IT Training Department Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Articulate built-in background audio to Storyline 360. People used to have to bend over backward with custom (and awkward) solutions to put background audio in eLearning courses. Background audio in Storyline 360 is implemented with the background playlist feature (below). Music will likely directly hinder that essential goal.

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Fly Plugins

MARCH 18, 2024

Stock Music In addition to using a logo reveal video in our intro and outro course slides, we add a short, upbeat music track of just a few seconds at the beginning and end of our lesson videos. AudioJungle is a great place to find a short audio track for the beginning and end of your course media content.

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E-learning Uncovered

MARCH 13, 2014

While character audio adds life and variety to a course, it comes with some logistical challenges. Or do you line up a bunch of professional audio talent and end up paying each one his/her minimum fee for just a few lines? There are two methods you can use to find voiceover services. How fast will I get the audio?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 24, 2018

You will use the powerful Camtasia Editor to add animations, voiceover audio, graphics, music, annotations, closed captions, and quizzes to a project. This book will introduce you to the essential Camtasia 2018 skills you need to get up and running with this awesome eLearning development tool as quickly as possible.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 12, 2016

by Kevin Siegel        Closed captioning (CC) allows you to provide descriptive information in your published eLearning project that typically matches the voiceover audio contained in your Camtasia project. In the image below I've opened a project that already has audio on the Timeline.

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HexaLearn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

eLearning Voiceover. While eLearning modules don’t have a human teacher, they can still leverage the power of audio through using a voiceover in eLearning. Audio is a very powerful medium of communication, and it cannot be sidelined in an eLearning module. How Do eLearning Modules Incorporate Audio?

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BrightCarbon

MARCH 23, 2020

An easy way to bring movement and dynamism to your slides is by adding audio or video. In this blog post, we’re going to show you how to insert audio and video into Google Slides and give you some examples where using video can enrich your presentations and increase audience engagement. How to add audio to Google slides.

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LifterLMS

JULY 9, 2023

In this LMScast episode, Ken Theriot, shares his journey into audio and how he became a course creator and how to produce professional audio for courses. Ken Theriot is an audio professional and course creator. He is the owner of Home Brew Audio , a platform aimed at teaching people how to do audio recording at home.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 24, 2018

You will use the powerful Camtasia Editor to add animations, voiceover audio, graphics, music, annotations, closed captions, and quizzes to a project. This book will introduce you to the essential Camtasia 2018 skills you need to get up and running with this awesome eLearning development tool as quickly as possible.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 24, 2018

You will use the powerful Camtasia Editor to add animations, voiceover audio, graphics, music, annotations, closed captions, and quizzes to a project. This book will introduce you to the essential Camtasia 2018 skills you need to get up and running with this awesome eLearning development tool as quickly as possible.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 1, 2021

You will use the Camtasia Editor to add animations, record and edit voiceover audio, add graphics, music, annotations, closed captions, quizzes, and how to import slides from existing PowerPoint presentations into a Camtasia project. You will learn how to create software video demonstrations using the Camtasia Recorder.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 22, 2020

Audio is key to delivering results. Make sure you have great audio. A whopping 75% of the videos we analyzed had clear and easily understandable voiceovers. While our research didn’t show that people will stop watching a video for poor audio quality, it’s clear that good audio helps a video perform better overall.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Why clear audio is even more important than clear video. The right side of the script is for your voiceover. Record and edit your voiceover. While you can record your screen and microphone at the same time, we find it’s best to record your voiceover first — especially for more formal or customer-facing tutorial videos.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 18, 2021

I tend to focus on the audio, on the voiceover. And then I record the voiceover. When the voiceover is done, I feel like a million bucks because that is such a huge component of the video. The team spends a lot of time scripting it, recording audio, editing, and reviewing it to make sure it’s all perfect.

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SHIFT eLearning

MARCH 6, 2014

Most eLearning courses include voiceover audio, video, photos, music and animations. Therefore, one-man eLearning departments need to record and edit audio, video and graphic elements. If you are looking for a short burst of information, check out this article. Multimedia Production and Authoring.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 6, 2020

Use an engaging speaker or voiceover to present the topic with passion and excitement. Check out this post for information on how to be better with voiceovers. Audio, the surprise important element. Roughly 75% of the videos submitted that were deemed “great videos,” clear audio was the most common element.

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TechSmith Camtasia

APRIL 2, 2014

Once we had our script, we would record the voiceover. From the beginning, Ryan, our Director of CS recommended keeping audio and video separate. It allowed us to smooth out the wrinkles a little because we could manipulate the video separate from the audio. When I started recording the screencasts I was glacially slow.

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Obsidian Learning

MAY 21, 2018

If acoustic encoding is at work, will retention be improved if you simply add music to your eLearning course? Research has shown that learning from text alone, or from audio alone, is more effective than learning from text and identical audio simultaneously. Using appropriate voiceover, however, can help improve retention.

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LearnUpon

JULY 18, 2017

You can then add effects, transitions, music etc. record a presentation voiceover. Simply take any assets such as images, video or audio and drag them onto a timeline and arrange them into the order of your choice. Camtasia is a really accessible screen capture tool that makes creating video content for eLearning courses easy.

