Keynote,+Camtasia,+YouTube

=**Keynote, Camtasia, YouTube**= toc //By Anne Arriaga//

0. Keynote
Keynote is a presentation tool similar to PowerPoint from Microsoft Office but is found in the iWork Suite from Apple. In order to have access to Keynote, you must have Mac software.

1. Themes
Keynote offers a wide variety of themes similar to the amount of themes offered in a wiki or Google Sites. This is a nice feature that sets Keynote apart from PowerPoint and Prezi.

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Text Box
The Text Box feature is much easier to use in Keynote compared to Powerpoint. It moves through drag and drop technology and the cursor easily drags the box and keeps the shape. There is also the same ease of use is for "Shapes" too.



2. Charts
The chart feature is great. Unlike PowerPoint, you edit data directly within Keynote. In PowerPoint, you must edit data in Excel which can be confusing for students.

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3. Animations and Effects
There are more animations available in Keynote than in Prezi or PowerPoint. Moreover, you can add "builds" which add effects to any text making the text come to life.

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Images, audio, and video are easy to add to your presentation. You just drag them from your desktop or insert them from the insert drop down menu. A caveat: the media box (a short cut of sorts) only allows you to insert images from iPhoto, audio from iTunes, and video from iMovie rather than from any image, soundtrack, or movie on your computer. You can have an audio file play over an entire slideshow or add an audio file to only one slide. To add a video from YouTube, you would either need to link text or an image to the external YouTube URL or download the YouTube video to your desktop first (visit keepvid.com to easily download videos from YouTube).



4. Prompt Features for the Speaker
Keynote offers a number of impressive features to help the presenter stay on track: sticky notes (notes that can be added to any slide that will not be seen by the audience but can be seen by the presenter on their individual laptop), slide notes (notes that can be viewed at the bottom of each slide that will not be seen by the audience but can be seen by the presenter on their individual laptop), the ability to see the slide being viewed and the next slide, a timer, and notification that all the animations have been played.

Image 4A Here you can see the yellow sticky note.

Image 4B You can see what the prompts look like on the speaker's computer screen (note the timer, the next slide, the notes section at the bottom and of course the current slide). The black box allows you to choose what other features you'd like on this prompt screen.

Image 4C Here I am showing how the prompts do not appear.

__A caveat__: Setting the display prompts to correctly work on both the speaker's computer and the projector screen is not very intuitive. The instructions are not easy to find and the steps are not intuitive. What you need to do is:

1. In your computer's system preferences, make sure mirror displays is **not** checked. 2. In Keynote's preferences, under slideshow, make sure present on secondary display **is** checked. 3. In Keynote's preferences, under presenter display, make sure "use alternate display to view presenter information" is checked

5. Sharing
Unlike Prezi, Keynote presentations do not have a URL. Therefore, this tool does not allow application sharing. However, Keynote presentations can be made accessible to Microsoft Office users. Keynote creators can convert their presentations to a different format (PowerPoint or PDF) and then send the presentation in the new format via email. If you choose to send your presentation via email in PPT form, Keynote searches for your built in email (Mac OS X Mail) which is not helpful if you don't use your built in email but instead use gmail or yahoo mail. It would be much more user friendly if they gave you a file to copy and insert into an email.

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To get around this issue, you can export the keynote presentation to PowerPoint and download it onto your computer or you can simply "save as" a PowerPoint presentation. Although not all features translate to PowerPoint, many do. The images, videos, and links all transfer to PowerPoint while some of the animations do as well but certainly not all as you can see by the warnings below. When you compare the two presentations in both Keynote and Powerpoint, you immediately notice how clunky and square PowerPoint feels compared to Keynote.

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Take a look at what a sample of a "draft" conversion to PowerPoint looks like here:



Another alternative is to convert the Keynote presentation to QuickTime. This allows you to keep all features, although the visuals are not quite as crisp (slightly blurry). When in QuickTime, you can still control slides with your arrow keys on the keyboard. If the presentation does not need to be further edited but needs to be viewed on a PC, converting to QuickTime would be a better option than converting to PowerPoint.

