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and user friendly when integration is completed. However, there is third party software,that
converts a pdf into a digital flipbook that allows an instructor to insert online videos from either
YouTube or Vimeo. Professor Santiago experimented only with the text-based version which
functioned well online and is visually pleasing. Links to YouTube or other video websites can
be inserted into the text-based flipbook since the digital flipbook that features embedded
YouTube or Vimeo videos is more expensive. The multimedia digital flipbook with embedded
online videos will be investigated and tested in the future.
After acquiring some skills to develop an interactive website during 2003-2004, Professor
Santiago began researching multimedia creation tools from the internet marketing niche.
Professor Santiago learned that entrepreneurs who are using videos to promote internet
marketing or other affiliate products have been using Camtasia produced by TechSmith. The
tool became one of the first and must-have video creation and video editing tool for Professor
Santiago. For those who are not familiar with Camtasia, it’s basically both a video screen
capture and video editing software that has many features to promote viewer engagement.
Recently, other popular video editing software began incorporating this screen capture feature as
well. However, Camtasia was originally targeted for the educational marketplace and evolved
from being a program for software demonstrations back in 2005 to a full-featured educational
tool in 2015. Despite the large number of current features, its learning curve is manageable.
Table 2 lists key educational benefits and features of Camtasia that are appropriate for keeping
the learner attentive and establishing an interactive dialog with video.
Performing screen capture with Camtasia has the advantage of requiring a relatively small initial
capital investment and logistics when compared to a video recording studio.
Using keyword search tools from Google, Professor Santiago found that circuit analysis was
frequently queried and there were few pages and video content (if any) on this subject at that
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
and user friendly when integration is completed. However, there is third party software,that
converts a pdf into a digital flipbook that allows an instructor to insert online videos from either
YouTube or Vimeo. Professor Santiago experimented only with the text-based version which
functioned well online and is visually pleasing. Links to YouTube or other video websites can
be inserted into the text-based flipbook since the digital flipbook that features embedded
YouTube or Vimeo videos is more expensive. The multimedia digital flipbook with embedded
online videos will be investigated and tested in the future.
After acquiring some skills to develop an interactive website during 2003-2004, Professor
Santiago began researching multimedia creation tools from the internet marketing niche.
Professor Santiago learned that entrepreneurs who are using videos to promote internet
marketing or other affiliate products have been using Camtasia produced by TechSmith. The
tool became one of the first and must-have video creation and video editing tool for Professor
Santiago. For those who are not familiar with Camtasia, it’s basically both a video screen
capture and video editing software that has many features to promote viewer engagement.
Recently, other popular video editing software began incorporating this screen capture feature as
well. However, Camtasia was originally targeted for the educational marketplace and evolved
from being a program for software demonstrations back in 2005 to a full-featured educational
tool in 2015. Despite the large number of current features, its learning curve is manageable.
Table 2 lists key educational benefits and features of Camtasia that are appropriate for keeping
the learner attentive and establishing an interactive dialog with video.
Performing screen capture with Camtasia has the advantage of requiring a relatively small initial
capital investment and logistics when compared to a video recording studio.
Using keyword search tools from Google, Professor Santiago found that circuit analysis was
frequently queried and there were few pages and video content (if any) on this subject at that
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
