A wise man once told me "
Your time belongs to you. You and only you decide how to use it best. Choose wisely."
With only so many hours in the day, it's often difficult to find time to accomplish everything you'd like. Every day I receive emails about different webinars I'd love to attend and eagerly register anticipating how much I'm going to learn about the topic at hand. Then comes the day of the webinar, and all of a sudden I've got meetings all morning and a deadline for a project at the end of the day. I am not going to make that webinar.
It's not that I don't want to attend, and if you made it easy for me to watch it while I was lounging on my couch with my laptop, then it would be a no brainer. That is why it is important to record your webinars and make them available after that live event takes place. Below, I will walk through the steps it takes to record a webinar using Camtasia , so that you can allow registrants to view it at their leisure.
First, you need to have two computers--one to actually present the webinar on and one to view the webinar as an attendee and record.
How to Record a Webinar
1. Start up Camtasia and open up the webinar viewing screen that you would like to record on the non-presenting computer.
2. Under "Select area" choose Custom and reshape the box so that it only captures the section of the screen the webinar is taking up.
3. Under "Recorded inputs" click the down arrow next to the "Audio on" button and select "Rec. Playback." This will record the audio coming from your computer instead of the audio coming into your computer microphone.
4. When you are ready to start the webinar, hit record!
That's it! When you finish recording the webinar, you can save it and upload it to your favorite video sharing platform. You can then share the link with your registrants, so they can view your webinar whenever they please!
Do you record your webinars?
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Howard Lothrop 8:47 PM on March 01, 2011
A great tip, and an easy way to record webinars. Best of all, I already have the tools and can start right away. Thanks.
Howard
Peter Low 9:09 PM on March 01, 2011
Thanks for sharing the tip, it was informative. Would like to learn how to record a webinar as an attendee so that I can review it in the future.
Denise Butchko 9:48 PM on March 01, 2011
Love it - and will try it - thank you so much! Question - what favorite video sharing sites? I can upload an hour long video on to you tube or FB.
Joe Schwendt 9:58 PM on March 01, 2011
Hey Eric, thanks for putting this together. Do you have plans to extend this topic to Mac's?
Mackenzie Heys 10:12 PM on March 01, 2011
Great post Eric! I've been looking for a forum to create videos for my blog!
Asmita 2:01 AM on March 02, 2011
Hi Eric,
Thanks for nice article. I would like to suggest one step ahead of your suggestion. You can hire a freelancer who will record the webinars for you and upload on your favorite video sharing platform. This is more easier than keeping your laptop occupied for recording for longer time. I do this for many of my clients. I have recorded around 500 hours of webinars so far.
Marty DeWitt 8:37 AM on March 02, 2011
I haven't been recording my webinars, but I will now. Thanks!
Bruce Himmelblau 9:46 AM on March 02, 2011
Using a second system to record the webinar is a great tip.
I've found that if the webinar consist of static screen shots, setting the frame rate to 1 frame per second will cut the file size down. However, for webinars with motion or video, 10-15 fps will work better.
On the Mac we've been using Snapz Pro X and iShowU for screen capture recording.
PJ 11:35 AM on March 02, 2011
This is great! (assuming that you have purchased Camtasia) Another option is to use the free version of Jing (http://www.techsmith.com/jing/) or pay $14.95/year for the pro version.
Jim 1:28 PM on March 02, 2011
Good information but if the audio over the phone you'll need a good phone tap and sound card.
If you can't afford or spare a dedicated computer, employee, recording equipment/software, and the learning curve for editing and encoding, we can help! We make it easy to create a quality product from your live events!
Ashley Pichea 2:30 PM on March 02, 2011
Great tip - thanks! I'm thinking about offering webinars in the near future.