I had never worked in Camtasia either, but my instructional designer used it recently to develop one of our training courses. So at least I had some guidance. As it turned out, I found it to be an easier, more intuitive program and didn't even need any help! But the quality of my audio was problematic, and I could not seem to clean it up with the editing tools. The other problem I had was in getting my music clips to fade out rather than to cut off abruptly. I could find no way to do that, nor could I find any mention of it in the help files.
I am planning to send this podcast out as a test to some of our regional managers, to see how they receive it as a job aid. If the feedback is good, I have a whole series of other procedures I could summarize in similar fashion...almost creating a mini-library of procedure-related references.
I have not been brave enough to tackle the addition of video and/or photographs. I am currently telling myself that my audience--sales reps--would benefit more from an audio-only version, since they are likely to be listening to it while driving. In reality, though, there are some topics in my proposed series that would benefit from imagery. At some point, when I am more comfortable with the technology, perhaps I will attempt it.
