Camtasia Studio can be used for real-time recording, editing and publishing video presentations which can be used for training, demonstration, tutorials, and many other uses. It can also record activity from applications, websites, or streaming videos. You can record selections of the application instead of recording the entire process. Your selection can even be edited, spliced and merged with video and audio files into a professional video. (All links below are to TechSmith.com, makers of Camtasia Studio.)

• User Guides and Documentation
• FAQ's
• Video Tutorials
• Camtasia Studio Tutorials

It's a virtual classroom environment that enables a student to attend class "live" from the comfort of his/her home and/or workplace - it's the next best thing to being there! It is accessed using a web browser and enables the student to see and hear the instructor as well as respond to the instructor's questions with audio chat - just like a normal class. And since all classes using Centra are automatically recorded, you may watch the playback later at your convenience if you are unable to attend the "live" session. You can even use Centra to hold departmental meetings or virtual office hours!

For a more information about Centra, including product demos, visit the UNC Charlotte's Centra website.

• Request Centra Consultation
• Centra Support

Impatica for PowerPoint is a stand-alone software program that allows Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to be compressed and played over the Internet without plug-ins, at modem speeds as low as 28.8 kbps. Impatica runs on Windows 98, NT, 2000, Me, or XP and Mac OS X. It extracts the various multimedia elements such as text, graphics, and audio and where possible, converts them into a more efficient format for web delivery.

• Part I: Creating the Presentation [PDF, 1.38 MB]

Respondus is a software tool which can be used to create quizzes and exams offline in the Windows environment (no Mac compatible version is available) and then be printed or published directly to Blackboard Vista.

• Respondus Information & Request

Snapz Pro X is a screen capture application for the Macintosh created by Ambrosia Software, Inc. With Snapz Pro you can capture all or a portion of the computer screen, specific objects like windows, menus, and dialog boxes, or a series of actions as a QuickTime movie. You can edit the image in Snapz Pro X using the Fatbits tool or in your preferred image/movie editing application. Snapz Pro X is available for purchase in different configurations from Ambrosia Software at http://www.ambrosiasw.com/news/. Requirements: Mac OS X.

• Using Snapz Pro X [PDF, 309 KB]

SurveyShare is a web-based tool designed for assessment of teaching and learning, survey research, evaluations, and more. It is available to all UNC Charlotte faculty for your courses and research.

• SurveyShare Information & Request form

Turnitin is plagiarism prevention system that makes it easy to identify students who submit unoriginal work. It acts as a powerful deterrent to stop plagiarism before it starts.

• Information & Request for Turnitin