A couple other options: If you can keep each test under 5 minutes, you
could use Jing -- you can even enable the microphone to capture
think-aloud. I think on Macs, Quicktime is pretty good at doing screen
capturing, though I don't know if it will capture audio at the same time.
Camtasia would presumably work well, as Kari points out, and you could even
turn on mouse highlighting in post. Captivate probably has similar features
to Camtasia (though I know less about its screen cap capabilities).



On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Ronald Houk <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> Hi Jennifer,
>
> I don't know if it would fulfill all of your requirements, but it might be
> worth taking a look at the open source project "OBS -- Open Broadcast
> Software" at https://obsproject.com/index
>
> It can handle multiple inputs like webcams + screen recording.
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Jennifer DeJonghe <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I'm at a small public university and we do regular pop up usability
> > testing, but want to purchase Morae and start doing some screen
> capturing.
> > Since the license is rather expensive, I'm trying to do as much "sharing"
> > among staff as I can within the bounds of what TechSmith allows and what
> is
> > practical. I talked to TEchSmith person today, and they allow you to have
> > multiple people using it on a shared computer. Your license gets you one
> > copy of the Morae Manager, and unlimited copies of Recorder and Observer.
> >
> > My question for those of you who have Morae... Do you think it would be
> > practical or advisable to install the single copy of Manager on a laptop,
> > so that the laptop could be shared between multiple departments in
> various
> > buildings? You don't use Manager during the actual testing, it is more
> for
> > set up and analysis, so they said most people install that on their
> "good"
> > computer. But installing it on a laptop might mean we could get more use
> > from it. Is there anything I should think about before proceeding with
> > this? We don't have a usability lab, so would probably purchase a
> dedicated
> > shared laptop(s) for this. (I know I could use cheaper software, but I
> just
> > got back from ER&L and was impressed with what I saw people doing with
> the
> > TechSmith product.)
> >
> > Jennifer
> >
> > Jennifer DeJonghe
> > Librarian and Professor
> > Metropolitan State University
> > St. Paul, MN
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Ronald Houk ☕
> Assistant Director
> Ottumwa Public Library
> 102 W. Fourth Street
> Ottumwa, IA 52501
> (641)682-7563x203
> [log in to unmask]
>