Camtasia and Blackboard: Distributing library instruction to multiple general chemistry lab sections

Melinda Box and  Anne Langley (Chemistry) have used Camtasia screen recording software to create a video to teach students how to find chemistry information online.  The video demonstrations have freed the instructors from having to do the exact same demonstrations for each of 38 laboratory sections, while providing information to which students can refer later, and will allow the instructors to provide more personalized attention to students. More information about their project is here: https://cit.duke.edu/ideas/projects/2008/08/06/libvideo/. Faculty may apply for a Camtasia license from the Duke Digital Initiative at https://dukedigitalinitiative.duke.edu/tools. Camtasia also has a free 30 day trial: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp.