Video Tools

Clemson Online supports several video tools that instructors can use to produce and edit online course content or even create supplemental materials for face-to-face classes. These tools can be used to meet with learners, create engaging video lectures, or edit effects into demonstration videos.

What is Zoom?

Zoom is more than a virtual meeting tool. It is a primary means of translating the live, in-person experience of the classroom to the digital learning space. 

Zoom’s integrated tools enable you to create an engaging learning experience using break-out room for small group discussions and quick-to-create live polling. Elevate a lecture with an interactive whiteboard experience where students can collaborate in real time or on their own time.

Which Course Modalities are Best for Zoom?

This tool is best for instructors who are teaching in any of the following modalities and course structures:

• A synchronous online course
• A synchronous online course with asynchronous course activities
• An asynchronous course

How Could I Use Zoom?

Instructors at Clemson use Zoom for synchronous class meetings, office hours, or recording lectures for students to view later (for a more robust lecture recording tool, check out Kaltura).

Zoom’s features are best used for synchronous course activities: any activity, regardless of course modality, where students need to meet with others at the same time. However, it can offer an engaging experience even for asynchronous activities!

See the table below to learn more about using Zoom in your courses.

Zoom Resources

What is Kaltura?

Kaltura is Clemson’s video hosting service, with built-in recording, editing, and captioning tools. It is fully integrated with Canvas so embedding your recorded content into a Canvas Page, discussion board, or assignment is simple and fast. Kaltura also includes a video quiz feature where the viewer is prompted to respond to a question at any point in the video you decide. Clemson students have a Kaltura account as well, so recording and uploading video submissions for assignments is a breeze.

Which course modalities are best for Kaltura?

This tool is best for instructors who are teaching in any of the following modalities and course structures:

• An in-person course using a flipped model
• A synchronous online course with or without asynchronous activities
• An asynchronous online course

How could I use Kaltura?

Instructors at Clemson use Kaltura for recording and embedding course content for learners to view later. Others also assign students to submit presentations or performance recordings using Kaltura.

See the table below to learn more about using Kaltura in your courses.

Kaltura Resources

What is Camtasia?

Camtasia is a video recording and editing tool that lets you add audio and visual effects to your videos. It features a simple editing interface, and videos created or edited with Camtasia can be uploaded to Kaltura.

While Kaltura can get you started with a quick and simple edit, Camtasia takes it further with powerful tools for improving audio quality, adding transitions, highlighting information on screen, and much, much more. Camtasia makes it easy to export the video file in a variety of formats that are easy to upload to Kaltura so you can keep your videos in a singular repository.

Which Course Modalities are Best for Camtasia?

This tool is best for instructors who are teaching in any of the following modalities and course structures:

• A synchronous online course with asynchronous course activities
• An asynchronous online course
• An in-person course with a flipped model

How Could I use Camtasia?

Instructors at Clemson use Camtasia for recording video content that learners will watch asynchronously. Camtasia’s features are best used for asynchronous course activities which students will complete on their own time. 

See the table below to learn more about using Camtasia in your courses.

Camtasia Resources