Meeting with Matt

I met with Matt Lisle in Technology Integration Services today. He suggested that outlining and storyboarding the various tutorials should be my first step – even before I decide which software to use. So the sooner Roxanne and I decide how to re-divide the existing modules, the better. As for the software, he didn’t have any definitive suggestion on whether Captivate or Camtasia would be better for my purposes. Although the iSchool’s IT lab only has Camtasia, TIS has a copy of Captivate in their meeting room which I would be able to use (this worked out fine for another iSchool student last semester). Basically, Matt said that Camtasia is more user-friendly and is better for full-motion video recording while Captivate has a lot more built-in capacity for incorporating interactive features, such as simulations. Given this information, my first impression is that the added interactivity available through Captivate would be worth the extra effort it might take to learn to use it.