A nice feature is the ability to move PowerPoint presentations into Keynote. You would just drag a PowerPoint presentation onto the Keynote icon on your dock and it opens the PowerPoint into a Keynote presentation. You can now utilize all the features of Keynote within the PowerPoint and convert back to PowerPoint when finished.

6A. Slideshare
Slideshare supports the Keynote format however it limits uploads to 100MB. Including a video within the presentation can easily push you over this limit. If you need to include a video, it is best to link the video within the text rather than having it play within the slideshow. With only 13 slides and one included video, my presentation file size was 165.5MB. When I deleted the one slide with the video, my file size decreased to 27.4MB. Despite the fact that Slideshare says it supports Keynote presentations on its upload page, I encountered problems with Slideshare When searching for a reason why, I encountered the following on their help page (I did in fact get the 'Oops! Conversion Failed' every try).

Conversion issues with Keynote presentations Spikedelik posted this on Mar 30 23:55 What is happening? Some of our users have reported that though they are having issues with the conversion of keynote presentations. This is a technical issue from our end. Our technical team is working to resolve this issue. Steps to Reproduce Step 1: Upload a Keynote presentation on SlideShare Step 2: Check the 'My Uploads' section, the presentation either shows 'Work in Progress' or shows 'Oops! Conversion Failed' Workaround: We are currently facing some technical issues with our keynote conversion servers. You can convert your file to a pdf format and then try uploading it.

6B. AuthorSTREAM
Keynote is not compatible with AuthorSTREAM if it stays in its original format. However, if converted to PowerPoint, you can upload the presentation to AuthorSTREAM. AuthorSTREAM does allow for larger presentation files compared to Slideshare - 1GB.

**Prezi**
Prezi can be a very wise choice for group presentations. Because Prezi presentations have unique URLs, application sharing occurs easily, similar to Google Docs. Although Prezi conveys connections between text/images and tells a compelling story through its' zooming feature, Prezi's themes, colors, shapes, animations, and effects are not nearly as good as Keynote. However, Prezi does allow users to copy published Prezis and some of the graphics are incredible (you would just need to delete the text and graphics from the copied Prezi and insert your own). In this way, Prezi has "public" themes available.

**Glogster**
I believe Glogster and Keynote would be used for different purposes so a speaker would not necessarily need to choose between them. Glogster is a creative way to present on a topic in a very informal way. The audience sees the visuals on the "virtual poster" immediately whereas Keynote moves you through the visuals and speaking points sequentially. Although, the speaker can link to external images and websites from the poster, the audience members get a sense of the entire presentation immediately. Glogster offers access to published glogs while Keynote does not offer such a feature because it is not web-based. Moreover, Glogster has a unique education option for classes which Keynote does not have. Glogster is a great choice for teachers who want to keep some control of the presentations.

7. Camtasia
Camtasia is screen casting software from TechSmith. Camtasia makes it easy to record your screen with audio and/or a video of the speaker talking. Camtasia is a great way to record trainings, record presentations that cannot be published widely (e.g., Keynote), and record online classes. Camtasia offers an incredible editing tool which does not have to be used only for screen capture. I often use it for editing movies captured on a flip camera. I just import them into Camtasia and then edit from Camtasia.

There are three Camtasia products available for purchase:



__Camtasia: mac__ - this software is specifically for mac computers. Cost: $99.00/single-user license or $495.00/multi-user (5 person) license



__Camtasia Studio__ - this software is specifically for windows users. Cost: $299.00/single-user license or $1,245.00/multi-user(5 person) license



__Camtasia Relay__ - this software is specifically for an entire company (Mac and PC friendly). Cost: Customized per company but a general price is $4,000+.

**Camtasia Studio vs. Camtasia: mac**
Camtasia Studio and Camtasia: mac have many features in common including the ability to control what part of the screen is being recorded and the ability to record with a web cam. Both products enable individuals to easily record and edit their videos and determine how their videos will be shared. Both offer incredible editing capabilities including zooming capabilities (called SmartFocus), text additions, and transitions. One of the major differences for teachers will be the quizzing and surveys that are available in Camtasia Studio but not in Camtasia: mac. Students will really appreciate and benefit from the ability to combine video from a video camera with screen capture technology that allows students to convey concepts and ideas both from the physical world (with a video camera) and from the virtual world (with Camtasia). Camtasia seamlessly bridges the two together to make compelling videos.