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TalentLMS

JANUARY 4, 2017

Every element falls into place around it, including the images, audio, and built-in activities. Set The Mood With Music. Music is an absolute must for online tutorials. You can also opt for an audio voiceover, sound effects, and other audio elements. Are they looking for ways to overcome a common challenge?

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 4, 2020

Three versions (all in uncompressed.wav format) of the voiceover. A royalty-free music track to use as background music, if desired (le-chat-gourmand.mp3). And the content is simply this, I recorded a screen recording of what I had done, meaning just walking through the process with no audio. And my unedited voiceovers.

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Trivantis

JUNE 16, 2014

Do you need to be listening to music, or a book on tape, no matter what you’re doing? Or you can channel your inner voiceover star and record yourself. Consider these other reasons to add a podcast to your e-Learning: According to Pew Research, 40% of people in the US listen to audio on digital devices. by next year.

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learnWorlds

AUGUST 20, 2020

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, usually containing audio narration. Loom allows you to record your camera and screen with audio. With Filmora, you can achieve a professional result through a simple interface, where you can quickly add and edit video clips, music, text, and filters.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JUNE 13, 2017

And the other 50% is the audio. Audio is critical to making a good video. But how do you get audio that is going to work for your video production? This action could be done using an audio editing program as well. Audio-Technica AT875R Line + Gradient Condenser Microphone. Audio-Technica AT875R.

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Capytech

AUGUST 1, 2024

This includes everything from movies, TV shows, and music to local cultural references. The main things to consider include: Videos – with videos you have the option of recording a new voiceover or adding subtitles. If recording a new voiceover, consider the timings as the translated voiceover could take longer or shorter to say.

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Capytech

AUGUST 1, 2024

This includes everything from movies, TV shows, and music to local cultural references. The main things to consider include: Videos – with videos you have the option of recording a new voiceover or adding subtitles. If recording a new voiceover, consider the timings as the translated voiceover could take longer or shorter to say.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 23, 2022

Can I use copyrighted images and music for nonprofit educational use? Nearly every week, I see questions like these in L&D forums: Am I allowed to use free images I found online? Can we show YouTube videos in an instructor-led class? If I find content on a federal government site, can I use it without permission?

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 22, 2018

Learn tricks to shorten project time with specific pre-planning techniques, the key components of audio, lighting tricks to create more engaging videos, and where you need to allocate your equipment investment for better video. Are there visuals or music that you’ll definitely need? Take the time to get quality audio.

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TalentLMS

MAY 22, 2017

These are perfect for recording voiceovers. My desktop microphone of choice is this Audio-Technica 2020 USB Microphone. I use an Audio-Technica Lavalier Microphone. Lastly, you’ll need video and audio editing software. It integrates well with Adobe Audition for audio editing. I really like Screencast-O-Matic.

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Superb Learning

AUGUST 9, 2020

An explainer video (or edumercial) is simply an animated video that uses a voiceover to explain a topic, while animations and diagrams help to support the explanation and make it clearer. Record Your Voiceover. Now that you have your script and the images to go alongside it, you need to record the voiceover for your explainer video.

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learnWorlds

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, usually containing audio narration. After that, you add your photos, videos (you can capture video from within the app) and audio files (insert or record a voiceover). Wirewax is the first platform that launched the 360º interactive video. 11 Videoshop.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Audio: The voice of the two characters really adds to the “real-life” element of scenario. But, if you have the voiceover skills (or budget), the audio is a nice touch. Plus, that music was rocking, right? Encourage thinking: Ray doesn’t tell the learner “The right choice was for Bill to do X.”

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TechSmith Camtasia

JULY 19, 2022

If your video will include any voiceover (sometimes called narration), make sure you write a script detailing exactly what you or your voiceover person will say. However, many software demo videos may not need voiceover, or you have someone else do the voiceover for you. Want to show more stuff? Make more videos!

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fewStones

MARCH 22, 2024

Benefits : Simplifies complex ideas or processes for easy understanding Captures viewer attention and maintains interest Increases viewer retention and comprehension compared to text-based explanations Materials You Need: Script outlining the key points to be explained Voiceover narration or on-screen text Animation software or video editing tools (..)

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TechSmith Camtasia

MARCH 23, 2021

Then, you can literally edit your audio just like you would edit text in a document. When you’re done, save the audio file and import it into Camtasia. Select the screen you want to record, toggle your webcam on or off, choose your microphone, and toggle on or off your system audio. Open Camtasia click the New Recording button.

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learnWorlds

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Storytellers in Motion: Video and Audio Creation Synthesia – Video Creation with Avatars and Voiceovers Synthesia.io enables instructional designers to easily create high-quality video presentations by converting text into dynamic video content featuring AI-generated avatars and voiceovers. Pricing : Offers Free account.

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Superb Learning

AUGUST 16, 2020

Essentially, this theorizes that audio and visual information are dealt with separately in the brain. It’s how you combine the visual and audio components of the video to ensure that both work seamlessly and provide the right impact. You can do this by playing different music or even cutting the audio completely.

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