Camtasia and a Survey

This week I have spent a lot of time learning Camtasia, the video editing software that I will be using for my internship.  The program has a lot of really great features that will allow me to capture screenflow footage and audio, incorporate other media, and add effects and transitions.  So far I have watched all the tutorial videos posted on their website and created a practice project using the features so that I will be prepared when I start making my own videos.

One snafu of the program that I hadn't considered is that I use a Mac and my internship site has license keys for the Windows version of the program.  Right now I've been using the free 30 day trial to test things out, but I'm going to have to split my hard drive and install Windows in order to be able to use the license key my site supervisor provided me with.  Kind of a pain in the neck, but I also don't really want to buy the Mac version with my own money...it's nearly $100!  Luckily I have a supportive IT department at my regular job and they are going to help me with the hard drive split and Windows installation.


My site supervisor also got back to me about the idea of surveying the current WAS clients to find out what they would like to see videos about.  She suggests that we create a list of potential video options and have people choose the top 5 or 6 videos that they would like to see.  We'll also provide an open-ended question at the end of the list so that people can add additional answers or information if they feel like we left something off. 

I'm proud of myself for speaking up about this idea.  My site supervisor likes it and seems glad that I spoke up with something that she hadn't considered at first.  I'm a very shy person and don't always feel comfortable speaking up about ideas I have with people that I'm not very familiar with, so I'm glad I didn't keep my mouth shut in this case!  Next step: create a rough draft of the survey and share it with my supervisor!