You can see Tech Smith's breakdown of the difference between these two products here.

**Camtasia Relay**
Unlike Camtasia Studio and Camtasia Mac, Camtasia Relay is for groups and teams. Relay assumes you will not need to edit your video because the purpose behind Relay is the recording of trainings or classes (like a recorded webinar). Once the recording is finished, Relay does all the work for you; it identifies your predetermined Relay profile settings and sends it to the publication location specified. Companies/Institutions will likely have a server where all these videos are housed and each employee has a folder where videos specific to individuals can be found for viewing. If you need to edit a video within Relay, you will need to edit it in Camtasia Studio or Camtasia: mac.

8. How Camtasia Works

Image 8A Click on the green film Camtasia icon in your dock.

Image 8B Click on the film icon in the upper right hand corner of your screen and click start recording.

Image 8C You can identify what part of the screen you would like to record (highlighted in green), select where your audio is coming from (e.g., built in microphone), and select if you want to have the web cam view of the speaker.

Image 8D Once you finish recording, you see your screen capture in the middle of the screen and the ability to edit below.

Image 8E This is an example of pulling in video from a flip camera for the purpose of being able to easily edit it within Camtasia. I can add text over images (the ABC icon) and I can drag in recorded audio from my computer if I don't like the sound quality of the video camera audio (I would just mute that section so Camtasia knows to only play the new audio from the computer over a clip).

Image 8F You can share directly to YouTube, iTune, or Screecast.com (TechSmith's landing page for screen capture videos). Or, you can export the video to your computer after which you can send in an email, upload to YouTube on your own time etc..

9. YouTube
YouTube is the largest video sharing community online. It is very easy to create an account; you are supposed to be 13 to create one. However, it is very easy to get around this as kids can identify themselves as older than they are. YouTube is now owned by Google so if you have a Gmail account, you have a YouTube account.

10. Publishing Options
It is easy to upload videos to YouTube as it allows for many different formats. Camtasia can easily be uploaded to YouTube and then published widely (using the public privacy option) or published unlisted (allows you to disseminate the link yourself) or published privately (allows you to identify those YouTube users who can view). YouTube gives you the ability to share your videos with the World easily.

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11. Sharing
YouTube makes it easy to let others know you've published a video. You can send out the URL in an email or link text on a website to your video's URL. Or, you can embed the video directly onto your blog, wiki, and/or webpage easily. YouTube allows you the option to uncheck "include related videos". This will be important for teachers as educational videos may mistakenly be tagged similar to inappropriate videos. Unchecking this option enables students to only view the one video. Students will appreciate being able to customize their video size and border color.

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Moreover, YouTube makes it easy to share YouTube videos to your social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Blogger.

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12. Conclusion
Image 12A Keynote is intuitive and a great alternative to PowerPoint. For those who do not have a mac, you need just create the first few slides in Keynote and convert to PowerPoint and send these to yourself. This will allow you to keep most of the visuals of the Keynote but still have editing rights in PowerPoint. Students and teachers are familiar with the box-like appearance of PowerPoint. Now is the time to spice up your presentations with Keynote in order to engage your audience.

Camtasia makes it easy to capture your presentation in Keynote without losing any of Keynote's unique features. You can choose to record directly over your presentation using Camtasia so others can view it on their own time or you can play it during a presentation. However, you can also just record the Keynote presentation without audio and then using YouTube's pause and play feature, give the presentation over YouTube. In this example, Keynote can be substituted for a web tutorial, a PowerPoint, a web tour, or an online training.

YouTube allows Camtasia users to easily share their recorded and edited videos with a large or small audience. YouTube provides the web platform to distribute your video easily.

Together, the three tools provide an exciting option for today's students and teachers who are producers in the 21st century. These tools give them the control and functionality desired by today's learners.