So I’m going to play the introduction to the Breakthrough Board now. The easiest way to understand the power of story arc is to experience an interactive video yourself. That’s one of the reasons interactive videos are so engaging. The most effective interactive videos use some kind of story arc to create emotional tension and drama. Interactive videos are different from traditional eLearning because they rely heavily on digital storytelling. Let’s start out with an overview of Step 1 especially as it relates to Story Arc. Watch the Vyond and Camtasia Tutorial Video In future videos, I’ll go into more detail about script writing and how to use Vyond to create the animated effects you’ll see here. To see a demonstration of each step, watch the video below. In this tutorial, we’ll get an overview of Step 1, and then we’ll take a deep dive into the steps related to using Camtasia. Using Vyond and Camtasia for Digital Storytelling Use Vyond to create animated videos to tell the different parts of your storyĬreate a Camtasia Project with a 16:9 aspect ratio (1920 x 1080)Īdd decision points using interactive hotspots and markersĮxport the interactive video using ScreenCast or the TechSmith Smart Player Write the script with a story arc and several decision points 7 Steps for Creating Interactive Video with Vyond and Camtasia This demo was created with Camtasia 2021, so if you have Camtasia 2020 or a different version of the software, your screen might not look exactly like what you see here, but it should be pretty close. But here I’ve rebuilt just a few scenes in Camtasia, to show you how it works. I originally built this for the Association of Talent Development or ATD using Vyond and Articulate Storyline 360.

For this demo, I’m going to take you behind the scenes on how I created the animated interactive video called The Breakthrough Board.

Camtasia 3 tutorial