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Two Captivate Classes to be Held in Portland for ASTD Cascadia

I'm excited to announce that I'll be teaching two full-day classes on Adobe Captivate 6 later this year for ASTD Cascadia in Portland, OR.

I'll be introducing Captivate 6 on the first day and following that up on day 2 with Captivate 6 advanced concepts.

You can learn more about the introduction session here and the advanced session here. You can sign up for either session (or both). And you don't have to be an ASTD Cascadia member to sign up and attend (although members do get some nice discounts on the event prices).

Techsmith Camtasia Studio 8 Training with the ASTD

Using Camtasia Studio, you can quickly create visual demonstrations of just about anything (computer software or soft skills training) and post your completed lessons on the web or burn them to a CD. Your lessons can include videos of actions taken on your computer, animation, audio, quizzes and surveys.

This one-day course will introduce you to the essential Camtasia Studio skills you need to know to rapidly deploy eLearning!

Instructor: Kevin Siegel 

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TechSmith Camtasia Studio 8: Timeline Groups

by Kevin Siegel  

I've been developing eLearning lessons in TechSmith Camtasia for years. One of the biggest drawbacks to using the tool was the inability to group Timeline objects. That shortcoming has been addressed in version 8 of the Studio.

Creating a group is simple. On the Timeline, select two or more objects (you can select objects on the same Track, or objects across multiple tracks). Right-click the selected objects and choose Group.  

 

  

Once the group has been created, moving the group left or right on the Timeline moves all of the objects that are included within the group.

I tend to create multiple groups in my projects. I find naming my groups helps me avoid confusion when I want to work with one group or another. To name a group, right-click the group and choose Rename Group. You can give a group any name you like.

  

Suffering from "group regret?" You can right-click any group and choose Ungroup. And if you'd like to see the objects that make up a group, click the group's plus sign to expand the group.

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Looking to learn Camtasia quickly? I teach a live, online Introduction to Techsmith Camtasia Studio 8 class for ASTD. You can learn more here. The class includes a free copy of my new TechSmith Camtasia Studio 8: The Essentials book.