Steve decides to use his laptop to simulate a whiteboard using a free software tool called SmoothDraw. He also wants students to focus on the process, not on him, so he would rather not capture himself in front of the board. He thinks recording in a more controlled studio environment might work better. Steve is a bit of a perfectionist and knows that each video might require multiple attempts. He could grab a camera and have a colleague record him at the whiteboard in his classroom. Steve considers several options for producing the videos. Steve wants to make that process available to students in the form of online, narrated videos. The instructional value of this activity is not the finished diagram, but the process of drawing it. Steve teaches economics and spends a lot of time in class at the whiteboard, drawing diagrams. It is intended for instructors using PC laptops.

This article demonstrates how to record an instructional video that includes capturing your laptop screen activity, narration, and freehand drawing using a pen or stylus and a software tool called SmoothDraw on a Wacom Bamboo Create pen tablet, similar to the videos available through Khan Academy. 6 Step 4: Produce and publish your video.

Using camtasia