This page describes additional information concerning the creation of IGC videos.
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Additional Information

For more tips on creating professional quality videos, check out the Reach Higher section at the bottom of the Camtasia Tutorials page:

https://www.techsmith.com/tutorial-camtasia.html

Adding Videos to Flare Topics

Once you have recorded a video, you must have it peer-reviewed by a fellow technical writer and technically approved by an SME (I usually ask Ben Bauer for technical reviews). Once it has been finalized, perform the following steps to share the video:

In Camtasia

  1. Click Share in the page toolbar.

  2. Select Local File from the drop-down list.

  3. Click Next in the Production Wizard pop-up window.

  4. Select the MP4 – Smart Player (HTML5) option and click Next.

  5. Leave the default settings selected and click Next.

  6. Leave the default settings selected again and click Next.

  7. Type the desired name for the output file in the Production name: text box.

  8. Select a file path to which to save the video.

  9. Click Finish.

Zip the local file and send it to the marketing team to post on the BOA YouTube channel.

In Flare

  1. Right-click the Videos folder in Resources in the Content Explorer.

  2. Select New and then select Multimedia.

  3. Click the … button next to the New from existing: text box.

  4. Select the video’s file path in File Explorer.

  5. Click Add.

  6. Open the topic for which the video was made to complement.

  7. Find the appropriate section heading. Insert the video before the use case steps.

  8. Click the Insert tab.

  9. Click Multimedia and select YouTube/Vimeo.

  10. Select the Multimedia from Web option.

  11. Copy/Paste the hyperlink for the YouTube video in the link text box under the Multimedia from Web radio button. A thumbnail of the video will appear in the Preview area.

  12. Click OK.

  13. Click Save.

  14. Add a note to the appropriate What’s New topic(s) letting customers know that they have access to a new video tutorial.

NOTE: The video will not display properly if the following css is not present in the default.css Stylesheet:

video { max-width: 240px; border: 3px solid black; }

video:focus { max-width: 100%; }