Video and Content Creation

Camtasia is a powerful and easy to use screen recorder and video editor. Camtasia features allow you to:

• Record your webcam.
• Record anything on your computer screen–websites, software, or PowerPoint presentations.
• Import existing images, videos, and audio to enhance existing videos or to create new videos.
• Use the built-in video editor to add enhancement features such as transitions, cursor effects, zoom-and-pan, and highlight.
• Share your finished video to Kaltura or other sites such as YouTube and Vimeo.

Download Camtasia
Camtasia can be downloaded for personal computers by visiting the Purdue University Community Hub. You will use your Purdue Credentials (not PFW) to login. If you do not know your Purdue Credentials, please contact the helpdesk to find your Purdue username and set up Purdue Boiler key.

To install Camtasia on your university-owned computers, please contact the helpdesk.

Visit the Camtasia Vendor Support Page for more resources.

Learn How to Use and Edit Videos with Camtasia
The Camtasia editor allows you to trim and cut video, zoom, pan, and add enhancements, including annotations, animations, interactive effects, and fade in/out. For more tutorials on editing and enhancing videos with Camtasia, click here, and scroll down to view their library.

Kaltura offers two recording options: Kaltura Classroom and Kaltura Capture.  Recordings created with Kaltura are made available through our Purdue Fort Wayne Kaltura Media Vault.

Access Kaltura

• Kaltura Classroom Capture: Record videos in classrooms that are set up with Kaltura Classroom. If you need technical assistance, please submit contact the helpdesk ([email protected]; 260-481-6030) or contact the Kaltura Administrator, Kurt Towsley, at 481-4147. 

• Kaltura Capture: Record videos from your home or office computer using Kaltura Capture.  To access Kaltura Capture for the first time, login with your PFW credentials to the PFW Kaltura site.  After logging in, click 'ADD NEW' and choose 'Kaltura Capture' from the dropdown list. You will be prompted to download the app. After the first launch, you can launch Kaltura Capture as any other app on your computer.

• Kaltura Video Playlist for Instructors: [video]

Edit Videos with Kaltura

The Kaltura editor allows you to trim and cut video, fade in and out, and add interactive hotspots and questions to your videos.

Edit the recording

• Tutorial: Trim, cut, and add fade in and fade out effects using the Kaltura Video Editor. (4:00)
• Tutorial: Add interactive hotspots using the Kaltura Video Editor (2:25)
• Tutorial: Add quiz questions to Kaltura videos (8:30)

Add Captions

• Tutorial: Create a captions file (2:47)
• Tutorial: Add the captions file to your video (1:20)

You can also visit the vendor’s Kaltura Capture Resources page for additional tutorials. 

Video Express (KT G20) is a self-service video recording studio that allows faculty and staff to:

• Easily record high-quality video in a pre-calibrated recording facility.
• Incorporate multiple digital inputs into the video, such as PowerPoint slides, movie files, and websites, in addition to the video and audio of the presenter.

Please use the guide to reserve the Video Express Room (pdf) through the Video Express portal. If you need assistance, please contact the Help Desk or call 260-481-6030.

*Note: All academic content created for credit courses using Video Express is currently closed-captioned for free.

Snagit allows instructors to create high-quality screen captures from their computers. Captures may be still images or videos.

Download SnagIt

• To obtain Snagit (self-supported computer and home request) please visit the Purdue University Community Hub.

• To install Snagit on your university-owned computers, please contact the helpdesk.

Edit Media in SnagIt
The SnagIt editor allows you to trim and cut videos.  Still images may be enhanced within the Snagit tool (e.g., add text, shapes).

• Tutorial: Create and edit videos in Snagit (2:53)
• Visit the Snagit Vendor Support Page for more resources.