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Installing Snagit and Camtasia from the Software Centre (Faculty and Staff Only)

Snagit is a powerful screen capture tool that allows you to easily capture your full screen desktop, region, window, or scrolling screen as well as share screenshots and basic video captures of your computer screen

Camtasia complements the functionality of Snagit. It is a screen recording and editing software that allows you to record and create instructional video that includes recording of actions on a computer screen, presentation slides, graphics and audio.

Both Camtasia and Snagit are available for Windows and OSX for instructional and support use.

Installing Snagit or Camtasia

Both Snagit and Camtasia are available to all faculty and staff from within the Software Center app installed on all BCIT admin computers.

To install either app:

  1. Open Software Center on your BCIT computer.
    • Note: Often, the quickest way to find Software Center is to use the search in your task bar.
  2. Click on either the Snagit or Camtasia tile in the list of Applications.
    The Snagit 2022 and Camtasia 2022 tiles
  3. Click the Install button visible on the next screen and wait for installation to complete, which may take a minute or two.

One the installation is complete you can start using the software.

Resources

Tutorials are available at:

More information about software at BCIT