PowerCam is the software integrated with PowerPoint and screen - recording functions, developed by the Taiwanese company, FormosaSoft Corp.
Without changing your presenting behavior, PowerCam can simultaneously record the whole presentation — including speaker's images, voices, slides, mouse tracks, etc — and upload to online sharespace as learning materials in one step.
Easy to use and high quality output substantially cut down the required capability — like the essential push from web 1.0 to 2.0 — and make everyone able to produce and share their digital content. PowerCam rapidly changed the pattern of educational training and e-Learning in Taiwan and has become the most widely used software for the generation of learning material.
PowerCam won the Award for Digital Content Producing from the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2004 and 2005 in Taiwan with its exclusively patented technology and interface. It is now the leading presentation and screen recording software; also the leading brand in Taiwan.
PowerCam provides the simplest operation, quick knowledge sharing, enriched material integration, and innovative core technology, allowing it to function as a complete solution for e-Learning. Everyone can contribute big parts in the world of knowledge.
PowerCam has major upgrade on the control panel for easier use, more options for integration, smoother streaming, and wider supporting on hardware and various operating systems. This evolutionary innovations includes the following characteristics:
Easiest to Operate
Within one click, you can create your own digital learning materials while giving the
presentation.
Quickest to Share
As online blogging rapidly grows, PowerCam has put together the PowerCam.cc learning
blog and any web system support scip protocol to provide for the quick sharing of information in one step, facilitating knowledge management and revolutionizing e-Learning.
Widest Integration Options
PowerCam provides various solutions to integrate all of your materials, including Video, Flash, HTML files, and so on, and turn them into fascinating online learning material.
Cutting-Edge Core Technology
PowerCam is a global technological leader in audiovisual compression, which can provide
high quality online materials at low bandwidth requirements. Advanced streaming technology provides smooth transitions between sections and allows for a play-on-demand function without a streaming server. Therefore, with PowerCam, sharing digital content on Web systems will become an easier task without the limitation of file size.
PowerCam does not require much skill to operate, but produces a high product quality that has made many applications possible. Nowadays, PowerCam is the leading e-Learning production tool in Taiwan.
Hospital
PowerCam has been used in many major hospitals and colleges for case study, faculty training, CME (Continuous Medical Education), and other purposes.
Corporation Application
Using PowerCam, any presentation can be simultaneously recorded and turned into digital information before being published on intranet. This will eliminate the need for streaming servers and provide an innovative new way for personnel educational training and knowledge management in corporations.
Academy Application
PowerCam can facilitate the learning experience by allowing instructors to create vivid digital multimedia learning material. Students can also complete their project with PowerCam; they will understand better through learning by doing.
Accelerate the Development of e-Learning
As an example, PowerCam’s user-friendly and high quality characteristics has allowed China’s largest technology society—www.csdn.net—to create over 60 online courses in only 2 months on their online learning website.