website on the computer (examples: finding and using the calculator, using the Paint program, using Microsoft Excel or using Microsoft PowerPoint or how to use a website such as Google Earth). This video will be submitted and evaluated.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">You may now preview my final project as an example <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">media type="file" key="Creating a Graph in Microsoft Excel.wmv" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Closure: You have now learned how to use that perfect screen capturing program to enhance your classroom or to create reference videos for your students. You now understand how to use specific software to create and delivers quality video tutorials. This course covered recording, editing, and producing a video with Camtasia Studio. Enjoy creating those special videos for your special students to make your classroom come alive.

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__<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">CHALLENGE __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Create and produce a video on how to use a specific tool, program or website on the computer. (examples: finding and using the calculator, using the Paint program, using Microsoft Excel or using Microsoft PowerPoint or how to use a website such as Google Earth) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">__Assessment__ The Staff member will submit a video that was created and produced with the use of Camtasia Studio worth 5 points as described in the Challenge Activity. __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">SURVEY __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> Certified Staff may request ACT 48 credit to maintain their teaching certificate. Staff is responsible to provide a survey of the course of which they participated and provide the document to the trainer at the completion of the workshop.