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Creating Interactive Software Simulations from a TEAMS Recording
Hello, I am creating eLearning for a new software for a utility and I do not have access to the software. I record the SME clicking through the different tasks we want to teach while we are in Microsoft TEAMS. So far we have used stills and hotspots from those TEAMs recordings but now we actually want to create show me, try me and assessment video.
I cannot get it to work as every time I click the recording stops. Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or is my only option to gain access to the software and then go the route already available in Storyline which I am familiar with.
I've done exactly what you describe but I have used both Camtasia and Adobe PremierePro to capture the recording. (Camtasia works far better, in my opinion, for screen videos like this.) If you don't have access to either one, what I suggest is this:
- Start a Teams meeting with the SME
- Start recording the meeting
- Have the SME share his/her screen and then launch the software
- When the software activity is completed, stop the share and end the meeting
You'll have some post-production editing to do but you will have the video you want. Good luck!
Just finished a course where I also recorded from teams and then used Camtasia to edit final product. Worked very well!
Thank you Joe and Richard, for the suggestions. Tom Kuhlman has put together a very nice video in answer to my question, on how to edit a video and enter it into Storyline so that hotspots can be added.
Hi Sabine, do you mind sharing the link to the Tom Kuhlman's video you mentioned. I am working on a training video project and would appreciate it!
Has anyone doing this needed to redact lots of PHI/PII in their video? If so, how much of a hassle was it?
I've always had to recreate fake screens and build everything from scratch due to PHI/PII everywhere.@Maura - I'm not an expert in video tools but both Camtasia and Premier Pro allow you to "blur" different sections of a video. That would help hide the information you don't want to show. If you're having to generate a series of fake screens, I would actually work with your software vendor to see if they have a generic user test case that you could use - you know, login as "John Doe" or "Jane Deere" and show things like "Phone number: 555-123-1212." Totally bogus information but shows the contents of a field populated with something meaningful.
